24 June 1942 | A transport of 999 Jews deported from Drancy in occupied France arrived at #Auschwitz. It included 933 men & 66 women. They were not subjected to selection - all were registered in the camp.
Within eight weeks, 80 percent of the men from this group lost their lives in the camp.
29 men and 5 women from this transport survived the war.
#Prague is a beautiful city rich in history! Honestly, 3 days was not enough to see everything but here are 8 ways you can #travel back in time while exploring...
Have you been? Any Must See's I missed? #TravelTips#TravelInspiration#travelblog
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#Vienna is a great city to visit for the culture and history, but the Austrian countryside--breathtaking! My historical countryside recommendation is #Hallstatt... #Travel#TravelTips#HistoryTravel#Austria
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Carve out a corner in your brain for just writing. And let it grow. It's a bit like anything, you have to give it time and space to grow. Create a new space for it. - Wrtr #amwriting Keep Writing.
Some #HSclosure news for the North East this week:
The visitor centre and toilets at Kildrummy Castle will be closed tomorrow (Tuesday 14 June) Corgarff Castle will be closed on Wednesday (15 June).
Historical Novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more... ~Louis L'Amour
“Listen to yourself. If you are excited by what you are writing, you have a much better chance of putting that excitement over to a reader.” -Robin McKinley #amwriting Writing. ~“A good author writes like a reader.” -Wrtr
Dirleton Castle, East Lothian (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up of rectangular block house rebuild on Right side, on stumps of De-Vaux towers slighted by King Robert The Bruce. #DirletonCastle