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Sobibór is finally excavated. Its gruesome history revealed

History of Sobibor Amulet

Archaeologists found the remains of two gas chambers at the site of former nazi extermination camp Sobibor. A gruesome reminder of the crimes committed there. Smaller findings, like pictures, bracelets, notes and weddings rings, give an insight in the horrors that took place in this remote forest, some 71 years… Read full history →

12 October 2014 by Jan Huisman in Archaeology, Modern, News, War / No Comments
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Former Auschwitz guards will not be prosecuted

Many of the former Auschwitz guards against whom criminal investigations were started, wont be called to justice. The elderly defendants, aged from 88 to 94 years old, are not fit enough for a trial says newsmagazine Der Spiegel sunday. Certainly eleven alleged camp guards who were arrested in April (DisputedPast reported) are now exempt from prosecution…. Read full history →

22 June 2014 by Jan Huisman in News / No Comments
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Hitler’s Jewish neighbor publishes diaries

Edgar Feuchtwanger lived in Munich, Germany, during the rise and heydays of the nazi-regime, from the early 1930’s to the outbreak of the war in 1939. Munich was the beating heart of the nazi-movement and the Feuchtwanger family was Jewish. To make things worse, the family had an infamous neighbour,… Read full history →

21 April 2014 by Jan Huisman in Biography, Modern / No Comments
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The hunt for Germany’s nazi-criminals continues: 6000 suspects await investigation

The leading executive of Germany’s center for nazi-crimes expects that about a dozen former concentration camp thugs are to be arrested. Chief attorney Kurt Schrimm told the Deutsche Presse Agentur (dap) the authorities are working on a list with all the guards at Auschwitz, 6,000 in number. Schrimm heads the center for nazi-crimes and he and 19 employees are on… Read full history →

28 February 2014 by Jan Huisman in Modern, News, Scrutinized, Society / No Comments
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Three alleged Auschwitz guards arrested in Germany, aged 88-94

It’s a race against time: Nazi hunters try to capture the last living nazi-criminals. The Second World War ended just under 70 years ago, and with the living nazi-criminals over 88 years old, approaching, they have to hurry. On a nation-wide nazi-hunt, German authorities captured three men last Wednesday, aged… Read full history →

21 February 2014 by Jan Huisman in Modern, News, War / No Comments
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Polish hero Witold Pilecki went to Auschwitz in 1940 – voluntarily

It is hard to imagine how a 39-year old father of two deliberately walked into a razzia of the SS on the 19th of September, 1940. As a Polish army officer he couldn’t expect a gentle treatment, but Witold Pilecki wanted personally to find out want happened to all the Jews who were captured and transported to… Read full history →

13 December 2013 by Jan Huisman in Modern, News, War / No Comments
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Dutch Jews heavily taxed after WW2

Dutch Jews who survived the Holocaust and returned to their homes after the Second World War were heavily taxed by the city counsels. This information was revealed as documents of the city counsel of Amsterdam were digitized, says the Dutch newspaper Het Parool. As most of the Dutch Jews were… Read full history →

31 March 2013 by Jan Huisman in Modern, News, War / No Comments
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