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Post by pieter on Aug 3, 2014 12:26:14 GMT -7
  The Dutch civilian population experienced their own 'Bataan death march' during the forced evacuation of Arnhem. No one will ever really know just how many perished along the way. en.airbornemuseum.nl/from-heart-and-homeNicetoe, I have just been there to shoot covershots for a Market Garden memory TV program we will air in September. I filmed that poster. Arnhem was largely destroyed during Market Garden in September 1944. It was further destroyed during heavy battles in May 1945 when Arnhem was liberated. Most civilians were evacuated. The Arnhem population was devastated and exhausted due to the losses of human lives, the wounded and the lost property and homes. It took many of them years to decades to recover. Rebuilding their lives. Dutch records suggest that at least 453 civilians died during the battle, either as a result of Allied bombing on the first day or during the subsequent fighting. After the battle, the residents of Arnhem and its surrounding towns and villages were forcibly evicted from their homes, allowing the Germans to turn the north bank of the Rhine into a heavily defended line. Residents were not allowed to return home without a permit and most did not return until after the war. The Dutch homes were then systematically looted, with the spoils being sent to bombing victims in Germany. The Germans continued to fight Allied forces on the plains between Arnhem and Nijmegen, and the bridge that the 1st Airborne had fought so hard for was eventually destroyed by the Allies to deny German forces its use. On 7 October, it was bombed and destroyed by Martin B-26 Marauders of 344th Bomb Group, USAAF. The buildings of Arnhem were heavily shelled by the Allies over the next few months and suffered further when the city was eventually liberated in April 1945. Here two video's about Arnhem of that time:(Sorry for the Dutch voice over; I believe the images speak for themselves) |
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Post by pieter on Aug 4, 2014 23:58:55 GMT -7
A horrible time to live. My aunt, Jennie, on my mothers side, a blonde haired blue eyed catholic beauty, was interred in Auschwitz and released at the end of the war. Since she immigrated back to the USA she never spoke of that time up till her passing. How many horrors were on the lives of the unlucky human beings. John, Unfortunately, the world has forgotten or no interest in the non-Jewish victims of the Nazi terror and the Holocaust. Who knows in the West that next to the 3 million Polish jews, 3 million Roman-Catholic Poles died during the war. A lot of them were victims of Nazi race policies and racists ethnic cleansing and Khmer Rouge (Cambodja) or NKVD (KGB) style anti-Polish intelligentsia actions. Poles were massacred, assasinated, executed, gassed and starved to death too. They were the first victims of Auschwitz. I am sorry and sad to hear about the story of our aunt Jennie. That she had to suffer there like this Roman-Catholic Polish girl:  Czesława Kwoka (August 15, 1928 Wólka Złojecka– March 12, 1943 Auschwitz) was a Polish Catholic child who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp at the age of 14. She was one of the thousands of child victims of German World War II crimes against Poles. She died at Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Poland, and is among those memorialized in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum indoor exhibit called Block no. 6: Exhibition: The Life of the Prisoners.Cheers, Pieter |
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Post by Nictoshek on Aug 5, 2014 3:21:35 GMT -7
Some estimates of Dutch evacuation civilian casualties were in the thousands. The most famous civilian Arnhem survivor was the future film actress great: Audrey Hepburn. Can't wait to see the upcoming Market Garden memorial TV program pieter.
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Post by pieter on Aug 10, 2014 16:15:05 GMT -7
I will post it here when we have made it Nicetoe!
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Post by pieter on Aug 10, 2014 16:18:12 GMT -7
 Children of the Rising01.08.2014 15:52 Photo: Tomek KaczorOn the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Rising, we take a look at the role children played in the 63-day insurgency in Poland's capital. While the collective memory of the Warsaw Rising is one which tells of heroic deeds and the German massacre that followed the uprising's failure, Poles are raising questions about their own historical deficiencies and their difficult heritage. One of the most predominant questions is why did military leaders send children into the thick of the confllict? German freelance journalist and formerly a correspondent of Polish Radio's German Section, Holger Lühmann has this special report. www.thenews.pl/1/6/Artykul/177849,Children-of-the-Rising |
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Post by bjk on Aug 11, 2014 17:13:23 GMT -7
Pieter:
You may remember me from some years back and the somewhat contentious discussion that was had on a particularly volatile topic.
Today I received a reminder from Jaga.proboards to revisit this blog, and I was glad I did.
I look forward to studying all the links you've posted re: the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
A great bit of history that I need to get caught up on.
Many thanks,
BJK
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Post by Jaga on Aug 11, 2014 18:49:05 GMT -7
Hello BJK, this was really a while you posted, over 5 years. Thanks for coming back. Referring to Pieter, he had some great posts, he has more followers (4) than I do (only 2), because his posts contain always so much information. How is your life going? Pieter: You may remember me from some years back and the somewhat contentious discussion that was had on a particularly volatile topic. Today I received a reminder from Jaga.proboards to revisit this blog, and I was glad I did. I look forward to studying all the links you've posted re: the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. A great bit of history that I need to get caught up on. Many thanks, BJK |
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Post by bjk on Aug 12, 2014 8:14:04 GMT -7
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