A year of questing
It has been a whirlwind year with intense meetings, dusty archives, wild nature, heartache and joy. Continue reading A year of questing
Category: Second World War
Des Pays-Bas à la Bavière – en cherchant Jan van Boeckel (in French for a change)
…un jeune homme qui s’opposant à l’idéologie Nazi s’est battu contre les philosophies haineuses qui à l’époque apparaissaient partout en Europe. Arrêté en Belgique après beaucoup de pérégrinations, il fut déporté en Allemagne comme prisonnier “Nacht und Nebel” Continue reading Des Pays-Bas à la Bavière – en cherchant Jan van Boeckel (in French for a change)
Unlocking language -Second World War Research
It makes me wonder how much information about the fate of Nazi victims and occurrences during this era is as yet unavailable as the information is locked within a language. Continue reading Unlocking language -Second World War Research
The book of names at Flossenbürg
The Flossenbürg concentration camp itself is now a monument, although a few decennia back it was partly used as an industrial site. Along the perimeter there are homes of citizens on a terraced hill, which was part of the camp. Continue reading The book of names at Flossenbürg
Beautiful nature. Ugly history
Southern Bavaria in September. The goal was to see Munich and meet family at the Tegernsee and then go into deepest Bavaria at the Austrian border, … Continue reading Beautiful nature. Ugly history
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