Tony 🇮🇱🇺🇦

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My book Death and Heroes : Army Chaplains in World War 2 is now available for pre order from @chiselbury If you go to the use code CHISELBURYXMAS you will receive 20% off the price.

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Audiobooks are a brilliant invention, but my dogs hate them. 😃

Opposite for me, I listened to it twice. First time I ever listened to a book and it got me hooked to Audiobooks.

Didn’t even get half way before I surrendered

Haven’t started it yet, but thoroughly enjoyed the audible Al read. I’ll start it next week when things settle down.

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.

29 November 1926 | A Polish girl, Zofia Łucarz, was born in Jasło.

In #Auschwitz from 19 January 1943.
No. 29814
She perished in the camp on 3 April 1943.

Vintage sepia photo of a young girl smiling in a garden, wearing a knee-length dress with patterned top and knee-high socks.

27 November 1937 | French Jewish girl, Fanny Cogan, was born in Paris.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 7 December 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

The railway tracks leading to the main gate of Auschwitz II-Birkenau, covered with a thin layer of snow. The infamous watchtower stands under an overcast winter sky.

A historical freight car, once used to transport victims to Auschwitz II-Birkenau, sits on the snowy railway tracks. Fences of barbed wire are visible behind it.

Auschwitz II-Birkenau

The main gate of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp & the freight car, which is situated at the unloading and selection platform inside the camp.

(Photos: buff.ly/4fOYiwi)

Vintage close-up portrait of a young girl wearing a hat.

27 November 1937 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Ina da Costa da Fonseca, was born in Amsterdam.

In September 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

Are you a wizard really ?

Vintage black and white portrait of a smiling young girl in a plaid dress with a lace collar.

27 November 1929 | A Czech Jewish girl, Hana Neuschulová, was born in Ústí nad Labem.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

Photograph of a girl in front of a building, smiling and looking to the side, wearing a white dress with a pattern.

26 November 1926 | Dutch Jewish girl, Cato Hisman, was born at The Hague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.

Vintage black and white portrait of a woman resting their chin on their hand, wearing a necklace and a ring. The photograph shows signs of age with some damage on the surface. The name is handwritten across the bottom.

27 November 1905 | A Czech Jewish woman, Ilsa Strossová, was born in Brno.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. She did not survive.

Black and white portrait of a young woman, looking thoughtful with one hand on chin.

27 November 1925 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Jeanette van Geldern, was born in Rheden.

In September 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

Always amazed at how much I learn and on such a wide range. But the banter, chat and community are a great pull also.

Fellow Afghanistan veterans out there, here is an opportunity to share your experience of Op Herrick. Nobody is interested at the moment, but the time will come. Contribute if you can and ensure that there is a legacy for those who did not return, or bear the scars today.

Most of it went over my head. Very technical but also informative. But the radio book wrote by Pidgeon was my highlight. I’m just a grunt, we like things kept simple.

A vintage black and white photo of a young boy in a sailor suit.

26 November 1937 | French Jewish boy, Samek Erlich, was born in Paris.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Drancy on 16 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

Black and white historical photo of remains of one of the crematorium in Auschwitz, showing debris and ruins with a partially destroyed building and trees in the background.

25 November 1944 | The Germans began dismantling of the technical equipment of crematorium II at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Air-pump engine from the gas chamber was planned for Mauthausen and pipes for Gross-Rosen camps. In the picture: ruins of crematorium II in 1946.

A young boy with long dark hair photographed in a dark blouse with large white collar. His left hand is under his chin.

25 November 1938 | French Jewish boy, Henri Herszhorn, was born in Paris.

In 1942 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

Christmas has almost started. Getting the outside lights up.

I’ll see you there Padre.

The murdered of Fontenay-le-Pesnel

Black and white photograph of a woman, looking to the side, wearing a patterned blouse.

24 November 1917 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Eva Waas-de Bruin, was born in Avereest.

In December 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

Black and white portrait of a smiling woman wearing a shirt with button details. The image is signed with the name at the bottom.

23 November 1896 | A Czech Jewish woman, Elsa Kahnová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.