My grand mother gave me my great uncles coin collection today because she felt it's better to give something with a warm hand rather than a cold hand.
My great uncle died in a German concentration camp during the war.
While he was alive he ran a small family owned print shop, during the war the local Dutch resistance cell contacted him with a request for aid, they hoped he could print flyers and other informational material for them.
He declined telling them that he had a wife and children to take care of, but he did mention he often "forgot" to lock up the shop after going home for the night.
The resistance members were caught red handed by the Germans in the print shop and under torture incriminated my great uncle.
The Germans took him of the street one day and held him in several concentration camps before he died in a concentration camp in Germany.
His family was never informed, he relayed his fate by dropping a letter from the train that took him to the camp where he died.
I never knew the man but people forget too much so i felt like sharing.
My great uncle died in a German concentration camp during the war.
While he was alive he ran a small family owned print shop, during the war the local Dutch resistance cell contacted him with a request for aid, they hoped he could print flyers and other informational material for them.
He declined telling them that he had a wife and children to take care of, but he did mention he often "forgot" to lock up the shop after going home for the night.
The resistance members were caught red handed by the Germans in the print shop and under torture incriminated my great uncle.
The Germans took him of the street one day and held him in several concentration camps before he died in a concentration camp in Germany.
His family was never informed, he relayed his fate by dropping a letter from the train that took him to the camp where he died.
I never knew the man but people forget too much so i felt like sharing.
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Its soo different.