Almost all of them were murdered. Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam, 1942. Before long, a major strike broke out, which brought the whole city to a standstill. From the beginning of the war, the English Air Force carried out attacks on targets in occupied territory and in Germany itself. April 30, 1945 Nuremberg, August 1927. As from 1 September, the Nazis no longer allowed Jewish children to attend school with non-Jewish children. In July 1941, soldiers from the Dutch Volunteer Legion left for the Eastern Front. The founding treaty was signed by 51 countries and came into force on 24 October 1945. This was the first, but by no means the last time Otto had to go to court to defend Anne's diary against similar accusations. SS troops on Dam Square (Amsterdam). He was half Jewish, so he did not have to wear a Star of David. There were 876 Jewish prisoners in the camp, but they were not free to leave yet. Amsterdam. Since he left the station, Somerville said no one from KTVU or Fox, KTVUs parent company, had contacted him. Baden-Baden, 10 November 1938. April 1943. In 1942, he fled to Switzerland but was arrested at the Franco-Swiss border and imprisoned in Drancy transit camp in France. Jews on their way to the assembly point at Victorieplein square. Seyss-Inquart was a Nazi from Austria. The Nazis also forced the Jewish Council to take away the Sperre of a large number of Jews and to select them for transport to Westerbork. On 9 November 1918, the Allies and the Germans convened in a railway carriage in the forest of Compigne, a small town 60 kilometres to the north of Paris. The Nazis had started arresting Jews the year before, and after the major raid of July, Jews were also arrested in other parts of France. The money of wealthy Jews was used to pay for the emigration of poor Jews. Odessa is a city on the Black Sea. Two days later, on 11 November, Germany signed the truce, which started at 11.00 am on the same day. The Jewish Council was charged with selecting the men. Not only was the Netherlands occupied by Germany, it had now also lost its largest colony. April 10, 1942 Principles of the National-Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). After the summer of 1942, the number of pupils turning up for lessons became smaller and smaller. Paris was liberated on 25 August and by mid-September 1944, the German army had almost been forced out of France. In May 1942, they had to hand in other valuables, such as jewellery, gold, art, and antiques. Factory workers on their way to a shelter during an air raid practice run. A producer who was not involved in the initial conversation then saw that an amended, 26-second version of the tag was in the broadcast script prepared for the 6 p.m. show, according to one of the sources. In March 1941, he gave a speech to the Dutch section of the NSDAP (the German Nazi party). Dots were used to indicate how many Jews lived on each Amsterdam street. 30 June 1942: Jews are only allowed in non-Jewish shops between 3 and 5 pm. A year later, in March 1921, communists committed attacks and called strikes in an attempt to start a workers' uprising. The municipality also drew up other maps locating Jewish residents or showing information about Jewish businesses. Construction of the camp started in the summer of 1939. His suspension came just six weeks after a previous leave of absence for health issues when he struggled to read his teleprompter and slurred his words during a broadcast in May. The prisoners, mostly young men, were deported to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. It took another year before they were fighting alongside the Allies in substantial numbers. Otto among young people at a youth conference, July 1968. Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20-23 November 1943. Eindhoven. On 3 April 1946, there was an article on the front page of Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool, titled Kinderstem (A Childs Voice), written by well-known historian Jan Romein. This is a model barracks in a rest camp: very simple and airy. ", Dec. 19, 1952 Without the Allies noticing, the Germans transferred more and more troops to the border with Belgium and Luxembourg. General Charles de Gaulle founded the Free French there, with the aim of fighting the German occupation of France. With his signature, the Netherlands officially surrendered. 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The speech by Minister Gerrit Bolkestein calling on the Dutch to hold on to their personal documents from the war (28 March 1944). Amsterdam, 9 May 1945. [2], In the first case, the international community would be warned of the dangers and encouraged to develop an effective international control on such weapons. He was also the one who set up the population register and the registration of Jews. In March 1945, he was marching to Germany in a group of around 600 prisoners. May 26, 1944 They, and the Arabs who stayed behind, were called Palestinians from then on. He recalled many details about the arrest, but nothing about a traitor. The Frank family were helped by six of Ottos employees and friends. Her husband was murdered in Auschwitz. He talked about his life and his youth, his 'conversion' to antisemitism (the hatred of Jews) and his time as a