August 2020
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Originally posted on keithgarrettpoetry: PHOTO ALBUM, Open it up, only empty pages are before you, One by one, we add a picture, a scene from time, Frozen within pages of a book, hidden with each turn. It can not hold all that we see, not enough room for our history, A photo album to pass…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The majority of the Jews in the Netherlands were killed during the Holocaust, The estimates vary from 100,000 to 104,000. It would be too easy to say that this was because the Dutch were willing participants in the Nazi ideology, because for the majority this wasn’t the case. The…
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I am Annie Nakache. My Father,Alfre Nakache was a famous Olympic swimmer. In 1936 he competed in the Berlin Olympic games for France. In July 1941 he set the world record in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:36.8. But his biggest achievement happened on August 12,1941. He became a father that day.
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: IT is good to write detailed stories of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, to ensure they get remembered. But sometimes it is just as powerful when you keep it a brief description, not because their is not worthy enough to be told, because they are, But just…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The picture is of clothes that once belonged to prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp, it was taken shortly after the camp was liberated. When you look a it it looks like a launderette has dumped its load in a courtyard. But this picture tells so much more. Each…
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The 11th of August marked the 76th anniversary of the August 11 Krakow pogrom. August 11,1945, is a date after Poland was liberated ,in fact it is nearly 4 months after the war in Europe had ended. The text below comes directly from 2 sources, which I also shall link at the bottom of the
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Below is part of the evidence given by Sofia Wieslawa Maczka she was a a Doctor of Medicine and an X-ray specialist. and an inmate at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. The evidence she gave was during one of the Ravensbrück trials against Gerda Quernheim a Nurse at the camp. This…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I know this is an awkward subject and some people may have difficulties even reading past the first sentence. However just because it is awkward and controversial doesn’t mean it is not important. Sex is one of the most primal human instincts and urges it is how we manage…
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Wild swans at Castle Oaks’ Oil on canvas. Scenes from Ireland. By Louise Harrison. Sources https://www.facebook.com/ArtistLouiseHarrison/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBsHB0Om-VVO1Wy_WowAkJCoO7vmcZebM9cPwJqmEhze7Ju0XctDOeTrXK8in_H9dB8okjFXhKOqEEol_CPGKijdNnSUnupbwkXaAmVKv5spaNYhw8FbYmLVuZQq_bDfioPB08cb9-vNtb4-kaUvFWrxrGJXBvd3U6BV4010PVV6e3sE-_XICqFYHdxANVSa6I7XFG1-udGCyBHWxChsu4D7jMu0_9LQXqMHwLYPmoZH6yiUEh4UocIJwGPSBl3prqC30LcmmnqWQxcS-qBpCU5qj8INOn_hZ1a_zQtWeAlakXAAQwLO0CG7OJwNwCNPKwaO1SxiomMj3ccf-0 https://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/1620991?fbclid=IwAR2szPS9uKSqG9PsyDZ-FBXFXfAduFY3coPTEIQjFMGa2G3_4cPXGfCGFik
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“Reached the age of 9 years” may seem like a very matter of fact and brutal title , but the brutal honesty is many of the 1.5 million children murdered during the Holocaust did not even reach that age. Reached the age of 9 years should never be said of any child as the age
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