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Many people believe that Adolf Hitler committed suicide on 30 April 1945. However, the statement that “Hitler died on 20 May 1956 in a traffic accident at the age of 74 in Nidwalden, Switzerland” is also true—depending on which Hitler you’re talking about. Before I receive a flood of emails and comments telling me I’m…
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The Nazi concentration camp system evolved into a machine of mass murder, and Auschwitz became its deadliest cog. Located in Poland, Auschwitz initially served as a concentration and forced labor camp for Polish political prisoners. However, in 1941, it became the epicenter of Nazi extermination efforts. Among the most horrifying aspects of Auschwitz’s legacy was…
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Education is often seen as a human right and it really should be, but so often it is a privilege taken away from many. Moshe Flinker was a teenager born in the Hague, in the Netherlands on October 9, 1926. He had a particular talent for language,he studied eight languages including Hebrew. The language he…
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The Illusion of Sanctuary (September 1943) On 6 September 1943, a transport carrying 5,007 Jewish prisoners from the Czech lands departed the Theresienstadt ghetto. Among them were able-bodied men deported together with their families. The prisoners were told they were being sent to a labor camp. In reality, their destination was the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and…
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The 12th of July is the day when a whole bunch of protestants in Northern Ireland go Dutch. It is an event that truly intrigues me, because it basically goes against everything the Dutch stand for. So what is it all about? On the 12th of July every year. The day commemorates Protestant king William…
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In the summer of 1947, a battered, repurposed American pleasure steamer groaned under the weight of 4,515 Holocaust survivors. Its official destination on paper was Colombia, but everyone on board—and the British intelligence services tracking it—knew the truth. The ship was headed for Mandatory Palestine. It was originally named the President Warfield, but midway across…
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The graph above shows the estimated breakdown of the people murdered during the Holocaust. It is an estimated number because no one knows the exact number. The estimates are compiled by “Statista” a leading and very reputable statistics provider. The estimated number they have come up with is 17,458,900. Personally, I think that number is…
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Some people will probably accuse me of using specific words in the title as ‘clickbait’, and to an extent that is true. But anyone who writes a blog, and especially one with an extraordinary story, wants readers to click on that link to read that story. I make no excuse for using the title, basically…
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I know there will be people who might think the title of the post is quite disrespectful, but it is far from it. The post will reflect how close and relevant the Holocaust still is. So many great rock songs would never have been written or recorded if the Nazis had succeeded in their plans…
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