Dutch Genealogy

Apr 29, 20213 min read

The 10th Anniversary of the Ceremony for Bertram

It was 10 years ago today that my grandmother's cousin, Bertram Polak, was memorialized with a Stolpersteine in from front of his...

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Oct 23, 20161 min read

#FamilyTree365 – Day 53 October 23, 2016

#FamilyTree365 – Day 53 October 23, 2016 #Genealogy #Stolpersteine #Tilburg So as some (if not all of you) know in April of 2011 I...

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Apr 29, 20113 min read

Friday 4.29.11 – Ceremony For Bertram, Stories, and Dinner/Day 2

Forewarning to those reading this post – it is going to be edited and some information may change, however I wanted to get this out a...

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Apr 28, 20112 min read

Thursday 4.28.11 – Fleeing The Country/Day 1 Tilburg, Netherlands

Yesterday we (myself, my mother and my grandmother) left Pittsburgh for the Netherlands by way of Boston and Iceland. In planning for...

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Jan 27, 20116 min read

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

In November of 2005 the United Nations marked today International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is the day that Auschwitz was...

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Jan 26, 20112 min read

The Story Behind The Stolperstein

In August I created an account on JoodsMonument.nl in an attempt to update entries about various family members who both perished and...

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