
Jorit Wintjes
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Military Historian | ancient and 19th c. naval history | 19th c. history of military technology | history of wargaming and operational research
University of Würzburg
Joined April 2022
RT @StephenUzzell2: My name is Fanny Brukner. I was born in Paris in 1934. I arrived at Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 997 J….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 18 August 1942 | 56 Polish prisoners were surrounded by SS guards and led to Block 11 at Auschwitz I, and then to the….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 19 August 1943 | Two Norwegian Jews, Hermann Feldman (no. 105273 - left) and Willi Scherman (no. 105392 - right) were….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 19 August 1922 | A Czech Jew, Bedřich Schlosser, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresiensta….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 19 August 1877 | A Polish Jewish woman, Marjem Lerner, was born in Jaworów. She emigrated to the UK and then to Belgiu….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 19 August 1917 | A Polish woman, Janina Nowak, was born in Błędów. In #Auschwitz from 12 June 1942. No. 7615.After 12….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 19 August 1940 | A French Jewish boy, Symcha Sylvain Ostrowiak, was born in Paris. In September 1942 he was deported….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 19 August 1942 | A transport of 997 Jews deported from Drancy arrived at #Auschwitz. After the selection 897 of them w….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 19 August 1879 | Jewish man, David Goldberg, was born in Vilnius (then Russian Empire, today Lithuania). In 1908 he em….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 19 August 1883 | Czech Jew, Oskar Ofer, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 19 August 1924 | An Austrian Jew, Heinrich Bettelheim, was born in Vienna. In February 1943 he was deported to #Ausc….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 18 August 1908 | A Pole, Karol Grzesiek, was born in Magdeburg. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 18 August 1906 | A Pole, Grzegorz Terlecki, was born in Lvov. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 6 November 1941. No.….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 18 August 1920 | Polish Jewish woman, Nina Seewald, was born in Klasno near Krakow. She emigrated to Belgium. In 1942….
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👇Required reading for anyone interested in post-war RN history!.
In 1979 the last Royal Navy 'conventional' carrier HMS ARK ROYAL decommissioned. Despite calls to preserve her, in 1980 she was scrapped. This thread covers the previously little known story of the attempts to preserve her as a museum ship in Greenwich. /1
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 18 August 1895 | A Polish Jew, Chaskiel Goldbruch, was born in Suchedniów. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 18 August 1924 | A French Jewish boy, Serge Zylberberg, was born in Paris. In September 1943 he was deported to #Ausc….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 18 August 1866 | A German Jew, Chaim Yehuda Weyl, was born in Rogasen (today Rogoźno in Poland). A rabbi. In November….
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RT @UKRinDEU: Man kann Putin nie trauen. Russland hat einen Freundschaftsvertrag mit der Ukraine unterzeichnet, in dem unsere Staatsgrenze….
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RT @AuschwitzMuseum: 18 August 1894 | A Czech Jewish woman, Marie Hahnová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theres….
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