History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Like most of my blogs I try to steer away from politics and religion this blog will be no exception to that. Although it may appear to be a religious blog, i is really about the historical event of the crucifixion. Good Friday is one of the key days in the Christian calendar, it is…
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This blog is not meant to accuse current students , but is aimed at them as a history lesson. The history they could easily repeat if they are not careful. Much of the text below is repetitive because I researched several sources. However, in this case, repeating the text is important, During the Nazi era…
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I was going to put a lot of pictures in this blog, but then when I looked at this picture I thought that it would be enough. A class, class mates and a teacher, like any other class in any other school. Except it isn’t. Here the children are taught to hate. The kids standing…
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“As long as a name is mentioned, someone is not forgotten,” meaning if you mention the name of one person, that person is remembered. I know it sounds quite obvious, but when you think about it for a minute, it is the essential first step to ensure that the Holocaust will not happen again. I…
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On April 16, 1947, in the shadow of Auschwitz—a name now synonymous with human suffering and industrial-scale murder—justice was served in one of the most symbolically powerful moments of the post-war reckoning. Rudolf Höss, the former commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp and one of the principal architects of the Holocaust, was executed by hanging. The…
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In early April 1945, as the Second World War approached its harrowing conclusion, the Nazi regime intensified its efforts to relocate concentration camp prisoners in a desperate attempt to obscure the full extent of their crimes. Among these efforts was the transportation of prisoners from Bergen-Belsen to Theresienstadt in three trains—each a grim convoy of…
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Jacob ElsasAmsterdam, 21 April 1927 – Bergen-Belsen, 15 April 1945 Reached the age of 17 years Hijman van Emden Rotterdam, 8 November 1910 – Bergen-Belsen, 15 April 1945 Reached the age of 34 years Occupation: Merchant Julius Kropfeld Rütenbrock, 5 August 1922 – Bergen-Belsen, 15 April 1945 Reached the age of 22 years Occupation: Worker…
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Isidor Straus and his wife Ida were prominent passengers aboard the Titanic. Isidor Straus was born in Germany in 1845 and immigrated to the United States with his family—when he was a child. He eventually became a successful businessman and co-owner of Macy’s department store in New York City, along with his brother Nathan. Isidor…
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