History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On Tuesday March 1,2022 Russian missiles damaged the Babyn Yar (also known as Babi Yar) memorial site. One might say what is the big deal? It didn’t hit a residential area, right? Five people were killed in that strike which is an awful loss of life, any death cause…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Following is the transcript of the report from the World Jewish Congress on the annihilation of Jews in Europe which was issued on December 1,1942. I just want to make it clear that these are not my word. Bizarrely we live in a time where I feel compelled I…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I always try to keep my emotions out of it when I write about the Holocaust, but I often fail. How could I not get emotional when I see a picture of a baby who was murdered. Donald was born in Amsterdam, on 30 March 1941 .He was murdered…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Before I go into the story of the men, who were put on slave labour by the Nazi regime, I will have to explain what ‘Limburg’ is .Limburg is a province in the southeast of the Netherlands and the northeast of Belgium. I was born and grew up in…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I often wonder why did people get married during World War 2. Especially when you were Jewish, because you had even more uncertainty about your life then the general population. But then I look at the 2 people in the picture, and all I see is pure love. That…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Everyone who was murdered in the Holocaust But murdering a 6 month old baby and a 2 year old toddler took a special kind of evil. The little boy Levy was born on February 6,1942. Just over 6 months later on August 23,1942 he was murdered in Auschwitz. His…
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