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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Charlotte was born in Paris, a child of two survivors of the Holocaust, my parents did everything they could to provide a good education for their three children. I love my career in public relations, my family and friends and travel. Charlotte enjoys helping to brand individuals, organizations and…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Englandspiel was a counter-espionage operation set up by the Germans that lasted from March 1942 to April 1944. Secret agents of the SOE who had been dropped over the Netherlands were often arrested immediately upon landing and forced to maintain radio contact with England. Despite hidden warnings in…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: “Chanson d’automne” (“Autumn Song”) is a poem by Paul Verlaine, one of the best known in the French language. It is included in Verlaine’s first collection, Poèmes saturniens, published in 1866 (see 1866 in poetry). The poem forms part of the “Paysages tristes” (“Sad landscapes”) section of the collection.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The picture above was taken in October 1938, Lindbergh received a silver cross from Herman Göring the then 2nd highest Nazi official. Below is part of timeline of the Holocaust up to that point. 1933January 30 Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany March 22 Dachau concentration camp opens April…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Westerbork may not have been an extermination camp, but that didn’t mean it was less evil. In a way, it may have been eviler because it created an illusion that life wasn’t that bad and gave the people a false hope that their endurance of camp life would be…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: They say a picture tells a thousand words. But it never tells the full story. The picture above has a clear description of how evil men can be, below are some testimonies and eye witness accounts of liberators and survivors of the Holocaust. Gina Rappaport was liberated by the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Rita and Sandor Joachim Krammer were both murdered in Auschwitz on October 26, 1942. Rita was born on 5 January 1935 in Groningen, the Netherlands. Her little brother, Sander Joachim, was born on 15 March 1937.Their mother, Regina Krammer-Gunsberger. was born in Deutschkreuz in Austria, and their father Jacob…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: All stories of children who were murdered during the Holocaust are extremely sad, but even in that there are different levels. The story of Helga Renate Sara Zons is particularly heartbreaking . There are no pictures of her just a death certificate to remember her by, The certificate was…
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