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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This story has torn my heart open. I can’t tell you too much about Johannes van der Hoek all I can tell you is that he was born on November 6, 1942, in Westerbork. He must have been placed on a transport to Auschwitz, straight after his birth because,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I moved to Ireland in 1997 and have not regretted it one day. I love the place and the people. Does that mean it is a perfect place? Of course not. I would be lying if I said there is no antisemitism in Ireland, because there is. But compared…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: When you think of sports cars, one of the names you think of is Porsche. When you see a Porsche driving by, there is no second-guessing as to what car it is. The Dutch police used Porsches between 1962 and 1996. In the early 1960s the absence of speed…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Blueprint of the expansion of Auschwitz I, dated 30 April 1942, including the huge headquarters of the camp complex marked in red. Due to the fact that the focus of activity was shifted from Auschwitz to Birkenau, this expansion was never carried out.Yad Vashem Archives. Did nightingales sing in…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: To be honest, I was never a great fan of Charlie Chaplin. I was always more of a fan of the Laurel and Hardy-type of humor. I find that Charlie Chaplin’s movies quite dated as compared to the aforementioned, Laurel and Hardy films. However, there is one notable exception.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I could nearly do a whole blog on how inappropriate this evil man’s name is, Gottlieb translates to God Love. I doubt that very much. Gottlieb Hering had been involved in the T4 program, and later on was the 2nd and also the last commandant of the Belzec extermination…
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On 2 March 1943, a train with 1105 people left camp Westerbork for the then-unknown Sobibor extermination camp. After a three-day journey, the train arrived on the 5th of March. It was the first transport from the Netherlands to this camp. The first transport, like the second, was carried out by passenger train. Then cattle
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Sandra was bin the sleepy fishing village of Steveston (British Columbia, Canada) and born of Dutch immigrant parents, Sandra-Mae Lux was singing almost before she was walking and showed a natural ability with musical instruments even in elementary school, playing piano, saxophone and guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMUdhH6Fz18 SOURCE https://www.sandramaelux.com/about
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