soldier in the First World War. In the West German town of Burgsteinfurt, the British army forced the 4000 inhabitants to watch the film Atrocities: The Evidence. They frequently responded to resistance acts by executing innocent civilians. Two weeks later, all of Sicily was in the hands of the Allies. Dec. 10, 1948 The atelier of Gerzon on Singel 347 (on the right), Amsterdam. Following a car crash late last December, embattled Bay Area reporter Frank Somerville now faces two DUI charges. The tax attorney Mr. de Zaayer (right) reads the indictment.The Hague, April 1, 1948. Margot started school in January and Anne in April. The military operation started on 16 April with a major attack on the Seelow Heights, the German defence line near the river Oder. De bij het Duitse bombardement van 20 september 1944 verwoeste gebouwen in de Rechtestraat in Eindhoven. KTVU's news division was infamously responsible for broadcasting the offensive fake names of the pilots of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 following a July 2013 crash at SFO, a mistake they blamed on the National Transportation Safety Board who, in turn, blamed a summer intern. Only one other man was later admitted to the country. The Chronicle strives to attribute all information we report to credible, reliable, identifiable sources. Barracks for construction workers. the German occupying forces. Westerbork. As the leader of the SS, Heinrich Himmler was involved in numerous war crimes. It was their way of thanking the municipality for its support to various youth associations in the city. Bomb shelters were being built in the cities. Dresden. After the attempt on his life, Hitler shows Mussolini the room where the bomb went off. On 17 July 1943, the Allies tried to bomb the Fokker factories in North Amsterdam. 1945. The Germans turned up the heat by increasing the target group to include all men aged 17 to 40 and by holding raids. The German invasion surprised the Soviet leadership. Julius was locked up in the Esterwegen concentration camp. The capitulation is signed on 2 September. Photo collection: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park. Another reason for the American declaration of war was the interception of the so-called "Zimmermann telegram, in which Germany promised Mexico financial support and American territory if it would attack the United States. In some cities, Roma and Sinti were forced to live in segregated camps where conditions were poor. The most notorious camp in the Balkans is that of Jasenovac. In Sobibor, over 34,000 Dutch Jews were murdered in 1943. Great Britain, 1941. Concentratiekamp Bergen-Belsen, 17/18 april 1945. The Eastern Front runs from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south.Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire are fighting against Russia and Romania. Professor Herman Frijda of the University of Amsterdam is fired in November 1941. The largest ghetto was established in Warsaw in October 1940. Houses of the rent strikers at Kpenicker Strasse 34/35. Otto Frank (right, opposite of the speaker) at the fourth international summer conference. August 1945 In 1917, the United States sent more than a million troops to France. citizens to protest the The security staff overpowered the suspected arsonist: Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe. The food was bad and the workers were treated poorly. A spokesperson for the station confirmed that Somerville, 63, who joined KTVU in 1991 and began co-anchoring the evening news in 2008, had been suspended pending further review. Its not clear when he might return. It was directed by George Stevens and the screenplay was written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, who had also written the play. Men at work in Labour camp "Molengoot".Hardenberg, 1942. The trains stopped running until the end of the war. July 10, 1943 The French government and many Parisians had already fled the city by then. We want to continue these measures relentlessly, because in doing so we are doing the Germanic people a service. In 1935, the Germans constructed a large military training area on the Lneburger Heide, near the city of Bergen. Barracks with allied prisoners of war at Tha Muang. Photo collection: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C, courtesy of Panstwowe Muzeum na Majdanku. The province of Utrecht will be cleansed of Jews (as if they were cockroaches) between April 1st and May 1st, and the provinces of North and South Holland between May 1st and June 1st." In 1942 Japan conquers the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies and attacks India and Australia.The Japanese fleet suffers its first defeat at Midway Island. Frank Somerville finally returns to KTVU: Are viewers owed an explanation? Cleveringa was subsequently imprisoned for eight months at the Oranjehotel (the German prison in Scheveningen). Soldiers of the Red Army hold the flag of the Soviet Union on the roof of the Reichstag. In the end, several hundred Jews found refuge in the two countries. Many Jews wanted to return to Poland because of the anti-Jewish measures in Germany. Polderweg, Amsterdam. Jan. 30, 1945 Opernplatz, Berlin, 10 May 1933. Paris. They had met a few years earlier, when Otto's brother Herbert got engaged to a friend of Ediths in Aachen. For a while, the Nazis had thought that they could force the Jews to emigrate to other countries, but this was no longer an option because of the war. 