"Being a happy vassal is one thing. Being an unhappy slave is quite another"
The Belgian Prime Minister, Bart De Wever, is likely to become the most quoted politician of the day in Europe today.
'Mijn analyse is duidelijk: laat ons als Europeanen minder zeuren over Trump en zélf ons huiswerk maken. We moeten onze markt integreren, ons herbewapenen en nieuwe allianties aangaan. Dan zouden we sterker staan en minder makkelijk onderdrukt worden.' @Bart_DeWever#vtmnieuws 👇
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever,
"Nobody wants to join the United States"
"People want to join the European Union"
"Because we have respect, the rule of law, and we speak softly"
"I would like to confirm the US is an ally, but they have to behave like an ally"
"The West is not united, but Putin sees that we are divided"
"I grew up in the 80s where the West stood for something, sovereignty, democracy, freedom"
"The idea that in a conflict between a tyrant and a democracy, the United States says they're not going to take sides? - Putin sees this"
"Now a NATO country is threatening another NATO country? It would not discourage him from his attack on Ukraine"
Excellent contribution @Bart_DeWever thank you 👏
13 November 1943 | Dutch Jewish boy Ivor Arnold Troostwijk was born in Den Bosch.
In January 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/Nf2ozhXD6f
Op deze dag in 1941 begon het bloedbad van Babi Yar in Oekraïne, waar de Duitsers in twee dagen tijd 33.771 joden vermoordden. Joodse inwoners van Kiev meldden zich na een oproep voor een nieuw woonplek, maar zij werden in het ravijn Babi Yar een voor een vermoord. Nooit vergeten
4 September 1930 | Czech Jewish boy František (Franta) Bass was born in Brno.
He was incarcerated in Theresienstadt ghetto on 2 December 1941. He wrote poetry there.
Franta was murdered in Auschwitz on 30 October 1944.
His poem "The Garden”.
A little garden,
Fragrant and full of roses,
The path is narrow
And a little boy walks along it.
A little boy, a sweet boy,
Like that growing blossom.
When the blossom comes to bloom,
The little boy will be no more.
Op deze dag in 1942 dook Anne Frank en haar gezin onder. Zij zouden ruim twee jaar ondergedoken zitten in het Achterhuis. In augustus 1944 werd hun onderduikadres door de Duitsers ontdekt. In het vroege voorjaar van 1945 overleed Anne Frank in Bergen-Belsen #opdatwijnietvergeten
5 June 1933 | Dutch Jewish girl, Hilde Münz, was born in Heerlen.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
Op deze dag in 1942 werden alle joden verplicht een jodenster te dragen. Er werden 569.355 sterren verspreid door Nederland; voor iedere jood vier sterren. De kenmerkende gele sterren waren geproduceerd door textielfabriek ‘De Nijverheid’ in Enschede
Witte substantie gevonden bij dassenburchten in Brabants natuurgebied /via @NOS
Hoe meer je van mensen weet hoe meer je van dieren gaat houden … https://t.co/Z9B7tywNxh
6 April 1944 | The Gestapo under the direction of SS-Hauptsturmführer Klaus Barbie raided the Jewish orphanage in French town of #Izieu. 44 children and their 7 educators were taken to #Drancy & later deported to #Auschwitz. Only one person survived.
Retired circus elephant seen mourning and trying to comfort her partner of over 25 years after she had collapsed and passed away.
Jenny and Magda were performing partners in Russia for over 25 years.
When Jenny passed away this week, Magda refused to let veterinarians near her for several hours as she hugged the elephant.
"In the first minutes after the tragedy, she lightly pushed her friend and tried to lift her, and then began to hug her," news outlet Baza reported.
"Magda said goodbye to Jenny for several hours and did not allow veterinarians near her."
So sad.
Video: Daily Mail