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David Olère was a Jewish Polish-born French painter and sculptor best known for his explicit drawings and paintings based on his experiences as a Jewish Sonderkommando inmate at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. He began to draw at Auschwitz-Birkenau during the last days of the camp, when the SS became less attentive. His work has an invaluable…
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There is one certainty in life and that is that history repeats itself, no matter how hard we try. Does this mean we have to stop highlighting history? No, of course not. Organisations like BDS are actively urging people to boycott Jewish businesses and businesses associated to Jewish businesses. They are not very original in…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Henneike Column was a Group of more than 50 people, under the leadership of Willem Christiaan Heinrich Henneicke, which was specialised in hunting down Jews. Jewish people that were trying to hide or were violating one of the many anti-Jewish regulations could fall in the hands of one…
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The aspect I find hardest to reconcile is the Holocaust’s horrific assault on children—the calculated murder of innocents. It’s an atrocity I will never fully comprehend. Some might argue that the Nazis didn’t target children specifically because they were young, but rather because they—or their parents—were deemed members of so-called dangerous racial, biological, or political…
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Below is part of the evidence given by Sofia Wieslawa Maczka. She was a doctor of medicine, an X-ray specialist, and an inmate at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. She gave evidence during one of the Ravensbrück trials against Gerda Quernheim, a nurse at the camp. This piece is short and not easy to read. I do…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The persecution of the Jews began systematically almost as soon as Hitler came to power. The Nazis established many new anti-Jewish laws. These were introduced slowly at first, so that the civilian population would not realise the extent of the Nazi party’s anti-Semitism. Below is a chart showing a small…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: If it hadn’t been for the Reichsbahn-the Nazi contolled railways ,the Holocaust would not have been possible to the extend it was.The irony, for lack of a better word, the hate for the Jews by Hitler ,Himmler and the other Nazi leaders quite possibly caused them to lose the…
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The Smile of an Angel has the power to warm your heart. It gives comfort to a weary soul. The Smile of an Angel makes you want to become a better person, the manifestation of the best version of you. The Smile of an Angel spreads joy ans and love. Then why did the The…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I have heard and read a lot of Holocaust survivor stories and the one thing they all had in common was that they never gave up hope. I think that is a greater feat then the actual survival. How can you keep hope when you see your family and…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The title of this blog is a quote from Captain G. M. Gilbert. which he quoted after the Nuremberg trials. He was appointed the prison psychologist of the German prisoners. During the process of the Nuremberg trials , During this time he became a confidant to several of the…
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