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Dachau

The 1st
Concentration Camp

 

 

View of the Dachau moat & fence

Dachau one of the
first concentration camps established by the Nazis, was located in the small
town of Dachau approximately 10 miles northwest of Munich.  The location at
Dachau was selected by the Nazis because it was the site of an empty munitions
factory from World War One, which was ideal for the establishment of a camp.

 

The opening of
the camp, with a capacity for 5,000 prisoners was announced by Heinrich Himmler,
Reichsfuhrer SS at a press conference held on 20 March 1933. The first
group of so-called protective-custody, consisting mainly of Communists and
Social Democrats was brought to the camp on 22 March 1933. They were guarded by
Bavarian state police until the camp was taken over by the SS on 11 April 1933.

 

Theodor Eicke was
appointed commandant and he was responsible for drawing up detailed regulations
which covered all aspects of camp life, later on when Eicke was appointed
Inspector General for all concentration camps these regulations were adopted,
with local variations elsewhere.

 

With Dachau as
his model, Eicke developed an institution that was intended, by its very
existence, to spread fear among the population, an effective tool to silence
every opponent of the Nazi regime 

[You
can read more about Theodor Eicke 


HERE]

 

The commandants
at Dachau throughout its history were: 

• Hilmar
  Wackerle       SS Standartenfuhrer

• Theodor
  Eicke          SS Obergruppenfuhrer                                
  

• Heinrich
  Deubel        SS Oberfuhrer

• Alex
  Piorkowski       SS Obersturmbannfuhrer

• Wilhelm
  Weiter        SS – Sturmbannfuhrer

• Hans Loritz
               SS – Oberfuhrer

• Martin Weiss
            SS – Obersturmbannfuhrer

The "Death Wall" where prisoners where shot at Dachau

Dachau became a
useful training ground for the SS, at Dachau first learned to see those with
different convictions as inferior and to deal with them accordingly, not
hesitating to kill when the occasion arose, as the following will demonstrate:

 

On the 12 April
1933 in Dachau four Jews died as a result of deliberate sadism, an eyewitness
account of their deaths was smuggled to Britain by a prisoner who was later
released.

 

“A few days ago we were going out as usual to work. All of a sudden the Jewish
prisoners – Goldmann, a merchant, Benario, a lawyer from Nuremberg, and the
merchants Artur and Erwin Kahn – were ordered to fall out of ranks. Without even
a word, some Stormtroop men shot at them.

 

They had not made any attempt to escape- all were killed on the spot all had
bullet wounds in their foreheads. The four Jews were buried secretly, no one
being allowed to be present.

 

Then a meeting was called, and a Stormtroop leader made a speech in which he
told us that it was a good thing these four Jewish sows were dead. They had been
hostile elements who had no right to live in Germany – they had received their
due punishment.”

 

Read more about
Dachau
and other Nazi camps HERE:

http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/index.html

 

The Holocaust Education &
Archive Research Team

 

www.HolocaustResearchProject.org

 

• Raymond Matz wrote:
Thanks again for posting more of these organizational charts of the Einsatzgruppen reporting structure and areas of operations.

This is great stuff!

Raymond Matz
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• 1/28/2009 3:24 AM Kimberly Q wrote:

Read more here:
http://blog.holocaustresearchproject.org/FeaturedComments.aspx

The Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team

www.HolocaustResearchProject.org

Excellent website!

KQ

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• 1/25/2009 6:26 PM Ricky Frantelli wrote:
Does anyone even pay a nutcase like larouche any attention? The guys is a sorry piece of trash!

Ricky V
Brooklyn, NY
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• 1/19/2009 7:21 PM Raymond Matz wrote:
Best Einsatzgruppen chart I’ve ever seen on the Internet. Will the team be doing the other major groups and kommandos?

Ray
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• 1/18/2009 2:34 PM Dan Selstek wrote:
Your website is amazing!
I could spend weeks going through all of this well researched material!

Dan Selstek of Atlanta, Georgia
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• 1/9/2009 2:03 PM Myra Gorin wrote:
I WAS RIVETED!

MG
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• 1/4/2009 12:24 PM Novalis wrote:
Does there exist any archival material from the company Hasag (Hugo-Schneider-Aktiengesellschaft), Leipzig, Germany, specifically its armaments division at Skarzysko-Kamienna and affiliated plants, Werke A, B, C, located in Distrikt Radom, of the then Reich Generalgouvernement Polen? The main archive of Hasag no longer exists. The central office building in Leipzig, together with the business archive, was damaged through Allied bombs and then destroyed by self-detonation in early 1945.