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The completed forms were used to determine which patients qualified for euthanasia. The next day, he announced his identity. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery signs the capitulation document of the German Wehrmacht in Northwest Germany. It was the part about how I lost all respect for bush Cheney Powell and rice because they never publically said they were sorry for the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis based on false information that Iraq had wmd. The concentration camps were also intended as warnings. 31 May 1941: Jews are not allowed on the beach, to parks, swimming pools, or hotels. Eichmann wanted to use him and his organisation to force the Jews out of Austria. Amsterdam, 12 March 1945. The Netherlands. Tens of thousands of soldiers were dead, missing, or injured. This was inconvenient for the Nazis: they wanted as many Jews as possible to leave the country, but many of the Jews in Germany were Polish. Jews from all villages and towns in the area were assembled at train stations. So I can send you awesome freebies, weird events, incredible articles, and gold doubloons (note: one of these is not true). They had only been in Belgium for a few days and it would take another week before the first towns in the Netherlands were liberated. Nieuwe Amstelstraat. They were no longer allowed to have accounts with other banks. Miep held on to the diary until after the war. The liberation of the south of the Netherlands in the autumn of 1944 affected the occupied west of the Netherlands in a bad way. Near the German border, they were fired at by allied planes, which gave him a chance to escape. In Auschwitz-Birkenau, the second location of the camp, a memorial was erected in 1967. Petito, of Florida, was slain during a cross-country van trip with her fiance, Brian Laundrie. In 1942 and 1943, the Germans used this former theatre as a deportation centre for Jews to be taken to Camp Westerbork. SFGATE. Germany. Sarajevo, 28 June 1914. These refugees left Germany for fear of persecution. Frank Somerville suspension: How the dispute over Gabby Petito coverage unfolded at KTVU, He left prison sick with COVID, fearing ICE would deport him. He had already been disciplined this month for voicing what were deemed by the station to be inappropriate political opinions on Facebook, about the new Texas law that bans almost all abortions and about the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The fact that this crisis resulted in a world war was due in part to the alliances between the various European countries. Train with deported Sinti and Roma departs.Asperg, May 22, 1940. Update: A spokesperson for Fox tells the Mercury News, "We can confirm Frank is taking time away from the desk to focus on his health and we welcome his return when he is ready.". Dutch East Indies. The prisoners called these marches death marches. Dutch rabbi Avraham Soetendorp conducted the funeral service. They left in the night of 1-2 November. Many Jews tried to flee, others committed suicide. Washington. July 1943. Seven weeks later, he was off the air again. In 1946 and 1948, two more trials were held against former Bergen-Belsen camp staff. Leftwing parties such as the communists and anarchists stood by the government. Dachau. The allied troops landed in several places in Morocco and Algeria. Propaganda film about the attack on the Philips factories in Eindhoven. Adolf Hitler breaks ground for the construction of the motorway from Frankfurt am Main to Darmstadt-Mannheim. For some time, Otto could not summon the courage to read them, but once he started reading, he was gripped by her writing. To facilitate the genocide of the Polish Jews, the Nazis begin to use gas in special camps. The mushroom cloud of "Fat man", the plutonium bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki. According to the newspaper, Somerville wanted to include a remark at the end of a news package that highlighted the medias disparity in covering young, white women like Petito while ignoring cases involving other missing individuals. In 1923, German money was worth so little that food became unaffordable. El Alamein, November 1942. Here are their demands, Downtown S.F. Somerville was hospitalized shortly after the incident and was booked at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. If youre reading this, you probably already know what happened. The Treaty of Versailles caused furious reactions in Germany. Aufbaulager near Celle. In the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese detained approximately 42,000 soldiers and 100,000 civilians. Amsterdam. The men and women who have been selected for forced labour are handed camp clothes before entering the camp. In Camp Vught, Jews from different parts of the Netherlands are gathered. From then on, the United States fought with the Allies against Nazi Germany. He was decorated for his services. His brand-new passport and nervous behaviour gave him away. This ended the uprising, but the atmosphere remained turbulent for months afterwards. KTVU anchor Frank