Tag: descendants
a show project angers the descendants of the Kieffer commando
For four years, a historical spectacle project must have seen the light of day in Normandy which reproduces the battles of the summer of 1944. For the moment, no stone…
35 million people are the descendants of this illustrious warrior, are you one of them?
This historical figure has no less than 35 million descendants in our time. And you may be one of them. Over the centuries, each continent has seen many ambitious rulers…
“We, descendants of the Righteous, know to what extent everything can change in an instant” – L’Express
We are descendants of “Righteous Among the Nations” (Editor’s note: the title of “Righteous Among the Nations” is awarded in the name of the State of Israel by the Holocaust…
Descendants of KNIL soldiers write a book about the guerrilla on Timor in 1942: ‘They did not want to bend’
This first extensive Dutch publication about the KNIL guerrilla warfare on Timor in 1942 was compiled by the young historian Robbert van Leeuwen and the Verzet Timor 1942 project team,…
Descendants of KNIL soldiers write a book about the querrila on Timor in 1942: ‘They did not want to bow’
This first extensive Dutch publication about the guerrilla of the KNIL on Timor in 1942 has been compiled by the young historian Robbert van Leeuwen and the project team Verzet…
Utrecht couple recognized by descendants in Westerbork film
Van Essen has informed the Camp Westerbork Memorial Center of the discovery. Tomorrow he will travel with the American descendants of the Dannheissers to the former camp, where they will…
“I’m ashamed of my ancestors who participated in slavery” – Laura Trevelyan paid reparations to the descendants of slaves and wants others to join
– As a descendant of a plantation owner who kept slaves, how does it feel to sit on one of their plantations with a descendant of a slave? This is…
Genghis Khan: the palace of one of his descendants discovered in Turkey?
Excavations in Turkey have revealed the remains of an ancient summer palace, which may have belonged to one of Genghis Khan’s descendants, Houlagu Khan. You will also be interested [EN…
‘A noble honor’: Henson descendants welcome name change
Noting his enduring legacy, within the local community as well as the country as a whole, descendants of Josiah Henson believe the time had come for a name change at…