Hitler always had a preference for the megalomaniac during WWII. Everything had to be big, very big: The new Reichskanzlei The new Chancellery was certainly not small either. Albert Speer had designed this building on behalf of Hitler and it had to be representative of the power of the Führer. State guests and high-ranking visitors […]
Operation Biting and Jubilee. When the Russians were ready to launch the counterattack in November 1942, Stalin’s desire to open a second front in the west arose. The Germans then had to transfer troops to the west and the Russians then faced weakened German troops. Operation Bagration was about to begin. The Germans decided to
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In the story “The return of the Jews” we discuss extensively the problems that the Jews, who had actually survived the concentration camps in various countries, were allowed to experience. But how were the deportations arranged at the beginning of the persecution of the Jews in countries such as the Netherlands and a number of
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The return of the Jews from the concentration camps after the end of World War II The Jewish people Jewish history has been going back in time for more than 3000 years and the Jews have experienced and survived a lot over the centuries. The Jews were often the victims. Why were the Jews often
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On this website you will find a separate story about the bombing that took place during the Second World War. The bombing of Nijmegen has been added separately, initially to give an idea of how a bombing of Nazi Germany started, but in the second instance also because it was a special “friendly fire” bombardment.
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SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger, the Himmelfahrtskommando In my story about the Murder Factories, I have already mentioned Oscar as one of the biggest criminals in World War II. Now the number of criminals working in the concentration camps and at the Einsatzgruppen and Sonderkommandos were numerous. If I have to describe all of them, this story will
The Geneva Convention is a collective term for the treaties drawn up in Geneva and which, as part of humanitarian law, determine the rules of law during an armed conflict. The treaties have been signed by all countries in the world. First version 1864 Improving the fate of wounded and sick forces on the ground
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Updated 10/04/202 5 The role of the 1.5 million African-Americans who were part of the U.S. military has always been underexposed. Of these 1.5 million, 900,000 were sent to Europe. The treatment of African-Americans at the beginning of World War II showed parallels with German anti-Semitism. Hitler, the greatest racist in Europe, was thus fought
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Updated 27/07/2025 As a fugitive for the Nazis because you didn’t want to be employed in Germany, or because you are of Jewish origin, then one had many enemies, but the police are your best comrade? Right? Yeah? What kind of problems could someone expect in the Netherlands in the Second World War: Gestapo The
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Updated 22/04/24 A cat has nine lives, Hitler had at least 42 lives. According to an expression from ancient Egypt, a cat has nine lives. For the Egyptians, cats were sacred animals. Sun god Ra took the form of a cat during his travels to the underworld and Ra would have given life to eight
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