Somerville, one of the most recognizable of the Bay Area's news personalities having been on the air at KTVU since 1991, was pulled from a Sunday broadcast and has not returned since after slurring his speech on air. Passengers registering before the departure of the Negbah. Photographer: W. Braemer. People in hiding and their protectors are listening to the clandestine radio. The Majdanek work camp already existed but was expanded with gas chambers. In November, Somerville insisted he was right to push for the commentary, but he publicly apologized for all the drama because of the way it affected people who work at the station. Nov. 20, 1945 Rhenen. Public interest at the departure of the mobilized soldiers from Central Station.Amsterdam, September 1939. Rights: in the public domain. Nov. 20, 1943 They had been imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen with Anne and Margot. The Dutch Volunteer Legion was part of the Waffen-SS. He did not stay at the prison camp long. Whats next for Frank? February Strike 1941 Germany had to return territory in Eastern Europe it had conquered during the war. April 8, 2022. There are several reasons why people claim that the diary is not real. The camps were intended for the thousands of people arrested by the Nazis after Hitler had come to power. It made this part of the German defence line all the stronger and almost impossible to take. They were released when 200 people reported for work after a few days. These now came into the hands of Japan. Between the trees, Soviet POWs dug pits with a roof of sod wood to protect themselves from rain, wind and cold. Westerbork. An Australian and a British warship are bombed by Japanese planes. Zevenaar, Nederland. On the occasion of the opening, Otto Frank said: I apologise for not speaking from this house after today. "I feel like a total idiot," Somerville allegedly said. They searched the building and arrested the members of the Board. Slovakia declares independence on March 14, 1939 under pressure from Hitler. July 1940. There were major food shortages, and protests and rallies throughout the country. Jews are gathered at a transport truck.Lrrach, Germany, October 22, 1940. Although Otto knew that Edith had died, he did not know what had happened to Anne and Margot. He also contributes stories to SFGATE from his Facebook Page. However, the Polish authorities refused to accept them and so most of them had to stay in the no-mans-land or in a camp in the Polish border area for a long time. Longtime Bay Area News Anchor Frank Somerville Charged With DUI Before long, the prisons and police stations were overcrowded, and the detainees were locked up in schools, factories, and sheds. In the preceding months, the Nazis had dealt with the other political parties in Germany. 6 May 1941: Certain streets in Amsterdam are classified as 'Jewish streets' and 'Jewish canals'. Even before the ultimatum had expired, German planes started dropping their bombs on downtown Rotterdam. A Consolidated B-24D-35-CO Liberator and a Douglas-Tulsa B-24E-1-DT Liberator. The camps were emptied, and the bodies of the victims were excavated and burned. Erna van Witsen-Weinberg (36), returning from the Auschwitz, Ravensbrck and Neustadt-Glewe concentration camps, at Central Station.Amsterdam, end of June 1945. Before long, other attempts were made to remove the democratically elected government. It had to do so by air because the British Navy was stronger than the German Navy. Anne's diaries and other writings were transferred to the Dutch state and are now managed by the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD). In the burning sun, they were made to walk one hundred kilometres to reach a train that was to take them to a prisoner-of-war camp. Germany knew that the United States would respond, but they believed that the United States would take so long to prepare, that the British would have quit their efforts by then. 24 October 1941: Jews are not allowed to works for non-Jews. Heinrich Himmler walks with mayor Vote (not in uniform) and Hanns Albin Rauter through the underpass of the Rijksmuseum to the Museumplein. I can only thank you all for the interest you have shown in coming here. His so-called Reichstag Fire Decree severely restricted the rights and liberties of the population. For that reason, the German government introduced a Judenzhlung' (count of Jews) in the army in 1916. Otto, too, continued with his application, but he suffered a severe setback. Germany. During the trial, the judges turned out to be sympathetic to Hitler's defence that he had wanted to save Germany. The army reached Nijmegen, 25 kilometres to the south. Malnutrition, disease, and abuse caused tens of thousands of casualties. They had to leave their possessions behind. They went up to the office on the first floor where the helpers of the people in hiding were working. Earlier this year, Somerville was removed from the anchor chair in the middle of a newscast after he tossed to several news stories while slurring his speech. On 2 October, they were called outside. Frank Somerville - Wikipedia Amsterdam. Frank Somerville says he's done at KTVU, apologizes to newsroom for All Jewish prisoners from camp Majdanek were murdered. Ever since 1946, the Netherlands has celebrated Liberation