WW II

Witold Pilecki: Beyond Bravery

Read more about Witold Pilecki (click here to learn more about him and purchase a new book on his life)

Lorna Johnston: Ex-Prisoner of War

by Andre  Hueber for the The Aucklander

The Siege of Vukovar

 

Max Jacob

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Tadeusz Rozewicz: The Apolitical, Political Poet

 

Home to Amsterdam

Amsterdam tram during the world years

The End is Near: "Any Moment Now"

 

Reflecting on History

Soviet soldiers escorting concentration prisoners

Life After The Netherlands Surrendered to the Germans

The first couple of weeks into the German invasion, nothing noticeably changed. Although they knew of the social and economic hardships in Nazi Germany, Dutch Jews were still convinced that such things could never happen in Holland. But, things started changing slowly. Small groups of national socialists, mostly uneducated and unemployed thugs, started harassing Jews in movie theaters, stores, and restaurants.

Sonja Meets Herman Rosenstein

     

Sonja Cohen and Herman Rosenstein, 1939

Herman Rosenstein went to school in Lübeck, Germany, where one day after his PE class, some friends teased him about being circumcised. Was he Jewish, they’d asked. After school, he’d asked his mother about it.

Wing-Commander Guy Gibson: The Dambusters Raid

 

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