Any help is most welcome.
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• 1/3/2009 2:36 PM Izzy wrote:
Great maps! Do you have map like this of Babi Yar?

Izzy
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• 12/31/2008 3:20 PM Jamie O’Donoghue wrote:
Greetings to the Holocaust Education and Archive Research Team.

I saw an interview recently with actor Daniel Craig where he mentioned your website and how he used it to research his role for the movie Defiance.

Does the HEART team often provide consultation to film & television media?

Jamie O’Donoghue
Dublin
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1. 12/31/2008 3:33 PM HEART wrote:
Jamie,

Thank you for your note.

H.E.A.R.T is often asked to provide historical consultation to the film/television industry as well as online & print media.

Since all consultation is strictly voluntary – (H.E.A.R.T accepts no compensation for any Holocaust related consultation) – it is often difficult to assist with the many requests we receive on a regular basis.

Team members are often on location throughout Europe, and or working in various archives in the US, UK, Germany and Poland.

UK Director Mr. Chris Webb manages one of the rarest and most comprehensive photo archives to be found anywhere in the world. He spends much of his time identifying, and labeling the many thousands of pictures from the ghettos, and locations of Holocaust atrocities.

US Director Mr. Carmelo Lisciotto spends most of his available time in eastern Poland and the areas of the former Soviet Union conducting extensive research on the activity of the Einsatzgruppen for his book due to be released in 2009.

Other members of the team conduct Holocaust tours, or perform services for Jewish groups as well as with various archives in the review and translation of documents, decodes and other artifacts.

We appreciate your feedback and encourage your continued education in the most infamous period of world history.

-H.E.A.R.T
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• 12/31/2008 2:15 PM Bill Davies wrote:
An amazing collection of images!

Thank you for making this gallery available for all to view.

Dr. William Davies
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• 12/28/2008 10:50 AM Mikhail Aronson wrote:
Your website is an absolute masterpiece!

By far the greatest Holocaust memorial as well as historical record is www.holocaustresearchproject.org
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• 12/20/2008 8:20 AM Marjorie Stockton wrote:
I attended two of the seminars that Carmelo Lisciotto spoke out and found his lecture on Nazi Propaganda especially interesting.

I am sure his book will be just as interesting
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• 12/20/2008 8:17 AM Eugene Blavovitz wrote:
Thank you for this article on Maly Trostnets. I lost family there and it I am happy to see this memorial website at www.holocaustresearchproject.org
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• 12/15/2008 10:58 PM Josephine Mavari wrote:
I really love your website and I hope your team will continue your great work and memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.

Josephine Mavari
Tuscon Arizona
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• 12/14/2008 2:22 PM Phyllis Kalman wrote:
Thank you for posting these heart wrenching stories of the Holocaust.

We must never forget!

Phyllis Kalman
USA
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• 12/14/2008 11:03 AM Maribel Santos wrote:
This article was very helpful for a report on World War 2 and the Holocaust.

www.holocaustresearchproject.org is the best website I’ve found in some time.

My brother sent me the URL, he spends more time reading your website than he does reading any printed books on the subject.

Maribel Santos
from Trenton, NJ
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• 12/9/2008 12:45 AM Alena wrote:
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first

comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this

blog very often.

Alena

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• 12/6/2008 10:13 AM Joanne Sima wrote:
Raoul Wallenberg was a great hero of the 20th century.
I thank you www.holocaustresearchproject.org for honoring him on your website.
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• 11/29/2008 5:12 PM LaRouche Sucks! wrote:
LaRouche is scum!

He promotes hatred and bigotry!
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• 11/28/2008 7:11 AM Michal wrote:
This is very good article on Slovak Jews.
Michal
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• 11/25/2008 9:35 AM personal shredder wrote:
This blog Is very informative , I am really pleased to post my comment on this blog . It helped me with ocean of knowledge so I really belive you will do much better in the future . Good job web master .
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• 11/24/2008 3:05 PM JP wrote:
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH!

A Masterpiece!
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• 11/22/2008 3:00 PM Erland Svenson wrote:
I thank you for this article on the plight of the Norwegian Jews. Your website is very comprehensive and you don’t often find this level of detail in electronic media.

My thanks,

E. Svenson
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• 11/7/2008 3:30 PM Trisha Moreley wrote:
A very courageous man Mr. Karski was.
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• 11/4/2008 11:21 AM Terry Rather wrote:
Very interesting story! Rarely do we get to read about the more subtle aspects of how the Nazi’s exploited Jews during the Holocaust.
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• 11/3/2008 6:54 AM Gabor Hirsch wrote:
It is more an enquiry as a comment.
Does any records of former inmates exist to Gross Rosen? can you say when a camp number would probably issued.
The number in Question is 39969

Best regards
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• 10/30/2008 4:06 PM Samuel Martin wrote:
This article depicts a lot of stuff very well. How jews were treated while this time period with concentration camps was going on. It shows how they were over powered and didn’t get much to eat at all. Very good article.
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• 10/27/2008 2:38 PM Ilya Vonich wrote:
Barbarians!!!

