World War 2
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One of the most effective weapons to fight antisemitism and racism is Critical Thinking. What scares me is that there seem to be fewer and fewer people who have this ability. Or maybe it is just a case that those who think critically are silenced. This blog is about a historical event. However, I can’t…
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I don’t know what it is but the last few days I have discovered several accounts of victims of the Holocaust which are very near to me. Not so much that I was related to these people or that I knew them, but I knew the locality and the addresses where they lived. In fact…
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I have to confess that the the title is somewhat misleading because Hugo Gutmann was not a typewriter salesman as of yet when he recommended Hitler’s award of the Iron Cross First Class. Hugo Gutmann was one of the 12,000 Jewish military who fought for Germany during WWI. from 29 January to 31 August, 1918…
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Like Anne Frank, Jules also kept a diary but his was never published. It is on display in a museum in Utrecht in the Netherlands. On April 15th,1943 Jules and his wife Flora Frank-van Beek picked up their suitcases and left for Amsterdam at 9.00 AM. Not out of free will but they were forced…
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There are so many stories and accounts written about the Holocaust. Often in horrific detail and concerning large numbers. When you look at the numbers, be it 6 million Jews and another 5 million or so of Roma, Homosexuals, Disabled and other groups, the numbers are staggering. However they are also nearly impossible to fathom…
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The story of the two Tulp brothers is bizarre and yet intriguing in more way than one. They were half brothers, the older brother took the path of evil although he was a police officer, Where the younger one risked his life by resisting the evil his brother was part of. Sybren Tulp was born…
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The title of this blog is an address. It will mean very little to most people. It is not the address of someone famous or some well known shop or even museum. It is basically a very insignificant address in the greater scheme of things. But in a microcosm it has such great relevance and…
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The biblical verse Genesis 37-30 has several translation from “the boy is not there” to “And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?” But for te title of this blog I used the literal translation of the version of the text which can be found…
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The eagle flies high in the sky on a warm, sunny day. He wonders if he can fly to the sun because he is the ruler in the skies; no one can stop him. He can go wherever he wants to go—free to roam, not restricted by anyone or anything. During his flight, a strange…
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In order to understand the true horrors of WWII it is important to read the accounts of survivors, or listen to the stories of those who fought on the battlefields and saw the horrors first hand. Although they survived they would have been scarred forever either physically or mentally or both. However sometimes it takes…
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