September 2020
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Ankie Stork was a Dutch resistance fighter during the German occupation of the Netherlands. She saved thirty-five Jewish children from the Nazis by hiding them in several locations the town of Nijverdal during World War II. She acted as part of Utrechts Kindercomité,(Utrecht Children Committee) a Dutch resistance group based in Utrecht. Ankie was a
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On January 12, 1942 at 13:30 Jan Campert died in the Neuengamme concentration camp of pleurisy. Most people will never have heard of this man, he was born on August 15 1902 in Spijkenisse a town near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He was a journalist, theater critic and writer who…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am just a boy on a rocking horse, not a man but a boy aged three. I am just a boy on a rocking horse, quite happy as you can see. I am just a boy on a rocking horse, I feel like a cowboy or a knight.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ++++++CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES+++++++ ? April and May 1945 marked the final stages and the end of World War II in Europe. It also saw an increase of suicides by civilians in Germany and Austria. Cyanide had been one of the most common ways how people killed themselves. Members of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This is Margot Jany she was 8 years old when she was murdered at Auschwitz-Birenkau on March 8, 1943. This is Ernest Frydman age 9 from Paris, France was deported and murdered in Auschwitz on August 1942. This is Joseph and Mina Kiszelewski murdered in the gas chamber on August…
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I was reminded of this song while I was watching “the Man in the Castle”. So many musicians were murdered during the Holocaust Musicians like the talented composer Gideon Klein The youngest Jewish composer murdered during the Holocaust, Gideon Klein was only 26 when he was murdered in the Fürstengrube sub-camp near Auschwitz. His oeuvre
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We have all seen Steven Spielberg’s movie Schindler’s list.One of the most powerful portrayals of the Holocaust. A few years ago I decided to show the movie to my kids.Even though they were still young, I found it important for them to know what evil men were capable of ,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This may seem a strange title for a WWII related subject but in fact it is probably more appropriate then you’d expect. One of the definitions of Supply Chain Management is “the management of the flow of goods and services,involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-process…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: People all know the story of the tragic end of the Titanic, however what is often forgotten that it was ahead of its time in many ways. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants…
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