The Nazi SS were barbarians!
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• 10/23/2008 7:02 PM William Benaret wrote:
Your piece on the SS is very well done. I appreciate the depth of information as well as the addition of photos and timelines.

Thank you for producing such a great website.

William Benaret
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• 10/14/2008 8:18 PM Aaron Scheliekin wrote:
A unique deposition. Where does your group uncover these documents? German archives?

Aaron Scheliekin
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• 10/12/2008 9:00 AM STRIDER wrote:
I’m glad this murderer got what he deserved!

STRIDER
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• 10/6/2008 10:59 AM Jimmy Calliardi wrote:
I read a report at the USHMM authored by Carmelo Lisciotto and was very impressed.

Is he lecturing?

JC
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• 10/6/2008 10:57 AM Ian Woods wrote:
Thank you for raising the case of Jeremiah Duggan.

To have the support of the Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team means a lot to those dedicated to the cause of fighting anti-Semtism and hatred throughout the world.

Ian Woods

Manchester, UK
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• 9/25/2008 6:01 AM Dr Bloom wrote:
Your team does a very nice job with the photo galleries.

They are a great learning tool.

Dr. Bruce Bloom Conn.
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• 9/15/2008 11:31 PM Sascha Schwartz wrote:
I own a copy of “Shutter Falls” by Mr. Chris Webb and it’s an utterly fantastic photo journey into the many faces of the Holocaust in Poland and Russia!

I highly recommend it.

Sascha Schwartz
Toronto, Canada
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• 9/15/2008 3:21 AM Thomas Fletcher wrote:
I received my pre-release copy of “Postcards from the Past” by Chris Webb and Arthur Hojin.

I wrote to Mr. Webb regarding the 1st edition print but I understand that he and other members of the team are currently on a site in the Ukraine.

I look forward to the Lisciotto book though.

Tom
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• 9/14/2008 11:23 AM Jill St. Claire wrote:
Dear H.E.A.R.T I was told that a book was forthcoming authored by some or all of the members of the team. Do you know when this book will be available and where?
Thanks very much and please keep up the great work.
JSC
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1. 9/14/2008 11:37 AM H-E-A-R-T wrote:
Dear Jill St Claire

We thank you for your kind remarks.

The H-E-A-R-T U.S Director Carmelo Lisciotto has a book expected to be released in spring of 2009. More information on this release will be posted in the Publications section of the HolocaustResearchProject.org website.

In addition several contributors to the H-E-A-R-T website have publications on Aktion Reinhard being released in December.

Stay tuned a lot of material on the way!

Thank you for your interest.

-The Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team.
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• 9/11/2008 2:47 AM Prasad Kumar wrote:
Very good blog!

PK
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• 9/3/2008 1:25 PM Elaine Trudari wrote:
AMAZING! I’ve searched the Internet for months trying to find a full English version of this text for a lecture I am delivering in November.

The Holocaustresearchproject.org team really came through. I can’t thank you enough.

Elaine Trudari
Penobscott, Maine USA
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• 9/3/2008 10:11 AM Zman wrote:
Hey guys, you have a very well produced website here
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• 8/30/2008 8:29 PM Deanna Lee wrote:
I CAN’T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW MUCH I LOVE THE HOLOCAUSTRESEARCHPROJECT.ORG WEBSITE!

I’VE USED IT FOR PERSONAL RESEARCH AND SIMPLY GENERAL INFORMATION.

IT IS TRULY A GREAT ONLINE RESOURCE!
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• 8/29/2008 8:29 PM Frank Vickers wrote:
Hello,
I saw your wonderful website quoted on a BBC broadcast about the American Media man Jerry Springer and his family that was killed in the Holocaust.

A very interesting programme indeed.

Frank Vickers
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• 8/27/2008 9:09 AM Tina McElroy wrote:
Amazing! I knew there were Jewish police and corrupt officials but heard nothing of this 13!

Your website is very balanced and resourceful
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• 8/27/2008 9:06 AM Marco Destrius wrote:
Very powerful essay on the Croatian Holocaust. I must say the that the images of Jasenovac are horrific but I believe it is important that websites such as the Holocaustresearchproject.org publish them in such a professional and educational manner.

Well done.
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• 8/25/2008 11:11 AM Lisa Ludmul wrote:
I agree with Andrew!

