Liberation too late

  • 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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  • In shadows deep, where memory weeps,A solemn vow, our conscience keeps.For in the annals of history’s scroll,A harrowing tale, the heart’s deep toll. In silence, hear the echoes of despair,As anguish fills the somber air.In chambers choked with darkness dread,Lies the testament of the countless dead. Whispers linger of horrors untold,Of innocence robbed, of stories

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  • +++++++++++++++++++CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES+++++++++++++++++++ The Kaufering IV—Hurlach Subcamp was one of 169 subcamps belonging to the Dachau Concentration Camp system. It had several names—KZ Schwabmünchen/Kaufering IV or KZ Hurlach. Whatever we call it, it did not matter as it was a place of evil. The camp was liberated at the end of April 1945 by a

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  • The 4th of May is the date when all deaths from World War 2( and the last few years also from other conflicts) are remembered. At 8pm a 2 minutes silence is observed nationwide. There were 7,900 military death, 198,000 civilian deaths, of which 20,000 died between late September 1944 and early May 1945 due

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