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Hedwig Engemann, accused of aiding a man she had an affair with in a Nazi-organized effort to conducted sabotage in the United States during World War II, is shown in a full-frontal mugshot after her arrest in 1942.
Hedwig “Hedy” Engemann was born in 1907 in New York to German immigrant parents. The Engemann family moved from the U.S. to Westphalia Germany in 1913. Her father was killed as a member of the German army during World War I in 1914 in France.
Her mother brought Hedwig Engemann and her three brothers back to the United States in 1928 and resettled in New York City where Hedwig worked as a waitress.
Hedwig Engemann took a trip to Miami in January 1940 where she met Eddie Kerling who would become one of six Nazi saboteurs executed by the United States. Engemann had an affair with Kerling, who was married.
She returned to New York later in 1940 working as a governess and later in the family grocery store.
In June 1942 she was approached by Helmut Leiner, a friend of Kerling’s, who asked her to go to Central Park where Kerling was waiting.
She was arrested a week later as the sabotage plot was foiled when one of its members went to the FBI. She was charged with misprision of treason—having knowledge of treason, but not doing anything about it. The person she was supposed to have knowledge of committing treason was Helmut Leiner.
She was also alleged to have changed money for Kerling into smaller denominations. She was the only U.S.-born citizen to be charged in the plot where a total of 22 people were initially arrested.
On advice of counsel, she pled guilty to misprision of treason and was sentenced to three years in prison in November 1942. Ironically Leiner was acquitted of treason charges since he was not a U.S. citizen, though he later went to jail on lesser charges.
Engemann was released on parole in 1945 after serving time in the Women’s House of Detention in New York and Alderson federal prison in West Virginia.
In 1952 she was required to register as an agent of a foreign government under the Internal Security Act of 1950.
Hedwig Engemann died in 1988
Of the eight Nazi saboteurs who landed on U.S. shores by U-boat, six were executed, one received 30 years and one received a life sentence. The latter two were granted clemency in 1948 and deported to Germany.
The other 14 (including Engemann) charged with aiding the saboteurs had various outcomes. Some were initially sentenced to death, but had their sentences overturned. Some served long prison terms, some shorter terms and some had charges dropped.
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The photographer is unknown. The image is believed to be a U.S. government photograph. It is housed in the D.C. Library Washington Star Collection.
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Our family friend, John, has what he calls his funeral suit. I suppose we are now reaching the point where I need one too. In fact, I have lost several friends, former colleagues from The Mob, something that will accelerate as the years pass.
Last week, I noticed that a friend of mine on Flickr, Günter, had not commented on any shots for a few weeks. He used to leave funny one sentence comments that almost always brought a smile.
The lastest shot on his photostream was of a fresh grave.
His.
Sadly, Günter passed away on New Year's Day, and his family posted this last shot to let the world know. Or his friends, anyway.
We had visited his and his wife in Bonn, and he had come to stay with us too, we share interests in railways, photography and beer.
It came quite a shock I can tell you.
Online, people come and go, mostly without fanfare or announcement. One day they are there, and then they're not. Did they just get fed up, or something more terminal?
Most of the time, we'll never know.
I am lucky in that I have met many online friends in real life, sometimes here in Kent, but also in the US too, so know they are more than screen names and photos, but real people with lives, who are pretty much as wonderful as thei online presence would have you believe.
Life goes on, of course, but I will miss Günter, and sad for the fact we will not raise beers in a friendly toast to each other.
We woke at half six, I went to the bathroom and looked out the window. Still too early for birds, but there wasn't a breath of wind either, nor any cars to be seen moving. So it looked like someone had paused time.
Cleo is perpetual motion, however, and coming downstairs revealed her to be always on the move until her food is placed just where she wants it.
I went to Tesco by myself, with a list as long as a long thing, while Jools stayed behind and fed the hungry washing machine two loads of dirty laundry. Good news is that Tesco was fully stocked with fresh produce, including rapsberries from Spain. We like them for breakfast at weekends, its a hard habit to break.
Back home to unload and makaid breakfast; fruit and yogurt followed by warmed croissants.
Jools said she had been sitting all week, so would not come with me to go churchcrawling, so I go on me tood, driving up the M20 to Maidstone, to revisit All Saints church, where I had not been for over 12 years. I had checked Google, and it said the church would be open from 10:00.
