History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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In the Middle Ages, beer was the drink of the people. “Ordinary” rain and canal water was not safe to drink. Because the drink had to be heated during the production process, the barley juice contained fewer harmful bacteria than water and was therefore healthier. It is estimated that the average Frisian drank as much
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I love the Netherlands. I was born and raised there and proud to call myself a Dutchman. Like all other countries in this world, it has pages in history that are not so glorious. I believe that the best way for any country to deal with the darker days…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The title is about Jacques Swaluw but it really is about just more then Jacques. Jacques was born in Rotterdam on the 19th of June 1942. Esther Swaluw was a daughter of Isaäc Swaluw and Maria Melkman. 2 December 1913 she married Izak van Been in Rotterdam, a son…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: David Eduard Izaks would have celebrated his 90th birthday today. He was born on 14 April 1933 in Woerden, the Netherlands. He was the youngest son of Eliazar Izaks and Henriëtte Izaks-Glaser. He had two brothers, Gerson and Salomon Albert, and a sister, Saartje Henriëtte. The family lived at…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: (courtesy of John Davis) This is an excerpt of John Davis’s book “Rainy Street Stories” It tells the story of a survivor he met at Flossenburg, who had survived Auschwitz, Ravensbruch, and finally Flosssenburg “Z-1557While vacationing many years ago my wife Jane and I decided to visit Flossenburg, West…
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