History
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First of all, let me tell you I am Dutch, and I am proud to be Dutch. I love the country where I was born and where I grew up. But I am not proud of some of its black pages in history. I can understand why some Dutch bureaucrats and civil servants colluded with…
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I am Paul , like every 4 year old boy I like to kick a ball. Give me a blank sheet of paper and some crayons and I am happy as can be. I am Paul I feel like a big boy but I know I am small. I like to play outside, come rain…
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I would love to explain the exact reason why these 9 Polish men were executed on November 25,1941. But I can’t. Looking at the text of the German announcement which was signed by the by the governor of Lublin district,all that the announcement indicates is that the men did not fulfill their quota and were…
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I think mostly everyone has heard of the name Dior. The fashion house Dior is one of the most successful fashion houses in the world. However there is a darker history behind the name and on the other hand also a tale of heroism is connected to the name. Especially the family’s history during WWII…
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When you think of a comedy duo the first pair that comes to mind is Laurel $ Hardy, they were and still are ,without a shadow of a doubt the most successful comedy double act of all time. However these 2 were not always a duo, they both had long established careers before they teamed…
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The buzzword nowadays is “immigrants” and in hardly any context it is used in a positive way.Here is the thing though, who is an immigrant? This is just a micro snapshot in history. It is basically a background of my family well at least from my Mother’s side. The picture at the start of the…
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There are so many horrific images of the atrocities perpetrated during the Holocaust. The graphic nature of them often makes it very hard to look at them, sometimes people ignore them because they just can’t fathom what they see. What I find more disturbing then any of the images are the stories of what victims…
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The title of this blog is a line from the Pearl Jam song “Jeremy” it is one of my favourite Rock tracks and by far the best track of the album “Ten”. Although I have listened to the song hundreds of times I never really paid to much attention to the history of the song.…
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One of the more disturbing aspects of the Holocaust is that so many perpetrators got way with murder, even after admitting to it. Kurt Heissmeyer was a SS physician and the nephew of the senior SS officer August Heissmeyer. In order for Kurt to receive a professorship he requires to present original research. Even though previously…
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On this day 94 years ago the classic Science Fiction movie “Metropolis” was released. I recently watched it again and was amazed by how fresh the movie still looked, But more then just a Sci-Fi flick it is also a snapshot of the political situation of the time and the years that followed, not so…
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