I timed it to arrive dead on ten. I parked the car opposite, and didged traffic to get over the main road, I went to the first door only to find it locked. But a sign suggested there were two more possible ways in, so walked round, checked the north door, and that was locked too. That only left the west door, under the tower, to try. That was ajar, so my hopes lifted. Only to find the inner door locked.
Maybe I was too early?
A lady came in, I asked about the church. She said she was a bellringer, and disappeared up the steps to the ringing loft, where sounds of poorly rung bells could be heard.
I went round the church one more time, ending back at the west door, and again all way in were locked.
Sigh.
But there was a runners up prize; a church on the edge of town, in what used to be a village, at Bearsted. THe sat nav told me it was just a ten minute drive away.
So, I drove across town, through the crazy one-ways system, out the other side and along to Bearsted, where there were ancient timber framed houses, so old they had settled over the centuries into strange angles, none of which were right ones.
I found church lane, which wound its way through a modern housing estate, parked outside the chuchyard, and I could see a nice "church open" sign before I got out.
Although it looked spendid from the outside, inside it had been reordered at least twice, so that any ancient features were well hidden indeed. Even the glass, usually a rescuing act for over restored churches, were either just average or poor here. But it was my first visit here, so another tick in the box.
I now had to get home, as Jools is joining the speaking ciruit, as a lady has asked Jools to lead classes in beaded jewellery making.
I hightailed it back to the motorway, and once on, settled down to cruise back down to Dover and home, getting back at half twelve, with an hour to spare before Jools had to leave for the class.
So, it was just me an the cats for a few hours. There was football to entertain me, so I sat beside Scully on the sofa and watched the Championship game while she dozed beside me.
At three, it was time to concentrate on Norwich away at Millwall, one of six teams above us, and a win here would put us back in the play-offs. It was an exciting game, Millwall took the lead, only for City to level before half time, and then score two more early in the 2nd half. Millwall plled one back in the last ten minutes, but we hung on to win 3-2.
Not perfect, but a win at the New Den where they had been unbeated since September. And then, along came Nodge.
Dinner was a rushed one of pizza and iced squash, as we were going out to a gig.
Lawrence was the singer in an indie band in the 80s called Felt. He then formed Denim, an ironic pop band for the 90s, which also stiffed. He now fronts Mozart Estate, which does a fine line in ironic pop. Still.
We drive over th Ramsgate, to a small venue called The Music Hall. We were early, but got in, and went to the bar where we chatted to a couple about our age about music. In fact, most folks were about "our age".
First up was a young female singer/songwriter, who strummed her guitar along to her 6th form poetry.
The hall, which was barley bigger than our living room was about 50% full, but comfortable. We went to find somewhere to sit, thinking that the bar would be empty, only to find it rammed with more people than when we left it half an hour before.
We went to get some air, and finding nowhere to sit, went to the car.
Jools was shattered and fell asleep, and I really did not feel like being rammed into that room unable to see the band, and not able to lean against a wall to rest my back.
I said we'd go home.
So we did.
I don't regret it.
We got back at ten, Jools went to bed, while I had a glass of sloe port.
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Holy Cross church stands to the south of the village green at the end of a cul de sac. Its noble tower is crowned with queer sculptures, slightly reminiscent of Alnwick Castle. The exterior has a nicely textured effect, but this leads to an unexpectedly clean interior - the result of much care and attention and recent reordering. Whilst it cannot pretend to be in the top league of Kent churches it offers a fine selection of 19th and 20th century glass and some fine wall tablets. West tower, nave, chancel, north aisle and chapel, south porch.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Bearsted
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BERSTED.
BERSTED lies the next parish north-westward from Leeds. It was antiently written Bergestede, and most probably took its name from its situation, Berg, in Saxon, signifying a hill, and stede, a place or village.
THE PARISH lies mostly on what may be called high ground, a pleasant, and the greatest part of it a dry situation; the soil is in general a deep sand, though towards the south-west part it partakes of the quarry rock, and on the south side of the Lenham river a black moorish soil of fertile meadow ground. This river parts it towards the south from Osham, another smaller stream, which rises near Boxley, separates it on the western side from that parish and Maidstone, leaving within the bounds of it a part of the hamlet of Maginford. Besides the above, this parish is watered by two or three other smaller rivulets, which rise northward, and run here into the Lenham river, the easternmost of them separating it from Hollingborne and Leeds. The high road from Ashford and Lenham towards Maidstone, runs along the northern boundaries of it, passing over Bersted-green, the houses round which form the parish village, near it stands the church; besides this there are two other hamlets, called Ware and Roseacre-streets. In the south-east part of the parish is the seat of Milgate, pleasantly situated and wellcloathed with trees, at the back of which the ground descends to the river, and at a small distance that of Lower Milgate, so called from its lower situation still nearer the river.