The very best Holocaust website on the Internet is: www.Holocaustresearchproject.org

I send all of my students there and highly recommend it to any history buff.

Lisa Ludmul – Youngstown, Ohio
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• 8/24/2008 2:38 PM Andrew Darlykin wrote:
The HOLOCAUSTRESEARCHPROJECT is by far the defacto website on the internet in relation to anything to do with the Holocaust.
No other website even comes close!

A.D
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• 8/22/2008 10:31 AM Jose Amaris wrote:
I had a similar question that you have answered. I enjoy MR LISCIOTTO’s writing very much and look forward to his new book.
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• 8/21/2008 12:48 PM Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team wrote:
Dearest Norbert.

Thank you for your kind remarks. There is currently one photo publication available entitled “The Shutter Falls” by H.E.A.R.T UK Director Mr. Chris Webb.

You can expect a full length research publication from Mr. Carmelo Lisciotto in the spring of 2009.

Stay tuned.

-The Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team.
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• 8/21/2008 12:41 PM Norbert Ersteiner wrote:
An utterly intriguing story of these mass murderers and the Holocaust!

My humble thanks on your great work! I would love to see a book from the Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team. Is one available?

Norbert Ersteiner
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• 8/19/2008 9:04 AM Marteen Salomar wrote:
I thank you for such a great compilation of Holocaust research and materials.

Your website rivals even the USHMM.

Marteen
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• 8/19/2008 9:02 AM Tomaz Igneiasky wrote:
Everytime you post something new on your fantastic website I see the others try to copy you!

www.holocaustresearchproject.org is not only the best holocaust website its the most orginal!
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• 8/14/2008 10:07 AM Joachim Bunt wrote:
I must repeat the sentiments of many of the people here when I say that the Holocaustresearchproject.org offers the very best and most comprehensive online resource that I have sound so far.

JB
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• 8/2/2008 3:02 PM Kurt Peters wrote:
You have best website about Holocaust!

In Germany we have not very good resource for this material.

Kurt Peters
Bamberg, Germany
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• 7/29/2008 9:46 AM Gerald Rosenbloom wrote:
An interested story about Chelmno!
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• 7/23/2008 8:18 PM Richard Barris wrote:
Thank you for posting another interesting article on your website.

I enjoy reading this blog because it summarizes all the articles at www.holocaustresearchproject.org and I can pick and choose which sections to vist.

My sincere thanks on your great work.

Richard Barris Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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• 7/17/2008 8:58 AM Tanya Taylor wrote:
FASCINATING!

I LOVE YOUR WEBSITE!

Tanya
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• 7/14/2008 8:33 AM Shane Denison wrote:
Arguably the best summary of Nazi propaganda available on the Internet!

My hat off to the holocaust education and archive research team!
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• 7/14/2008 8:29 AM Tina D. wrote:
Interesting to learn that Sigmund Freud lost family in the deathcamps.
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• 6/30/2008 12:45 PM cel mai misto tip din Romania wrote:
Very interesting.
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• 6/30/2008 11:09 AM Stephan C. wrote:
I LIKE THE WAY YOU WROTE THIS STORY OF HOLOCAUST IN ROMANIA
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• 6/30/2008 11:08 AM Jan Henning wrote:
Your story on Preben Munch is very impressive. The facts are all very much correct.
Do you have Danish members of your staff?

Jan Henning
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• 6/25/2008 3:22 PM Shawn Meckel wrote:
My thanks to the Holocaustresearchproject.org group for their great work. You have a very good website about the Holocaust.
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• 6/22/2008 4:01 PM Omar Varshnik wrote:
Your website on the Holocaust is better presented that even the US Holocaust Museum web pages and far superior to almost all the others. I thank you for creating and maintaining this great work.

Omar Varshnik

Cinncinati, Ohio USA
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• 6/7/2008 6:02 PM Lea Setmer wrote:
She was a very strong woman.
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• 6/4/2008 12:29 PM Jeffrey Rascher wrote:
A very interesting article on how Jewish Policemen acted in the ghettos. You rarely see this perspective presented online.

Jeffrey R.
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• 6/1/2008 7:25 AM Ajna Shah wrote:
I really enjoy your website it is a nice resource for education.
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• 5/30/2008 1:50 PM MAX wrote:
What a bitch Grese was!
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• 5/27/2008 5:25 PM Ezra K. wrote:
The brutality is incomprehensible!
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• 5/26/2008 10:07 PM Katya Andrapol wrote:
Thank you for posting this story about Irena
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• 5/25/2008 7:48 PM Katan Patel wrote:
Riveting article!

