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Because today is International Day of the Disappeared There are few things more unsettling than a person who simply disappears. When someone dies, however tragically, there is usually a funeral, a grave, a place where flowers can be laid, and eventually—however painful—some measure of acceptance. When a person vanishes without trace, none of those things…
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An increasing amount of people say that stories of the Holocaust are no longer relevant and should be left in the past. I don’t subscribe to that point of view, remembering the Holocaust is now more important then it ever has been.In a time where some politicians are making policies based on hate, it is…
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I know that some people will disagree with the description of the victim, but unfortunately, Anne Frank did die as a result of the Holocaust, which does make her a victim. But before that, she was also a child. This blog contains pictures to remind us of the fact that she had been a child,…
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The history of Sittard-Geleen is a bit of a complicated one. The city used to be 2 towns, but in 2001 the towns of Sittard and Geleen merged and are now known as Sittard-Geleen. On September 18, 1944 both towns were liberated. With the liberation of Sittard on 18 and 19 September 1944, the war…
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This post will contain little text. Instead, it has drawings by those who lived through the Holocaust. Above is “Arrival into the Auschwitz Camp.” Just behind the backs of the prisoners and to their left is the guard tower at the main entrance to the camp. (Illustration by Władysław Siwek) Next we see the entrance…
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Eddy de Neve occupies a unique place in the history of Dutch football. On 30 April 1905, he became the first great scoring hero of the Dutch national team, scoring all four goals in the Netherlands’ historic 4–1 victory over Belgium in Antwerp. For a brief moment, he seemed destined for sporting greatness. Eddy de…
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This is not a scientific fact it is solely based on my own observations. It seems to be that a lot ,if not all, dictators behave like a toddler. The whole world revolves around them and they get very cross if someone doesn’t want to play with them. Hitler was one of these toddler like…
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Herta Bothe was a German concentration camp guard during World War II. She was imprisoned for war crimes after the defeat of Nazi Germany and was subsequently released from prison early on 22 December 1951 as an act of leniency by the British government. She was 6ft 3in, which must have been quite intimidating for…
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You stole my childhood and took my life for one reason and one reason only. hate! Because of your hate you denied me to grow up to become a Doctor, who could have save your mother,your father or your child. Your hate stopped me from being an artist, whose paintings could have brought some much…
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On 24 August 1942, six hundred Jews from Limburg received a summons from the Dutch police, municipal police, or a local constable. They were all under the age of sixty and were ordered to report the following day at the assembly point near the public school on Professor Pieter Willemsstraat in Maastricht. Only half of…
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