History

General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2

  • Although the Red Cross does important work, it often got it wrong in the past, and arguably in the present, when it’s about political positions. They appear to take one side—usually the side that controls the data. One infamous example is the visit by the International Red Cross to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in 1944. The…

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  • Portfolio

    https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-grant-gochin-and-silvia-foti/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-bob-cremer/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-andrew-laszlo/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-michael-ruskin/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-maria-walsh-mep/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-michael-jacobs/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-joosje-asser-re-vaselientje-in-dutch/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-madene-shachar/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/panel-discussion-local-elections-limerick/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-mep-ciaran-cuffe/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-ferne-pearlstein-and-robert-edwards/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-david-honeyford/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-racheli-kreisberg-grand-daughter-of-simon-wiesenthal/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-miriam-friedmann-morris-daughter-of-artist-and-holocaust-survivor-david-friedmann/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-liz-elsby/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-jeremy-strozer/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-evert-bopp-coo-ceo-disaster-tech-lab/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-lisa-liss/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-ferne-pearlstein/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-tal-hartuv-survivor-of-a-hamas-attack/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-lynn-h-friedman/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-sandra-mae-lux/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/being-a-refugee-the-case-of-ukraine-then-and-now-an-interview-with-dr-marta-harvryshko/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-rosa-devries/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-charlotte-tomic/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/bryan-mark-rigg-interview/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/my-interview-with-caroline-van-der-plas-leader-of-the-bbb/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-jackie-young/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-dar-van-horn/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-eddy-and-phil-boas/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-joosje-asser/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-sigal-erez/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-with-hans-knoop/ https://dirkdeklein.net/portfolio/interview-jim-peterik/

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  • Mary Weinrib was born on July 16, 1925, in Warsaw, Poland. She was born Mary Mania (Malka) Rubinstein. She grew up in Wierzbnik, a Jewish town that was part of Starachowice, Poland. Her mother was Rose Rubinstein, a dressmaker. Her father, Gershon Rubinstein, was a butcher. The family, which included a younger sister (Ida) and…

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  • I had the privilege today to be a guest on the grandstand for the “Limerick International Marching Band Competition” as part of the St Patrick’s Day celebrations. These were some of my favourites, and yes you can hear me singing in the 1st video

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  • The photograph above is of Anna Maria ‘Settela’ Steinbach. She was a Sinti girl who was murdered in Auschwitz. I have written a few blogs about her in the past. This blog is about the man who took that picture. It is a still from a film called, The Westerbork Film, which was shot by…

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