Like many sons of strong (1940)
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- The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family whole source · open book
They also had their own little girl with the charming name of Lux. On May 10, 1940, the Germans jolted their fairy-tale realm of Eerde. As Josi recalled, “we woke up in the castle because the windowpanes were rattling so strangely—until we understood that they were blowing up bridges, that it meant us, and that now everything, everything was lost.”22 Though the Dutch helped to protect many Jews, the SS campaign in Holland was one of special severity.
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