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The attempted escape from the Auschwitz Death Camp!

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Malka & Edek Galinski Escape attempt from Auschwitz–Birkenau       Malka Zimetbaum Malka Zimetbaum was the youngest of five children born to Pinkas Zimetbaum and his wife Chaya, in Brzesko, Poland on the 26 January 1918.   The family moved to Belgium and Malka was registered as living in the city of Antwerp on the 21 March 1928. Malka was a model pupil and she excelled in mathematics and languages. She had a command of Flemish, French, German, Polish and English.   As an adolescent Malka joined Hanoar Hatzioni, a Jewish youth organisation in Antwerp and from this time she now preferred to ... Read Full Story
 

Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (8): Auschwitz-Birkenau

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More on the holocaust . More on genocide in general. Suggest a new image in this series. Posted in horror, rights violations Tagged: auschwitz, genocide, holocaust, human rights, human rights violations, iconic images Read Full Story

British schoolchildren 'think Auschwitz is a beer'

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A significant number of British schoolchildren are so ignorant about the Holocaust that they think Auschwitz is a beer. That's according to a deeply disturbing report from the London Jewish Cultural Centre , which polled more than 1,000 secondary school pupils aged between 11 and 16 in the UK mainland. One quarter of the respondents failed to identify Auschwitz correctly, with two per cent - equivalent to 90,000 kids across the country - saying they think it is a beer. At least 1.1 million people are known to have been killed in the Nazi concentration camp - 90 per cent of them Jews. Victims ... Read Full Story

SS men at Auschwitz - Birkenau! Oswald Kaduk

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Oswald Kaduk Auschwitz SS   Oswald Kaduk was born on the 26 August 1906 in Konigshutte, Upper Silesia, the son of a blacksmith. He had five brothers all of whom were killed in the Second World War.  Oswald Kaduk attended public school in Konigshutte and subsequently became a butcher. For a year and a half he worked in the municipal slaughterhouse of his home town.   In 1927 after a brief period of unemployment he became a member of the municipal fire department of Konigshutte, where he remained until being called –up after having volunteered to serve in the Waffen-SS , in the spring ... Read Full Story
 

Would you visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp?

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When I mentioned the Dachau Concentration Camp in southern Germany as a place to visit a few weeks back, some readers were surprised at the idea of visiting such a place while on holiday. And I can understand that it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the chance to understand important parts of history better is one reason I really love travelling, especially in Europe where there are so many historical sights. That’s why I thought I’d mention the even more distressing possibility of visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp sites in southern Poland. Auschwitz is perhaps the most well-known concentration camp - ... Read Full Story
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Holocaust survivor remembers horrors of occupation
Holocaust survivor Nesse Godin brought her tale of horror and survival to Emporia Monday night, speaking not only to remember the phantoms of the past but also to call for a change in how we treat each other.  
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EasyJet recalls magazine with Holocaust memorial fashion shoot
EasyJet recalls magazine with Holocaust memorial fashion shoot Published: 24 Nov 09 10:14 CETOnline: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091124-23481.html British discount airline easyJet has recalled some 280,000 copies of its in-flight magazine after complaints about a fashion shoot staged at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial, daily Financial Times Deutschland reported on Tuesday. ADVERTISING Heavy wind storms rage through Germany - National (24 Nov...  
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Israel Remembers Nazi Holocaust Hunter Simon Wiesenthal
Jerusalem-----September 20..... It is a sad day in Israel. A sad day for all Jews, Christians and other persecuted men, women and children who survived the European Holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down Nazi war ...  
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Holocaust & American Poets 2099: Theatre Of Pain Album Art & Tracklist
Holocaust & American Poets 2099 - Theatre Of Pain Holocaust and American Poets 2099's Theatre Of Pain is due November 24th. Theatre Of Pain Tracklist via Chambermusik: 1. Stand – feat Holocaust (prod. by DJ Woool) 2. Sayonara Blues – feat Holocaust, Nova Kane and Ace...  
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Child Holocaust Survivor Traces Steps to Lifelong Dream
BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- 11/20/09 -- A holocaust escapee, Estherleon Schwartz was four years old when her father tossed her over a barbed wire fence into the waiting arms of Swiss soldiers, uttering the words, "Save my daughter and she will always serv..  
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Holocaust survivor hopes to inspire
WILKES-BARRE – Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel may have been the featured speaker at Wilkes University’s Outstanding Leaders Forum on Tuesday night, but he said he does not consider himself a leader.  
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Holocaust survivor shares experiences with students
MARSHFIELD -- If Eva Mozes Kor found a way to forgive the men and women who separated her family, murdered her parents and performed scientific experiments on her, then she knows anyone can have the power of forgiveness.  
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