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The crowd today at the Weirtheimpark Auschwitz Monument in Amsterdam for Holocaust Remembrance Day, set on the day of liberation of the Nazi death camp. Prayers, speeches, somber musical performances & laying of flowers during a brief sunny break from the winter gloom.
1/26/2020, 3:10:14 AM
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After several days of winter cold & gloom, the break of sun and the sounds of birds during the moment of silence for the victims of the Holocaust was quite moving.
1/26/2020, 3:16:59 AM
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The line to lay flowers on the broken mirror monument was at least an hour long, starting with a few remaining survivors and their family members.
1/26/2020, 3:18:08 AM
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Had lunch with a child of two Auschwitz survivors. Apparently I was witness to some history with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologizing for the Dutch government for the first time for not doing more for the Jews before and after the occupation. Looking for translation.
1/26/2020, 4:12:54 AM
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Can someone who knows Dutch help me find a translation of Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s apology at the Holocaust Remembrance today? I’m also seeking the address of the civil service archives that the Dutch resistance tried to burn before the Nazi’s hauled them away.
1/26/2020, 4:20:07 AM
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Remember, more Jews as a percentage of population died in Holland than in Germany, France and other countries. Part of this is because the Nazis took over all civil administration. They had the data. https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/go-in-depth/netherlands-greatest-number-jewish-victims-western-europe/
1/26/2020, 4:34:10 AM
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My post-Holocaust memorial lunch companion’s mother was rounded up using this data in a razzia after protests & strikes by sympathetic Dutch citizens. His father fled and was hidden by resisters in Utrecht but was ultimately betrayed.
1/26/2020, 4:41:35 AM
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This kind of living history is why Dutch citizens & Netherlands government are so supportive of the human-rights privacy and I believe part of the reason why Self-Sovereign Identity is on the agenda here before many other countries. But Remembance is still needed 75 years later.
1/26/2020, 5:28:35 AM
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Here are details on the attempt by the Dutch resistance to destroy the civil archives on 28 March 1943. Unfortunately only 15% of the records were destroyed. These archives were used by the Nazis to check forged identity cards without the J on them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_bombing_of_the_Amsterdam_civil_registry_office
1/26/2020, 8:34:03 AM
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“Resistance members soon started to forge identification cards at a large scale…However, forged documents could be easily detected because they could be compared against the records in the civil registries…”
1/26/2020, 8:36:13 AM
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“…Some civil servants were willing to falsify records in the civil registry so that they would match up with forged identification cards. Nevertheless, the civil registries remained a potent weapon in the hands of the Nazis to identify…the population who were Jewish”
1/26/2020, 8:37:31 AM
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This is why I’m an advocate for both forms of SSI, the more anonymous track against powerful actors such as nation states, multi-national corporatations & mafias, as well the LESS (Legally Enabled Self Sovereign) track that seeks government support. https://twitter.com/christophera/status/1221396761316483073?s=21 https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/1221396761316483073
1/26/2020, 8:47:56 AM
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Relevant to this thread: “Where are the false identification cards and fake baptismal certificates in a world of immutable records? How can honest to goodness hero fake an ID in a world where IDs can’t be faked?“ by @quickblocks https://medium.com/@tjayrush/be-careful-little-brain-what-you-code-6ad4d5fb9d9b
1/26/2020, 8:50:32 AM
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Here is the full news item about the history-making apology from the Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte during today’s Holocaust Memorial that I attended. “When authority became a threat, our government agencies failed as guardians of law and security.” https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/01/on-holocaust-memorial-day-dutch-pm-apologises-for-government-role-during-wwii/
1/26/2020, 9:54:30 AM
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