Auschwitz
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I will not say too much about Benjamin Jacobs aka Bronek Jakubowicz or Berek Jakubowicz. As the title suggests he was a dentist, but he also is a survivor. Not only did he survive Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps, he also survived Auschwitz, a death march and the sinking of SS Cap Arcona, which was…
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Where some see shoes, I see a father desperately comforting his daughter telling her everything will be fine, where he knows it won’t be fine ever again. Where some see shoes, I see missed opportunities of getting to know the people who wore them. Where some see shoes, I see the sad face of a…
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Never Again, 2 simple words often spoken. But are they ever thought about. There is a contradiction in the words. Never as in not ever. Indicating that something will not happen anymore. Again, as in a re-occurring act. Going for a walk again, or having something to eat again. I am only mentioning these 2…
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A boy and a ball. there is nothing more natural. A boy and a ball. his parents want him to play outside and urge him not to fall. A boy and a ball. he kicks it for the first time and he is overwhelmed with joy. A boy and a ball. nothing expensive or fancy…
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I came across a website which a list of approximately 2,000 unpaid or unclaimed life insurance policies of mainly Dutch Jewish victims of the Holocaust. It was so profoundly sad to see so many families on that list. So much unfulfilled potential, it was heartbreaking. I looked for a name I could somehow find a…
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Maria Mandl was one of the many Austrians who were delighted when Hitler annexed his native Austria into Germany. She saw opportunities and she took them. Born in Münzkirchen, Upper Austria on January 10,1912 to a shoemaker and his wife. On 15 October 1938 , shortly after the annexation she got her first job under…
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We will never know what you might have become. We will never know if you would have discovered a cure for cancer. We will never know if you would write the most beautiful love songs. We will never know how many houses you might have built. We will never know how many jokes you could…
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I could fill this blog with pictures of the experiments Joseph Mengele conducted in Auschwitz, but I think most of the readers would not be able to stomach the images. I know I can’t ,therefore I am just going to quote some eye witness reports to illustrate how truly evil this man was. He had…
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The picture above is taken from a local Dutch newspaper. It is a small article from April 30,1942. Although it is a small notification it gives a wealth of information. The article is about Klara(or Clara) Borstel-Engelsman, born in Amsterdam the piece announces her 100th birthday and how it is celebrated. It tells us she…
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Harriëtte Zeeman just another teenager. But she was more then that. She was someones’s daughter. She was someone’s sister. She was someone’s friend. She was someone’s student. She was someone’s neighbor. She was someone who annoyed people. She was someone who made people laugh. She was someone born in Amsterdam. She was someone’s enemy. She…
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