Holocaust
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The buzzwords nowadays are ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’ this is rubbish of course because news is news and facts are facts, however the interpretation and manipulation of the news and facts can be fake, Basically another word for that is propaganda,defined as “information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a…
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On January 12, 1942 at 13:30 Jan Campert died in the Neuengamme concentration camp of pleurisy. Most people will never have heard of this man, he was born on August 15 1902 in Spijkenisse a town near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He was a journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam.During the German occupation of the…
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All of us will have grown up experiencing first special occasions in our lives, like a first kiss for example. But because of the warped ideology of some evil men, these experiences were denied to so many. The picture above is of Henriette van der Sluijs murdered in Auschwitz on October 15, 1942 at age 13…
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Most people know the stories of the concentration camps and death camps, and they may even know about the ghettos. However, what most people do not realize is the number of ghettos created by the Nazis during World War II. In Poland alone, there were more than 270 ghettos. Life in the ghettos was usually…
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When the Nazis came to power in Germany there were plenty of business men and women who saw opportunities. Some of them saw opportunities in exploiting the environment created by the NSDAP, especially in relation to the ‘Jewish Question’ they would actively help the Nazis for their own betterment. On the other hand there were…
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Ala Gertner, Róża Robota, Regina Szafirsztajn and Estera Wajcblum, more then likely these names mean nothing to you. But these 4 young women showed a bravery that would make the bravery of any hardened warrior pale in comparison. These 4 women were all members of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz-Birkenau The Sonderkommando were Jewish prisoners who worked the death…
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During the Second World War, many well-known fashion brands were accused of collaborating with the Nazis. However, Coco Chanel, the iconic founder of the luxury brand, is not only accused of fraternizing with high-level Nazi officials but that she capitalized on her powerful connections to oust Jewish business partners in her company. Her loyalty to the German party…
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On December 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler’s will and marriage certificate were announced as having been discovered in Tegernsee near Munich. Below are the original documents and the translations as translated by the US War department Marriage Cert Translations The will Translations
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Between 1941 and 1945 approximately 37,000 prisoners, mainly political prisoners, were incarcerated for varying lengths of time in this camp, which served as both a transit and prison camp under the direct command of the SS. The fluctuating prisoner population showed an eclectic group of people from all over the Netherlands: Jews, Jehovah’s Witnesses, prisoners of…
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The lead U.S. prosecutor, and the driving force behind the organization of the Trial, was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson. During preparation for the trial, Jackson made the bold and historic decision to use film and photo evidence to convict the Nazis. But these films had to be found.. Jackson knew that it…
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