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Originally posted on History of Sorts: https://dirkdeklein.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/richard.jpg On May 10.1945, probably knowing that he was close to be captured, by swallowing a capsule of potassium cyanide at the Mürwik naval base in Flensburg-Mürwik,Richard Glücks ended his own life. Although the lack of official records or photos gave rise to speculation about his ultimate fate. There…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: https://s-ssl.wordpress.com/i/spotify-badge.svg https://dirkdeklein.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/choc.jpg I just don’t know how the war would have gone if the Germans had succeeded with these bombs. Giving a new meaning to the dessert name “death by chocolate”, The German bomb makers created explosive devices with a coating of thin layer of rich dark chocolate, then…
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They tried to silence you, they failedThey put obstacles in your way, they didn’t stop you.You knew your strength, they didn’t . There is no stronger force than that of a mother ensuring her children’s future.They failed to understand that.They failed to tell you that you were sick, but you found out. Rather than helping…
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I had heard the story of the ‘Zookeeper’s wife’ about the lady who saved hundreds of Polish Jews by hiding them in in the Warsaw Zoo. However I had not been aware that Artis Zoo in Amsterdam also had hidden Dutch Jews and resistance fighters. ARTIS was founded under the name Natura Artis Magistra by…
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I watched All Quiet on the Western Front, last night. I thought that November 11 would be the perfect date to watch a World War I movie. It is a very powerful retelling of the story. Although I thoroughly liked the movie, this is not going to be a review of it, suffice to say…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: https://dirkdeklein.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/2022-06-17.png The girl in the play pen is Renee Sara Gottschalk, born in the Central Refugee Camp Westerbork on 21 June 1941. The two girls in the dark dresses are the daughters of chief physician F. Spanier. The lady on the right is Rosa Strauss; Renee Sara’s mother. Her…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: https://dirkdeklein.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/steine.jpg A Stolpersteinplural Stolpersteine; literally means “stumbling stone”, metaphorically a “stumbling stone” is a sett-size, ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution.. Created by the artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, Stolpersteine are brass-topped…