Simply well done!
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• 5/21/2008 4:17 PM Romyk Kepec wrote:
I lived 20 kilometer from this place.

Nothing very nice about it.
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• 5/20/2008 7:52 PM Eugene Steinbaum wrote:
All I can say is that I’m blown away by these images.

Powerful is an understatement.

Eugene
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• 5/16/2008 1:47 PM Jessica Fornhauser wrote:
Such brutality committed by these Ustasha men is incomprehensible!

I’m confused about why the U.S and Nato backed Croations in the recent ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Hercegovina?
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• 5/15/2008 10:56 AM Josef Martinkoff wrote:
I thought that I knew a lot about the Holocaust but every time I visit the Holocaustresearchproject.org website I learn something new.
This story on Pieter Menten is very interesting.

Josef Martinkoff
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• 5/10/2008 10:07 AM Ronald Rukenstein wrote:
NEVER FORGET THE HOLOCAUST!

I thank you for your great website!

RR
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• 5/3/2008 9:00 AM Jose Alicaro wrote:
FABULOUS GALLERY!

I’ve never seen many of these photos! Where does the holocaustresearchproject.org team find these photos? GREAT STUFF!

J.A
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• 5/2/2008 2:08 PM John Masters wrote:
A very moving story. Is Mr. Bright still alive?

I’m curious to how he feels about Gemans?
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• 4/22/2008 8:03 PM Paul Annunzio wrote:
What a great story. I was impressed with the accomplishments of these Jewish partisans.

PA
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• 4/22/2008 8:02 PM Eric fFinkel wrote:
I read the book Tough Jews and I thought those guys were bad asses!
The Bielksis really kicked butt!
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• 4/10/2008 12:24 PM Sarah Rothenheim wrote:
Many warm thanks for publishing your wonderful website.

The Holocaustresearcproject.org is the an inspiring and enligntening resource that taught me more about the Holocaust then I’ve ever learned anywhere else.

Sarah Rothemheim
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• 3/26/2008 11:25 AM Martin Goldberg wrote:
WOW! What a powerful story!

I never knew that Jewish resistance was so tough!

My thanks www.holocaustresearchproject.org for presenting such an inspiring peiece of work.

Martin Goldberg Columbus, Ohio
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• 3/24/2008 9:11 AM Sara Schiffer wrote:
Your website really moved me.
I learned so much in just an hour of reading through the plethora of pages and articles.
Please keep up the fantastic work!

I regard the Holocaustresearchproject.org website as the best source of information available about the Holocaust.

Sara Schiffer
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• 3/20/2008 9:54 AM James Stark wrote:
great article about the eichmann trial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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• 3/12/2008 10:55 AM Joshua Chartaye wrote:
My thanks to the HOLOCAUSTRESEARCHPROJECT.ORG your website always has interesting articles and history that simply can’t be found on the Internet! I’ve read a lot on wikipedia but have found that much of what they present as credible is in fact erroneous and of dubious nature.

My thanks again for making your resource available to us all.

Joshua Chartaye
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• 3/6/2008 6:49 PM Ezra Mandel wrote:
Yours is the only website I’ve located the tells of Mr. Kartin.

I must also comment the Holocaust education and archive researchers for such work.

EZRA MANDEL Tel Aviv
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• 2/7/2008 10:55 AM Gerard Malachim wrote:
I agree with you Ms Alicia! The website www.Holocaustresearchproject.org has the best collection of holocaust photos, the most detailed articles and is presented in a very comprehensive and user-friendly way!

Gerard
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• 2/1/2008 2:34 PM Robert Mcnamee wrote:
Your transcription of the Vrba – Wetzler report is top notch.

My thanks to the Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team for maintaing such a great Holocaust Website.
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• 2/1/2008 2:32 PM Luis Gonzales wrote:
THANKYOU FOR POSTING THE VRBA REPORT!

THE HOLOCAUSTRESEARCHPROJECT.ORG WEBSITE IS THE ONLY SITE THAT HAS THE FULL TEXT!

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!

LUIS GONZALES
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• 1/28/2008 10:19 AM Frank McConnely wrote:
Hi!

Saw your website www.holocaustresearchproject.org on a BBC programme a few evenings past. What a tremendous resource for those interested in learning about the Holocaust.
-Frank McConnely
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• 11/26/2007 8:44 PM Johannes wrote:
My compliments to Mr. Schlüter on a very good piece.

Johannes
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• 11/20/2007 2:37 PM Mauro Goldschein wrote:
I am currently working on my thesis regarding Euthanasia and the Nazi T4 program. This article posted on the www.holocaustresearchproject.org website was an exellent resource!

Mauro
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