WEIMAR, Germany (AP) - Holocaust survivors on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the Buchenwald concentration camp's founding by honoring more than 38,000 victims whose identities had previously been unknown.
Buchenwald researchers spent the past decade scouring archives from the United States to Israel and across Germany in an attempt to identify tens of thousands of the estimated 56,000 prisoners who lost their lives at Buchenwald between 1937 and 1945, but had been known only by their camp-assigned numbers.
Archivists at the camp, perched on a hillside overlooking the eastern city of Weimer, were able to identify 38,049 victims and enter their names into a memorial book.
"The Nazis tried to reduce humans to numbers, to rob them of their identity," said Jens Goebel, culture minister for the state of Thuringia, upon handing copies of the book to representatives of survivor groups. "That should not be the last word."
About 8,000 Soviet prisoners of war, as well as some 9,000 who died in death marches as the Nazis tried to evacuate the camp late in World War II, remain unknown.
Most of the early inmates at Buchenwald were political prisoners. But following Kristallnacht - Night of the Broken Glass - in 1938, some 10,000 Jews were sent to the camp. Over the course of World War II, criminals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roman and German military deserters were also interned at the main camp and its many sub and labor camps.
References:
Guardian: Buchenwald Marks 70th Anniversary
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I recently read an article on Yid with Lid about the recent destruction occurring on the Temple Mount. [JPost : Temple Mount Travesty]
I decided to chase down any Video or photos that were possibly available. I've come across this series of photos and video.
The destruction that has occurred is quite distressing. The total contempt that is shown for archaeological artifacts is appalling. With such wanton disregard and disrespect shown why is it we sit by idly whilst this occurs?
As is so eloquently expressed in Psalm 137, 5-7
"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither, let my tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy." (Psalm 137, 5-7).
Should we not think our tongues are already cleaved?
Why the silence?
Why do we ignore such travesties yet endure hysteria and hyperbole from Palestinians when sensitive excavations with full archaeological surveys are carried out by Israeli authorities?
Where is the respect here? Why is this obvious resource for Historical knowledge desecrated with such alarming cultural insensitivities?
We know the answer, but we act like our arms are withered.
Following is a video of the CPDATM member visit at the new trench that was dug in the Temple Mount upper platform near the Dome of the Rock – the site of the Temple. We were not allowed to pick up any archaeological artifacts from the soil, while in the same time the Waqf's tractor was maneuvering the earth. In the video I. Caspi (the committee chair) is asking the police chief officer of the Temple Mount what should we do if we find an ancient seal in the soil. At the distance archaeologist E. Mazar is seen examining the soil and a policemen is sent over to her in order to guard that she will not touch anything.
The trench. The trench at it's southern edge reach the depth of 2-3 feet. The bedrock at that location is about 2-4 feet below the level of the current platform.
Architectural remains at the northern section of the trench that are located beneath the current platform foundation.
More Architectural remains at a different strata level.
The trench after it was refilled.
Many pottery shards were seen in the soil that came out of the trench.
More Pottery shards easily discernible.
Archaeological artifacts including shards of pottery, tiles and glass vessels, have been lost forever. The strata has been disrupted, and clues to their exact origin and era never to be retrieved. Whilst we stand by and allow this desecration.
A floor tile from the Second Temple period made of bitumen. No fragments were able to be retrieved. When the Israeli authorities dig, everything is planned, cultural sensitivities are observed, cultural heritage values respected, why do we allow un surveyed excavations on the most holy of holiest sites? Why do we sit by and allow this to continually happen?
An fragment of an ancient glass vessel.
A fragment of a wall tile made of black marble with white veins.
The spare soil that wasn't used to cover back the trench was dumped in the improvised dump yard at the eastern section of the Temple Mount.
Ask yourself, would we treat such cultural sensitive archaeological remains in such a fashion? Ask yourself why is it the Wakf so readily dismissive to bar any kind of thorough archaeological surveys before such destructive digs?
