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Ik weet niet welke straf Mevrouw C. uit Amsterdam kreeg, ik ga er vanuit dat ze de doodstraf kreeg. Het gaat ook over een van de zovele zelfmoorden tijdens de Shoah, waar zo weinig over gesprokem word. -Aanklacht, Beschuldiging en Veroordeling van Mevrouw C. uit de Blasiusstraat in Amsterdam, die zich met anderen bezig hield
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Westerbork had opened by the Dutch authorities during the summer of 1939 to shelter and house the Jewish refugees coming from Germany. The first refugees arrived in Westerbork on 9 October 1939. After Nazi Germany invaded and occupied the Netherlands, Westerbork became the main concentration camp in the Netherlands. From 1942 to 1944, the majority
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I know this is a controversial subject and I also know that many people will not even bother reading further than the title and the first line. They will have made up their minds without reading the full post. They will not realize that this post is just to highlight another crime committed by the
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It would be easy for me to say that Dutch Jews, and those who fled Germany and Austria, were badly treated by the Germans in the Netherlands during World War II. To a great extent that would be true, but the Germans were helped by a great number of Dutch. One thing I have often
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Despite the war raging throughout the world—there were still some times to celebrate some events. The celebrations in this post are impressions of New Year’s Eve in New York in 1941 and San Francisco in 1943. Sources https://www.opensfhistory.org/osfhcrucible/2018/12/30/new-years-eve-1943-a-closer-look/
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Léon Degrelle remains one of the most controversial figures in twentieth-century Belgian and European history. His life encapsulates the volatile convergence of populist politics, Catholic traditionalism, authoritarian ideology, and the radicalization produced by the crises of the interwar period and the Second World War. At once a gifted orator, an ambitious political entrepreneur, a collaborator
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Heinrich Himmler, one of the most infamous figures of the Nazi regime, was born on October 7, 1900, in Munich, Germany. As a leading member of the Nazi Party and head of the SS (Schutzstaffel), Himmler played a pivotal role in orchestrating the Holocaust and implementing policies that led to the genocide of six million
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Time and time, I get told the history of the Holocaust it is not mine to tell. That I should leave the stories to others. I get told this from children and grandchildren of survivors and those who want to distort history alike. To those, I say, “It is my story to tell.” In fact,
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BBC 4 was showing ‘Beethoven’s Ninth Unwrapped’ last night to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s extraordinary piece. Aurora Orchestra took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall with a signature memorised performance, led by conductor Nicholas Collon, and a dramatic exploration into the intricacies of the music and the maestro. The
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The Battle of Ortona, fought in December 1943, stands as one of the most brutal and consequential engagements involving Canadian forces during the Second World War. Often overshadowed by larger operations in Normandy or the Eastern Front, Ortona nonetheless occupies a central place in Canadian military history. The battle was not merely a contest for
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