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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Hedwig Klement just a random name on random suitcase. But this random suitcase is not just any suitcase. It tells the story of a woman forcefully uprooted from her home in Prague. All she could take with her was this suitcase. That suitcase is all that remains of her…
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Alexander Hornemann, 8, the Netherlands Eduard Hornemann, 12, the Netherlands Marek Steinbaum, 10, Poland Marek James, 6, Poland W. Junglieb, 12, Yugoslavia Roman Witonski, 7, Poland Roman Zeller, 12, Poland Sergio de Simone, 7, Italy Georges Andre Kohn, 12, France Eduard Reichenbaum, 10, Poland Jacqueline Morgenstern, 12, France Surcis Goldinger, 11, Poland Lelka Birnbaum, 12,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This is going to be a short blog. It will only contain a set of series of passport size photographs of prisoners of Auschwitz. I don’t know their names, but that really doesn’t matter. All that is important to know that most of them will have died during the…
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The case of Hans Retzlaff is particularly sad, not only because he was killed in the concentration camp Sachsenhausen but also because he was disowned by his own Father. Hans had already been in court in 1927 in relation to homosexual activities, which was a criminal offence in Germany at the time, according to paragraph…
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Originally posted on msamba: Musicians from the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, who are self-isolating due to the coronavirus pandemic, came together to record a virtual, collaborative performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th symphony from their homes.
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Approximately 105,000 OF THE 140,000 Jews in the Netherlands were murdered during the Holocaust. The attempt to erase the Jews from the country did not happen overnight ,it was a gradual process. Every few weeks new measures were introduced to make the life for the Dutch Jews as hard as possible. Some of these measures…
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Posting this for 2 reasons. It is important that the truth is told Grant Gochin is a honorable man and I am proud to call him a friend. Times of Israel blog by Grant Gochin For the past eight years I have been fighting a protracted legal battle to remove honors awarded to Lithuania’s…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: There were many contradictions during the Holocaust on one hand there were Nazis like Wilm Hosenfeld who saved Jews, on the other hand there were Jews who helped the Nazis ensuring many Jews were put on transport to their deaths. One of those Jews was Chaim Rumkowski and although I try…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: They say that everyone has a book in them. Just imagine the millions of books which were never written because of a regime that deemed millions unworthy of life, leave alone worthy of writing a book. So many potential authors and scholars who never got a chance because of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I think the 2 monuments above probably are the best indicators of what the Dutch resistance entailed during WWII. On the left is the monument called “de Dokwerker” the Dockworker . This was erected in Amsterdam to remember those who died during the “February strike” in 1941. On the…
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