Auschwitz
Project Riese – Osówka, Säuferhöhen – Owl Mountains, Walbrzych Poland
December 6 2015, Last update: October 6 2016, Author: Patrick
In 1943 Minister of Armament and War Production Albert Speer, started, to talk about project Riese with the management of Organisation Todt. Project Riese, a series of vast tunnel...
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Fort Breendonk, Willebroek, Belgium
March 28 2014, Last update: January 6 2016, Author: Steph Wynants
Breendonk was built as part of the fortification defence to protect the city of Antwerp and especially the port of Antwerp in addition of the 1859 stronghold. It was...
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Poland under the Nazis (part 1) – Oskar Schindlers Factory, Krakow
February 25 2014, Last update: January 7 2016, Author: Steph Wynants
From October 29 till November 3th I took a short organized trip to Poland. The organizer called this trip "Poland under the Nazis". The trip included a stay in...
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Poland under the Nazis (part 1) – Auschwitz 1 (Stammlager)
February 19 2014, Last update: January 7 2016, Author: Steph Wynants
The camp is located South-West of the small city of Auschwitz. It was together with Auschwitz II -Birkenau and Auschwitz III-Monowitz one of the biggest German concentration camps. ...
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Poland under the Nazis (part 2) – Auschwitz 2 (Birkenau)
February 19 2014, Last update: January 7 2016, Author: Steph Wynants
The Birkenau concentration camp is a place where I was transfixed. I never imagined it had this size. As far as the eyes could reach barbed wire, guard towers,...
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Transit Camp Westerbork, Netherlands
November 22 2012, Last update: October 4 2016, Author: Patrick
In 1939 the Dutch Government decides to build a refugee camp to give the German Jews a home and safety. This camp was located near the small town of...
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