Wedding

  • Three decades danced in sun and rain,Through joy and sorrow, loss and gain.With every year, our roots grew deep,In memories that time will keep. From whispered dreams to laughter loud,We’ve walked this path so strong, so proud.A love that’s weathered all and more—Still holding hands, like days before. So here’s to us, our bond, our

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  • In The End Love Prevailed

    I planned to do this blog about Elisabeth Flesschedrager-Appelboom. She was born in Amsterdam, on 2 February 1921 . Murdered in Auschwitz, 18 January 1945. She reached the age of 23, and was a seamstress. She was married to Philip Flesschedrager, who was born in Amsterdam on 8 July 1920. Murdered in Auschwitz, 26 December

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  • Today is my 29th wedding anniversary. I still vividly remember my wedding day. It was the hottest day of the 20th century, at least in the town of Geleen, the Netherlands, where I got married. It was 42 degrees Celsius. Despite the heat, it was a beautiful day because both my family and my wife’s

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  • Love in the Holocaust

    I am always amazed and in awe of people, who despite awful conditions and a very uncertain and bleak future, were still determined to not let that destroy their love for each other. Although they knew the marriage probably wouldn’t last long they still decided to get married. The picture is a wedding picture of

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  • Love during the Holocaust

    Getting married is one of the most wonderful things that can happen to you in life. It is a union of love which is quite powerful. However it can also be nerve wrecking, admittedly more so for the bride then the groom. You want to make sure the day goes well, you hope the weather

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  • This is something that had slipped my mind but on this day in 1994, Michael Jackson married Lisa-Marie Presley. They first met nearly 2 decades before they got married.He was introduced to her when he was 16 ans she was 6.at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada by her Elvis. Elvis head

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  • I have to admit that the title isn’t technically correct, since at the time they were not yet a President of the US and their first wives.(with the exception of President Cleveland)But if I would have called it I pronounce you husband and wife people would not think this blog would contain wedding pictures of

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