Letter to Anton van der Lugt by his great-granddaughter
In 2016 Maryse Kluck wrote a letter to her great-grandfather Anton van der Lugt who she never met because he had died in a German concentration camp.
Neuengamme Concentration Camp
Between Franco and the “Memoria Histórica”
Barbara Brix has been engaged in memory culture for years. In 2006 she began to deal with her father’s history during National Socialism in more detail than before. As a doctor, he was part of the so-called “Einsatzgruppen” (task forces) responsible for the murder of countless people in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Together with two … Read more
Interview with Cees Frederiksen
One of the goals of the Stichting Oktober 44 is staying in touch with the relatives of the victims of the Putten raid that took place on the 1st and 2nd October 1944. The story of the raid of Putten – Putten is a village situated at the Veluwe, an extensive forest area in the … Read more
The heavy fate of a Ukrainian family in the Second World War
Mykola Titow has been researching for many years on the history of his two uncles, who were deported to Germany as forced laborers during the Second World War and died there. In 2017 and 2018 he has travelled through Germany following their traces. Here he tells about his family, his mother’s last wish for information … Read more