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I fondly remember watching It Ain’t Half Hot Mum when I was a young boy. It was a British sitcom about a Royal Artillery concert party based in Deolali in British India. The soldiers would often put on shows where they would be dressed up as women. I never realized that this was quite common, not only…
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I have been doing posts about World War II and the Holocaust since 2016. When I started, I reckoned I’d have enough material to last for a year, two years tops. Seven years on, I am still finding new stories daily. Stories like that of Waldemar Hugh Nods. Waldemar Hugh Nods was born on 1…
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On 21 October 1944, all three of the Kober children were murdered in Auschwitz, together with their mother. Marianne Miriam Kober was born in Oss, the Netherlands, on 3 March 1930, and had reached the age of 14. Ruth Margarete Kober was born in Amsterdam on 9 March 1933, she was 11 years old. Michael…
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The picture above is one of the most iconic images of the Holocaust, For decades it was believed that the girl in the picture was Jewish. In December 1992, Dutch journalist Aad Wagenaar started to research her identity. By following the number on the outside of the wagon, number 10, 16 or 18, the description…
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Of the approximately 100,000 Dutch Jews who the Nazis murdered during the Holocaust, about one-third of them were murdered at Sobibor. Below is the breakdown of the figures of those killed at Sobibor. The TransportsTuesday, 2 March 1943 1105 deportees No survivorsWednesday, 10 March 1943 1105 deportees 13 survivorsWednesday, 17 March 1943 …
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Philip Mechanicus was born, three days before Adolph Hitler, in Amsterdam on 17 April 1889 to a Jewish family. After he left school, he started to work for the social-democratic daily newspaper Het Volk in the shipping and records department. He worked his way up to become a journalist. After finishing his military service, he worked in…
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Mother’s Finest were probably the first band to fuse Rock with Funk. 45 years ago they released their biggest hit to date “Piece of the Rock” It is a song is about people who are all searching for something more in their lives, success, money food, etc. The story teller is saying that everyone wants…
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This is a selection of random testimonies and eyewitness accounts by victims and perpetrators. The testimonies are from several interviews. I will not indicate who the victims or who the criminals are. I think it is quite clear from the language they use. Lilly Kaplan“Some gentlemen showed up, I don’t remember if it was two…
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During my interview with Liz Elsby, Holocaust Educator at Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem, we discussed freelance illustration, design and art direction. We also talked a bit about her work with Yad Vashem, but mainly about the current situation in Israel and her experience.
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