History
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On October ,28 1939, students from the Charles University in Prague held a demonstration to remember the 21st anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Czechoslovakia. The demonstration was violently suppressed by the occupying Nazi regime more then a dozen students were seriously injured, one of the students Jan Opletal later died of his…
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Telegram from Sir G Ogilvie Forbes regarding the damage dealt to Jewish properties during ‘Kristallnacht’ Telegram (en clair) from Sir G. Ogilvie Forbes (Berlin), D. BY TELEPHONE. 10th November, 1938. R 5.5p.m. 10th November, 1938 No.663. IMPORTANT My telegram No. 661. I have just returned from a tour of Friedrichstrasse and city districts where Jewish…
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Karl Friedrich Stellbrink was one of the 4 Lübeck Martyrs.I could have done a blog on all 4 but the reason why I chose Stelbrink is three fold. He was the only non Catholic clergy man of the 4. He was the first to be arrested. His wife was also victimized. All four men were…
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This is not meant to be an accusation because since I didn’t live in those times, I just don’t know how I would have reacted. It is however something that has intrigued me.How come the majority of the Germans and Austrians did not see how wrong the November pogrom was? I can nearly understand why…
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Young human beings—why did you have to die? One of you still has the eyes open, but the eyes are without a spark—the life has gone out of them. I don’t know who these children are—all I do know is that they died from starvation and typhus and were about to be buried. The only…
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Little did I know when I was aged 7, that 2 headlines in a regional newspaper would have links to my life in ways I could never have imagined. On November 7,1975 2 events were in the Dutch newspapers. One event was a disaster which happened in a chemical plant, the other event was the…
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What happens if you set aside different religious beliefs and ideologies and when you look at only humanity? Hate and indifference disappear, and respect for each other prevails. This was true during the darkest time in history and is still true today. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, Si Ali Sakkat had been…
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I usually don’t do political blogs, but today I received a comment on a Holocaust blog I wrote a few months ago called “Killing Humans is okay, but don’t boil a lobster-Nazi animal welfare.” Today I received a comment on the blog by an animal right activist who calls him or herself ‘Fart Cat’ the comment…
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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 no to be judgmental in this…
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One of the most famous paintings, if not the most famous painting is the Mona Lisa,painted by Leonardo da Vinci. In 1503 or 1504 Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned to paint Lisa del Giocondo (nee Gherardini), the painting became known as the Mona Lisa. Aged 15, real-life Lisa Gherardini married Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo. a…
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