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  • Neuengamme concentration camp was a significant and harrowing part of the Nazi concentration camp system during World War II. Located near Hamburg, Germany, Neuengamme was established December 13, 1938, and initially served as a satellite camp of Sachsenhausen. By 1940, it became an independent main camp (Hauptlager), and it was the largest concentration camp in

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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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  • Usually, when I write a blog which contains the word teenager, it refers to a murdered someone during the Holocaust. Meyer Abramczyk wasn’t one of those and sadly passed away when he was aged 87. Metaphorically speaking, the teenager Meyer—was killed during the Holocaust. He was born on July 24, 1926 in Belchatow, Poland. His parents were

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