July 2023
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The right to education is one of the most fundamental human rights. In August 1941 the Nazis passed a law to set up schools for Jewish students and teachers only in the Netherlands. The picture above is of Jewish students of the school on Cliffordstraat, Amsterdam West. A class…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: A U.S. military policeman prepares Corporal Wilhelm Schmidt, 24, for the firing squad. With two other German spies, Officer-Cadet Guenther Billing, 21, and Sergeant Manfred Pernass, 23, Schmidt was shot after a court-martial by American authorities in Belgium during the Ardennes offensives. Three Germans were captured wearing American uniforms,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: A diary is the most personal possession someone might have. It is a journal of their wishes, fears and often their secrets. It is therefore extremely important when a diary becomes public it is treated with the utmost dignity and respect, especially those that were written during the darkest…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I wasn’t sure what to call this post. I had considered the title “Mission Impossible” but I did go with “Escape to Victory.” On 8 December 1944, the KP (Knok Ploeg-boxing crew) resistance group in Friesland managed to liberate 51 members of the resistance from the Blokhuispoort, the detention…
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We are running towards a wall. This wall represents the subsequent genocide. I fear that this genocide will be much bigger than the Holocaust. We are running towards a wall, not as individuals but as a group—a global group. The warning signs are there. For people like me, it is clear that we are living…
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