World War 2
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Even if you don’t know any German you will know what those 3 words mean. Arbeit macht Frei- Work will set you free. 3 simple words which had such a great impact. The Nazis turned these words, which when you look at them basically had an honorable intend, into the most despicable words ever uttered.…
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One of the aspects of WWII that always fascinated me was the aerial battles and the skills of the pilots of the various air forces. Not only did they have to be skilled in combat they also had to try to keep flying whilst being attacked,well with the exception of the Kamikaze pilots I assume.…
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Some people believe that when the Germans invaded the Netherlands in May 1940 the life of its Jewish population changed over night. This however was not the case. Like in other European countries the undermining and eventual eradication of Jewish life was a gradual process. Until September 1940 very little changed,It was only then when…
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Elisabeth Appelboom and Philip Flesschedrager did what so many young people of their age did, they fell in love, got married and promised to stay together until death did them part. For most married couples it is a journey they enjoy for many years to come. But not for Elisabeth and Philip. because death did…
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This is one of my most personal blogs. Even after stating that—there still will be people saying it is fake news. The date in the title, the 6th of December 1944, means little to most, but it means a lot to me. It was the day that one of my uncles died. What makes it special…
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I am one in a million, my Father says. I am unique in every way, my Mother says. I am their bundle of joy my parents say. I am a threat to the nation, the Nazis say. I am costing the country a lot of money, the government says. I should not have been born, …
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It’s May 17 1942, you country is occupied by a hostile foreign nation. Fellow country man are dying on battlefields or being executed for being members of the resistance and other fellow country men are being deported to death camps. What do you do? Well watch a football match of course. Since the champions league…
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I often like to play with words for example when you take Warsaw and switch some parts of the name you get an accurate description of what the city went through during WWII . Saw War and Was raw. Warsaw saw the war in its rawest and most brutal form. It is also one of…
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Regardless how talented you were, or how much value you could add to the German culture, if you didn’t comply to the Nazi ideology or dared to criticize it, you stood a good chance of getting executed. Karlrobert Kreiten born 26 June 1916, in Bonn, Germany) was a Dutch-German pianist, holding Dutch citizenship his short life…
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