Credits for Photos:
Monday 9/7/07 (Taken by Gideon Charlap)
Wednesday 11/7/07 (taken by Zachi Zweig)
For further resources try:
The Temple Mount Archaelogical Destruction: http://www.har-habayt.org/
JPost: The Temple Mount Travesty
CPDATM – The Committee for the Prevention of the Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount. Aims
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Ok, this is quite Zany, if you want a good laugh check out the new Mrs Bagel blog which of course is located at http://mrsbagel.blogspot.com/ which you can also access via the top menu.
Theres a new mast thats been especially done for the Wonderful Mrs Bagel and I'm sure you'll get a chuckle.
Regards to All Mr Bagel
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Its not often your given the choice of:
50,000 in cold hard cash* or to go to Haveil Havalim.
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Seems my friend Yid with Lid has come up with a mathematical formula that has lead him to believe its the 50,000 Haveil Havalim edition, now I would have thought it was the 125th Edition, but given the choice of 50,000 Rials from Mahmoud (Worth $5.40 and falling) or the pleasure to visit Yid with Lids amazing Haveil Havalim, well its a no brainer.
So Here it is Yid with Lids 50,000th Edition of Havil Havalim
which was formerly the 125th Edition of Haveil Havalim until Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got a wiff of it and inflated its value.
Oh and if your wondering about the 50,000 Rial bill that Mahmoud recently issued, it shows an atomic nucleus over a map of Iran.
Tehran, Iran, Mar. 12 – In yet another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, the Islamic Republic on Monday introduced a new banknote carrying the atomic symbol.
The new 50,000 rial note displays a map of Iran with a giant atom and orbiting electrons on it. On its back, the note features a portrait of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
The new note is worth the equivalent of about $5.40 - more than twice the amount of Iran’s previous highest denomination.
Officials announced that six million copies of the notes were circulated through the state banks.
Now if Mahmoud could have only pinpointed on the 50,000 rial note, the sites involved in processing nuclear fuel as well, then we could have saved a lot more than 50,000 Rials worth of time.
*Oh my offer is a sincere offer, if you genuinely would prefer 50,000 rials to visiting the 50,000th edition of Haveil Havalim, then there's one condition only. Visit Iran, tell Mahmoud to grow a brain, and I'll will send you the 50,000 rials.
Till then Mr Bagel
More about the 50,000 rial note
[pinglink to hh125]
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The gossip from Iranian bloggers, is a Iranian Cleric was heard on a state-run radio station talking about the twelfth Imam, who is supposed to rise/return and make every thing honkey dory for Shia Muslims. He has reportedly mentioned,
“It is not like Imam will use his sword to defeat the enemies.
Have you not heard about the occasional news about the UFOs which are spotted in the sky? We know nothing about the passengers of those objects. Maybe, Imam will use UFOs to attack his enemies. Because, when the time comes, he will call you guys and will tell you, ‘You! Go and become the governor of London, You! Go and become the governor of Chicago. You! Go and become the governor of Berlin. You have to be ready for the time, when he calls on you to become the governor of Paris’”.
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thanks to Akiva for the Kipper tip and Kamangir
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Islamic Republic's intelligence agents allege rodents were carrying advanced Western spy gear
Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation's borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic.
"In recent weeks, intelligence operatives have arrested 14 squirrels within Iran's borders," state-sponsored news agency IRNA reported. "The squirrels were carrying spy gear of foreign agencies, and were stopped before they could act, thanks to the alertness of our intelligence services."
Iranian police commander Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqadam confirmed the report, saying that a number of squirrels had been caught bearing foreign spy gear within Iran's borders.
"I heard of this but I have no specific knowledge on the subject," he said. He refused to give further details.
Recently, Iran has increased its efforts in combating espionage by the West. The use of rodents has not been documented in the past.
Mr Bagel: err Mahmoud they're in the really big padded room over there...[End]
References:
Ynet: Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying
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