World War 2
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Limburg is the southernmost province of the Netherlands, sharing its name with the neighbouring Belgian province of Limburg. During the Second World War, it became one of the first parts of the Netherlands to be liberated by Allied forces. By the end of September 1944, the entire province had been liberated, although the fighting continued…
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In general, I have some level, albeit low, of sympathy for those who chose to collaborate with the Nazi regime in the Netherlands because maybe they felt it was the only way to survive. However, I have no sympathy for the Nederlandse Landwacht. They were in it for their own greed and hungered for power.…
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Americans and the Holocaust is an exhibition at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, which opened on 23 April 2018. Before I go into the details of this exhibition, I want to mention one of the few Americans, Eddy Hamel, who was murdered during the Holocaust. Eddy Hamel was the first Jewish player, and…
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2731 was the inmate number given to this girl. Nothing else is known about her, except that it is very unlikely that she survived. My heart broke when I saw this picture. A life wiped out only a picture that remains. Not a picture of a young girl dressed in a gown. Or a picture…
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A smiley face on a passport application form. A smiley face of a girl who had high hopes of travelling and getting many stamps on her passport. A smiley face of a girl who maybe one day would become a famous child actor, like Shirley Temple because she looks just like her. The same Shirley…
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Oswald Kaduk was born on 26 August 1906. I think a line from an Iron Maiden song applies to him, “All the evil seem to live forever.” He died on 31 May 1997. He was a German SS member and served as Rapportführer at Auschwitz. He was on trial during the second Auschwitz trial. Kaduk…
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Aside from their murderous practices, the SS also had several businesses. On January 23, 1939 Oswald Pohl .the head of “SS Main Economic and Administrative Office” founded the “German Research Institute for Nutrition and Food Provision Ltd.” The shareholders were the SS concern “German Earth and Stone Works Ltd.” and a member of the SS…
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Some pieces of jewelry are bought in the spur of the moment. Often an impulsive buy: a pair of earrings for your wife because you think they look nice, or a necklace for your girlfriend because, although it may not be expensive, it is still something nice for her to have. But buying a ring…
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The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941, codenamed Operation Countenance, was a decisive military intervention that fundamentally altered the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East and secured a vital logistical lifeline for the Allied war effort. Following Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Britain and the Soviet Union became uneasy…
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The Haavara Agreement, also known as the Transfer Agreement, was a controversial arrangement concluded on 25 August 1933 between Nazi Germany and representatives of German Zionism. Its purpose was to facilitate the emigration of German Jews to Mandatory Palestine while allowing some of their assets to be transferred out of Germany in the form of…
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