Also, Germany's Arolsen Archives international center on Nazi persecution is a gift to millions of descendants of political atrocities. Perhaps Russia can follow suit.
There is so much information in this article. And my emotions when reading this were all over the board. How could this continue to be run? And all the pain and suffering these people endured. It must stop now. I'm glad you found out about your family. A blessing and a heartbreak at the same time. But at least now you know.
Yes it is an emotive topic, Dawn. When I visited Estonia in 1992 I was taken to a memorial site in a forest which was a huge 'death pit'. It felt like I was standing in another realm. In St Petersburg, Russia, I lit a candle for my dear grandmother in a beautiful orthodox church and felt enveloped by love and comfort. But it wasn't until I started to explore the Arolsen Archives website that I found more information about the role the Baltic States and other European countries played in the Nazi concentration camp hell-storms. Then, of course, Stalin ensnared Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and perpetrated the same atrocities. Our death cult history now is trying to repeat itself again which is why I am going to write more about this era. The British have much to answer for. They have conveniently kept themselves out of the story of the origins of Nazism and Communism.
There is so much information in this article. And my emotions when reading this were all over the board. How could this continue to be run? And all the pain and suffering these people endured. It must stop now. I'm glad you found out about your family. A blessing and a heartbreak at the same time. But at least now you know.
Yes it is an emotive topic, Dawn. When I visited Estonia in 1992 I was taken to a memorial site in a forest which was a huge 'death pit'. It felt like I was standing in another realm. In St Petersburg, Russia, I lit a candle for my dear grandmother in a beautiful orthodox church and felt enveloped by love and comfort. But it wasn't until I started to explore the Arolsen Archives website that I found more information about the role the Baltic States and other European countries played in the Nazi concentration camp hell-storms. Then, of course, Stalin ensnared Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and perpetrated the same atrocities. Our death cult history now is trying to repeat itself again which is why I am going to write more about this era. The British have much to answer for. They have conveniently kept themselves out of the story of the origins of Nazism and Communism.