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Posted: 2022 Jul 01
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Load More...1 July 1895 | A Czech Jew, Karel Platovský, was born in Písek.
He was deported to #Auschwitz on 28 September 1944 from #Theresienstadt ghetto. He did not survive.Happy #CanadaDay. ‘Canada’ is derived from the word ‘kanata’ from the Iroquoian linguistic family, meaning ‘village’. As a First Nation member, I’m proud to share that connection with my @CanadianForces family.
1 July 1936 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Andre Hartstein, was born in Antwerp. He emigrated with his family to France.
In December 1943 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. After the selection we was murdered in a gas chamber. He was 7.
Tag Archives: Death
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Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Mortality
Tagged Attitudes, Death, Poetry, Trees
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Posted in Feeling Clearly, Language and Communication, Mortality
Tagged Attitudes, Business, Death
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If It Be Now
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Posted in Feeling Clearly, Mortality, New Perspectives
Tagged Attitudes, Community, Death
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For Just a Second
Sometimes that’s all that’s needed. Continue reading
Not a Given
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Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Mortality, Thinking Broadly, Through the Calendar
Tagged Aging, Attitudes, Death
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Day of the Dead 2019
Another year of life, death, and remembrance. Continue reading
