Douwe de Vries
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Léon and Marie Mignon with their three children: Marie-José, Monique and baby Arlette in July/August 1943
In December 1944, Marie, Marie-José and Monique were murdered by the SS. Léon and Arlette were seriously wounded but had to hide in the attic for a week before the SS withdrew
#battleofthebulge
December 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Swedish customs officers are performing a check on a Russian Adler cargo vessel.It anchored in Swedish waters due to an engine malfunction.

The vessel's owners, M Leasing LLC, and the vessel itself are under EU and US sanctions. They are suspected of being involved into shipments of arms.
December 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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An NBC News analysis found that nearly 700 pages of documents from Friday’s drop were entirely redacted
Scrutiny of DOJ's release of Epstein documents continues into second day
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin said he wants to investigate why all the documents weren’t released at once. Meanwhile, 15 images made public Friday disappeared from the DOJ’s website.
www.nbcnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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De kiezers hebben bepaalde politieke partijen en om zuiver grondwettelijk te zijn bepaalde volksvertegenwoordigers een mandaat gegeven. Als de kiezers het niet eens zijn met de invulling van dat mandaat dan staat het hen vrij om op andere partijen te stemmen. Niks “nepparlement”.
Bosma schoffeert de democratie: Wilders heeft met het woord "nepparlement" de vinger op de zere plek gelegd. Het parlement is in belangrijke mate niet meer representatief. Veel dingen die in de samenleving spelen, meningen van de meerderheid vind je niet terug in het parlement.
December 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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21 December 1930 | A French Jewish girl, Irene Stern, was born in Nancy to Abraham and Victoria. During the war, she lived in Libourne.

On 30 June 1944, she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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BLANCHE: What President Trump is saying is not that the Epstein files are a hoax. It's this game that Democrats have been playing for months around them that is a complete and total hoax.

WELKER: Some Republicans are pushing for their release too, to be clear

BLANCHE: Well, that's different
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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A two-meter drone with a parachute was found in trees on Strâmtu mountain in Argeș County, Romania. A hunter discovered the intact device on Sunday. Police cordoned off the area as authorities investigate its origin.
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Nieuws uit België👇
In de maand voorafgaand aan de Europese top, waar het gebruik van geblokkeerde Russische tegoeden voor Oekraïne op de agenda stond, zijn in ons land fors meer cyberaanvallen geregistreerd. De aanvallen worden gelinkt aan een pro-Russische hackersgroep.
‘Gevaarlijke escalatie’: pro-Russische hackers voerden fors meer aanvallen uit op ons land voor Europese top
www.demorgen.be
December 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The incompetence is funny right up until you remember they're covering up for pedophiles and sex traffickers
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
apnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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21 December 1900 | A Polish Jew, Jankiel Winter, was born in Grodziec.

In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25268
He perished in the camp on 20 March 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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21 December 1932 | A French Jewish boy, Samuel Goysenstein, was born in #Hayange. During the war, he lived in Paris.

He was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz where on 16 August 1942, he was murdered in a gas chamber.
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Russian forces crossed the border near Hrabivske village in Sumy region and forcibly took over 50 Ukrainian civilians to Russia, mostly elderly including one woman aged 89, Ukrainian military spokesman Dmytro Lykhoviy told Ukrainska Pravda.
December 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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21 December 1902 | A Pole, Jan Combik, was born in Rembielice Królewskie. A teacher.

In #Auschwitz from 5 April 1941.
No. 12321
He perished in the camp on 26 August 1941
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Redacted States of America
December 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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De macht liet zich niet graag controleren in 2025. In ons jaaroverzicht laten we zien hoe FTM botste met ‘de grote jongens’: van dreigmails en rechtszaken tot trainerende ministers en wegkijkende autoriteiten. Maar vooral: waarom dat precies laat zien hoe onmisbaar onderzoeksjournalistiek is.
De macht toonde zich in 2025 een slechte verliezer
We kregen tegendruk dit jaar, uit verschillende hoeken en gaten. Maar dankzij de steun van bijna 50.000 leden heeft Follow the Money een robuuste basis en kunnen we ook in 2026 blijven doen waar we go...
www.ftm.nl
December 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Hoezo weigert dit mysogine kabinet wederom om vrouwen te supporten.

Deze uitvinding maakt voor enorm veel vrouwen straks verschil, kosten?
100.000 euro, een schijntje.

Nu crowdfund de TU maar zelf, met een crowdfunding .
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Doen!
#Vrouwen #Pijn #Regeringsoetniks

www.tudelft.nl/2025/tu-delf...
TU Delft maakt pijnbestrijding voor vrouwen wereldwijd simpeler en goedkoper
www.tudelft.nl
December 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Poetin wil behalve Oekraïne ook delen van Europa veroveren die vroeger bij de Sovjet-Unie hoorden, schrijft @reuters.com op basis van 6 bronnen bij Amerikaanse inlichtingendiensten.

Hun rapporten schetsen "een totaal ander beeld" dan Trump, die volhoudt dat Rusland zijn oorlog wil stoppen.

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US intelligence indicates Putin's war aims in Ukraine are unchanged
U.S. intelligence reports continue to warn that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to capture all of Ukraine and reclaim parts of Europe that belonged to the former Soviet empire, six sources fa...
www.reuters.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Christiane Hurlet in the arms of her grandmother Olga Nouprez-Monfort. To their right Christiane’s mother Fernande Hurlet-Nouprez with her youngest sister Bernadette Nouprez.
3-year-old Christiane and heavily pregnant 26-year-old Fernande were both murdered in Parfondruy on the 19th of December 1944
December 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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4-year-old Yvan Beauvoix, with Mrs. Maguy If. The bandage on the little boy's left arm is a visible reminder of the injuries he suffered during the massacre in the Hurlet farm in Parfondruy.
#battleofthebulge
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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20 December 1920 | A Pole, Antoni Szulecki, was born in Warsaw.

In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940
No. 1852
In 1942, he was released from the camp.
One of around 2 thousand registered prisoners released from Auschwitz.
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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If ICE knocks on your door, do not open it
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December 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Donkerbruin tuig gaat morgen de straat op. Lees en huiver:
Morgen organiseert de NNB haar eerste echte demonstratie in Apeldoorn. Ogenschijnlijk met weinige extreme thema's als de Digitale ID, het Systeem en tegen het asielbeleid. Echter, achter die façade schuilt een hardcore neonazigroep. kafka.nl/nnb-_-nazis...
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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We put Putin's 19 December speech next to Hitler's 1939 Reichstag address.

Seven steps. Same sequence. Same wording.

"I wanted peace." "They rejected everything." "I was forced to act."
December 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We put Putin's 19 December speech next to Hitler's 1939 Reichstag address.

Seven steps. Same sequence. Same wording.

"I wanted peace." "They rejected everything." "I was forced to act."
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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2/Also, partners are not yet ready to give us licenses for the production of air defense missiles, so Ukraine cannot manufacture them independently.
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM