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| Local History | Getting into this big time |
| Mountains | Walking and hills big part of life |
| Military History | Interested in everything |
3 July 1925 | Czech Jew, Jiří Schulz, was born in Prague.
He was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. He did not survive.
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It is a myth that Konrad Koch brought football to Germany. A math that has even made it to the big screen. But who really brought football to Germany? My new @FRUEFpodcast column is out. (German language, but your browser maybe can translate it.)
https://web.de/magazine/sport/fussball/fussball-deutschland-37780246
Dass Konrad Koch den Fußball nach Deutschland gebracht hat, ist ein Mythos, der es sogar auf die Kino-Leinwand geschafft hat. Dabei lässt Kochs überliefertes Regelheft schon auf den ersten Seiten erkennen: Er ließ in Braunschweig Rugby spielen und keinen Fußball.
It is #BlackHistoryMonth
On May 1, 1689, King Louis XIV gave permission to New France colonists to have enslaved people. Colonists had complained to the Crown that they didn't have enough workers or servants.
By 1759, there were 3,500 enslaved people in New France.
#otd 1354 died Balduin of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Trier, brother of an emperor, uncle of a king and great uncle of another emperor. He is buried in Trier Cathedral in this high tomb. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons @histodons
Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
The Aiggin Stone, close to Blackstone Edge. A medieval waymarker, on a packhorse route, overlaying a Roman road, crossing the Pennines. It was once much taller, but has been diminished by numerous falls.
6 January 1941 | A small group of prisoners-musicians, who had received instruments from home, gathered in Block 24 & held their first informal rehearsal.
This was the origin of the future camp orchestra.
Learn about orchestras at the Auschwitz camp from our #podcast: https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-25-Orchestras-at-Auschwitz-e1prhem
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The camp orchestra played for the first time at the German camp Auschwitz at the beginning of January 1941. Initially there were seven musicians there, but the ensemble grew very quickly. The main task was to play military marches to the rhythm of which the prisoners marched as they left for work and returned to the camp. The orchestra also gave concerts for the SS garrison members and prisoners. Later, other orchestras were also established in the men's and women's camps at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, as well as in some of the sub-camps. Dr. Jacek Lachendro of the Memorial Research Centre talks about the history of orchestras in Auschwitz.
It's wonderful to see my book #TheFacemaker listed as one of the @guardian's "Best Science Books of 2022!"
There are some other great titles on this list, including one of my favourites, AN IMMENSE WORLD, by Ed Yong. Check it out for #holiday gift ideas.
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2 December 1941 | A Pole Wacław Kroczowski (b. 4 June 1909) perished in the Auschwitz camp. He was imprisoned there on 7 September 1940. He was registered as JBV (Jehovah’s Witness) and received the number 3764.
Because of their religious principles, pacifistic views & their organization’s international connections Jehovah’s Witnesses were persecuted in Nazi Germany.
Listen about some 400 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Auschwitz. https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-17-prisoners-with-purple-triangles---Jehovahs-Witnesses-in-Auschwitz-e1edpkh/a-a7dh2m3
Activities by the Jehovah’s Witnesses were banned in the Third Reich in 1933 because of the Witnesses’ religious principles and pacifistic views, as well as their organization’s international connections. As a result, many of them were imprisoned in concentration camps. Teresa Wontor-Cichy from the Auschwitz Memorial Research Center talks about the history and fate of some 400 Jehovah’s Witnesses incarcerated in the camp. --- In the picture: A German Jehovah’s Witness Marta Proppe born on 26 December 1899 In #Auschwitz from 12 November 1942 No. 24418 She was transferred to KL Gross-Rosen. She survived.
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