Poland under the Nazis (part 1) – Oskar Schindlers Factory, KrakowFrom October 29 till November 3th I took a short organized trip to Poland. The organizer called this … Posted February 25, 2014 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
Poland under the Nazis (part 1) – Auschwitz 1 (Stammlager)The camp is located South-West of the small city of Auschwitz. It was together with Auschwitz II -Birkenau … Posted February 19, 2014 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
Poland under the Nazis (part 2) – Auschwitz 2 (Birkenau)The Birkenau concentration camp is a place where I was transfixed. I never imagined it had this size. … Posted February 19, 2014 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
Arbeitseinsatz – Forced labour at the Sigla Sicherheitsglas G.m.b.H. company in Gross Kunzendorf N.L. – PolandHendrik (Henk) Hoogendoorn was born on the 1st of February 1921, my grandfather was just 19 years of … Posted February 7, 2014 (updated August 3, 2024) by Patrick
Transit Camp Westerbork, NetherlandsIn 1939 the Dutch Government decides to build a refugee camp to give the German Jews a home … Posted November 22, 2012 (updated July 18, 2024) by Patrick
Arbeitseinsatz II – Forced Labour at Sigla in PolandIn August 2012 Landmarkscout received an email from a descended of a survivor of forced labour in the … Posted October 26, 2012 (updated August 3, 2024) by Patrick
Camp Amersfoort – The NetherlandsIn one day we visited the Amersfoort cemetery in Leusden and camp Amersfoort. Both locations, the camp and … Posted July 12, 2012 (updated May 30, 2023) by Patrick
Weingut 1 – Me 262 Factory – Mühldorfer Hart, Bavaria, GermanyDue to the effective bombardments of the Allied forces on infrastructure and war industry, Germany was forced to … Posted June 28, 2012 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick
Concentration camp Bergen-Belsen – GermanyIn Bergen Belsen (After 1941: Stalag XI C/311) an estimated 50 to 70 thousand people were killed or … Posted November 14, 2011 (updated June 1, 2023) by Pascal