Day on 5 May. He knows how to appeal to the basest instincts of his audience., (Die Rede war eine gesprochene Strmernummer und enthielt detaillierte Schilderungen ber die intimsten Dinge. These are under the control of America, England, France and the Soviet Union.Even though Berlin is in the Russian sector, it is also divided into four sectors.This creates the divided Germany that lasts until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Amsterdam. On 15 September 1935, the Nazis introduced the Nuremberg Race Laws. Prisoners died of exhaustion and disease. He comes off like a true believer in racial equality. Clouds of smoke from burning houses in Putten, October 1, 1944. It was located in the city centre. Amsterdam. She talked to Nanette Blitz and Hanneli Goslar, for example, two girls she had gone to school with. Thirty-two countries convened in the French town of vian-les-Bains. There he continued to paint; he even painted portraits of the camp commanders. On 18 September, Eindhoven was liberated by American and British troops as part of Operation Market Garden. June 6, 1944 Since September 1944, the Nazis had frequently shot people in public in retaliation for attacks by the resistance. It was the continuation of the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (DAP), but Hitler had its name changed. His words carried a lot of weight. His eyes had been hurt in a poison gas attack. In the square, the Germans separated the men from the women. On 9 February 1941, the WA, the NSB's assault group, attacked the caf. Next, the Germans assessed which of the prisoners were fit for work. Frank Somervilles 31-year career at KTVU, where his nightly anchoring duties made him one of the Bay Areas most beloved TV news personalities, officially came to an end Friday, as his contract expired and the station opted to not bring him back. The French Prime Minister resigned and was succeeded by Marshal Philippe Ptain. Email: joshua.bote@sfgate.com and Signal: 707-742-3756, Venerated KTVU anchor Frank Somerville will be taking time away after slurred weekend broadcast, Sustainable Hawaii travel tips for your next island getaway. Heelsum/ Wolfheze (Netherlands), 17 September 1944. The vote could hardly be called democratic: The Reichstag was surrounded by members of the SA and the SS, the armed branches of the NSDAP. Hitler's war experiences had a great influence on his life and thinking. When the Ordnungspolizeiraided the shop on 19 February, their faces were sprayed with ammonia. Amsterdam. Einsatzgruppe C put up pamphlets summoning the Jews to report for migration. Arthur Seyss-Inquart getting into his car after taking office in the Ridderzaal at the Binnenhof. There was only one party on the ballot: the NSDAP, with Hitler as its leader. Photo collection: Library and Archives Canada / Photo: Captain Alex Stirton. "The Petito family certainly deserves answers and justice. 1936-1939 The Nazis had been indicted on four counts: conspiracy, starting a war, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. But the measure was not reversed. In December 1920, Miep Gies came to The Netherlands. 91 Jewish pupils had to leave the Montessori school where Anne Frank went to school. In the Netherlands, there were around 22,000 volunteers. Throughout East Asia, the Japanese set up internment camps, also called 'Jap camps'. Peter had brought his bike and hung it from the ceiling of his room. Hungarian Jews become herded into the Budapest City Theater (Vrosi Sznhz) for deportation to the death camps. Sept. 30, 1938 10 April 1941: Jews are not allowed to move away from Amsterdam. 20 september 1944. Others become impatient because counting the change takes a lot of time. Wilhelmshaven, Duitsland. On 13 May 1939, the St. Louis left the port of Hamburg with 937 Jews on board, almost all of them Germans. Thailand, 1942-1945. 22 October 1941: Jews need a permit for every profession. Many Dutch people raised the Dutch flag and took to the streets. 27 May 1933. The German authorities did not put up with the attack on their police officers. People hide behind a lamppost (bottom left) and on the corner of Dam Square with Rokin (top).Amsterdam, 7 May 1945. By then, people from different parts of the world were already interested in visiting the Secret Annex where Anne Frank had lived in hiding. Another explanation is that the Germans felt threatened by the Domestic Armed Forces. Heavy bombardments by the U.S. Army severely damaged the monastery. Jews were no longer considered citizens and therefore could not claim certain civil rights, could no longer vote and could not work for the government. Its goal was to get the Jews to leave the country as soon as possible and to take their money before they went. They left their home the morning after the call-up. Despite the impressive propaganda images Goebbels would produce later, not all Germans were impressed. In the background a German officer.Asperg, May 22, 1940. Prisoners on their way out of the Dachau concentration camp. The thefts got out of hand, and so, in early 1943, the department came under the leadership of the Sicherheitsdienst. Only in the course of 1924 did a new government succeed in reducing inflation by introducing a new currency: the Rentenmark.
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