It was once said that not remembering the Holocaust means to side with the executioners against its victims; not to remember means to kill the victims a second time; not to remember means to become an accomplice of the enemy. On the...
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It was once said that not remembering the Holocaust means to side with the executioners against its victims; not to remember means to kill the victims a second time; not to remember means to become an accomplice of the enemy. On the other hand, to remember means to feel compassion for the victims of all persecutions.
By solemnly commemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust, we will keep history in mind, never forget the past, cherish all lives, and create a better future.
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their ancestral homeland. I stand here today as the Prime Minister of Israel, the Jewish state, and I speak to you on behalf of my country and my people. Advertisement The United Nations was founded after the carnage of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust. It was charged with preventing the recurrence of such... Read Full Story
Prime Minister's speech to the UN. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their ancestral homeland. I stand here today as the Prime Minister of Israel, the Jewish state, and I speak to you on behalf of my country and my people. The United Nations was founded after the carnage of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust. It was charged with preventing the... Read Full Story
Liquidation of Sobibor Death Camp 3 SS Men Give Evidence Official examination on 4 July 1962 at the Criminal Detention Investigation Institute in Cologne of Arthur Matthes born 11 January 1902 in Wermsdorf, district Leipzig, previously SS NCO in Treblinka, by profession senior nurse at Health and Care Institute in Bayreuth. “Following my duties at Treblinka I arrived at the Jewish Extermination Camp at Sobibor in the autumn of 1943. At this point in time Treblinka had terminated its... Read Full Story
A Collection of Statements to the War Crimes Team at Bergen–Belsen regarding War Crimes in Prisons and Concentration Camps
Renee Erman
Barbwire fence and guard tower at Drancy
In the Matter of War Crimes and Atrocities at Drancy Prison, Paris and Auschwitz
Deposition of Renee Erman (Female) late of 80 Rue des Menilmonatre, Paris, sworn before me Captain ALFRED JAMES FOX, General List, D.A.P.M . 86 Special Investigation Section, C. M. Police... Read Full Story
The next few entries on the daily blog will be the entire speech of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to the United Nations on September 24, 2009. If you compare his speech to any of the others you will quickly see that his is the only one that touches on all three words in today's Title.
Mr. President,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their ancestral... Read Full Story
Today, when I listened to Benjamin Netanyahu speak to the U.N., in a fashion far overdue, I was deeply impressed. As he spoke, he put me in mind of Ronald Reagan and I longed for a leader such as Benjamin Netanyahu here in America. He fiercely defended Israel with fact and history. Here is his speech, in its entirety: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: I have found the entire text of the speech, which I am including below. But I want to listen to the words of a true leader, not what we have... Read Full Story
Voluntary Statement of Prisoner of War
Hauptsturmfuhrer Friedel Rau
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Secret
Portrait of Hans-Adolf Pruetzmann from 1934
During the time that I belonged to the staff of the Senior SS and Police Officer for North Russia, SS Gruppenfuhrer Pruetzmann, in Riga, I overheard the following during conversations by Pruetzmann with others:
Riga
1 . Kovno (Lithuania)
During the period from the capture of Kovno until 3 July... Read Full Story
Hans Frank
Speech to senior members of his administration
The Removal of the Jews from the General Government
Hans Frank (center) and his senior staff
16 December 1941
One way or another – I will tell you that, quite openly – we must finish off the Jews.
The Fuhrer put it into words once:
“Should united Jewry again succeed in setting off a World War: then the blood sacrifice shall not be made only by the peoples driven into war, but then the... Read Full Story
Kurt Lischka
German Security Police - France
Kurt Lischka
Kurt Lischka was born in Breslau on the 16 August 1909, the son of a bank official, after studying law and political science in Breslau and Berlin, he was active in different district courts and worked in the Provincial Court of Appeal in Breslau.
Lischka joined the SS on the 1 June 1933, reaching the rank of SS Major five years later and being promoted to SS-Lieutenant –Colonel on the 20 April 1942... Read Full Story
Richard Glucks
As d escribed by Rudolf Höss
Richard Glucks Biography
Richard Glucks
Richard Glucks was born on the 22 April 1889 and he served as an officer in World War One and joined the Nazi Party relatively late. Nevertheless, he was an SS Brigadier General before the start of the Second World War, and was appointed Inspector of Concentration Camps in autumn 1939.
From 1942 on, the Concentration Camps Inspectorate formed one of the four large divisions... Read Full Story