A fair used to be held here on Holy Cross day, September 14, now by the alteration of the style, changed to Sept. 25, for pedlary, toys, &c.
The noble family of Bertie own this parish to have been their most antient habitation in this kingdom, for they are said to have possessed lands in it near the parsonage, at Strutton-street, and elsewhere in this neighbourhood, as early as the reign of king Henry II. and among the Harleian MSS. there is a grant of arms, anno 2 Henry VI. to Bartie, of Berested, in Kent; they continued here in king Henry the VIIth.'s reign, as appears by an antient rental of that time, and there are still lands, called Barty lands, in this parish and Thurnham; and from those of this name settled here, in a direct line was descended the dukes of Ancaster, now extinct, and from them the lady Willbughbye, of Eresbye; the earls of Abingdon, and other distinguished branches of this family claim their descent.
The manors of Leeds, Moathall, and Thurnham, extend over this parish, in which there is an estate belonging to the former of them, which has constantly passed through the same succession of owners, from the family of Crevequer, who were proprietors of it in the reign of William the Conqueror, to the Rev. Dr. Denny Martin Fairfax, of Leeds-castle, who is at present in the possession of it.
MILGATE is an eminent seat, situated in the southeast part of this parish, which was formerly esteemed a manor, though it has long since lost the reputation of ever having been one.
The family of Coloigne antiently possessed this estate; one of whom, Robert de Coloigne, died possessed of it in the 35th year of king Edward III. In process of time, his descendants came to be called Coluney; one of whom, Thomas Coluney, as appears by an old survey of Bersted, possessed it in the 14th year of Edward IV. Soon after which, that is, in the beginning of king Henry VII.'s reign, it was become the property of the family of Stonehouse, whose antient seat was at Haslewood, in Boughton Malherbe.
Robert Stonehouse, esq. was of Bersted, at the latter end of king Henry VIII.'s reign. His son, George Stonehouse, esq. was clerk of the green cloth to queen Elizabeth, and resided at West Peckham, where he died in 1575, whose eldest son William was created a baronet anno 4 Charles I. and Nicholas, the second, was of Boxley, in this county. He bore for his arms, Argent, on a fess sable, between three hawks volant, azure, a leopard's face, between two mullets, or. (fn. 1) In the beginning of the reign of queen Elizabeth he alienated this seat to Thomas Fludd, esq. afterwards knighted, who was son of John Fludd, esq. of Morton, in Shropshire, and bore for his arms, Vert, a chevron between three wolves heads, erased, argent; which coat, with his quarterings, was confirmed to him by Robert Cook, clarencieux, in 1572. He resided at Milgate, where he died in 1607, and was buried in this church, having considerably improved and augmented this seat. His son Thomas Fludd, esq. afterwards of Otham, succeeded him in this estate, which he alienated in 1624, to William Cage, of Farringdon, in Hampshire, barrister-at law, who resided here. He was bred at Lincoln's-inn, an utter barrister, and was descended from Richard Cage, of Packenham, in Suffolk. He bore for his arms, Per pale, gules and azure, a saltier, or, and a chief, ermine, which was an alteration from the antient arms of this family, viz. Azure and gules, over all a saltier, or; and, together with an addition to the crest, was granted to him by St. George, clarencieux, in 1624, (fn. 2) and in his descendants it continued down to Wm. Cage, esq. who was likewise of Milgate, and was sheriff in 1695, and represented the city of Rochester in several parliaments during queen Anne's reign. Of his sons, William died s. p. Lewis will be mentioned hereafter; and John was of Lower Milgate, esq. Lewis Cage, the second son, became at length possessed of Milgate, where he resided, and left one son Lewis, and a daughter Catherine, who married first, Mr. George Eastchurch, of Maidstone; and secondly Christopher Hull, esq. but died s. p. On his death, Lewis Cage, esq. his son, succeeded him in this seat, where he now resides.
He married Annetta, second daughter and coheir of Edward Coke, esq. of the White Friars, in Canterbury, by whom he had four sons; Lewis Cage, esq. of Lower Milgate, who married Fanny, eldest daughter of Sir Brook Bridges, bart. the Rev. Edward Cage, rector of Easling, who married Jane, second daughter of Charles Van, esq. of Monmouthshire; John, who died in the West-Indies unmarried in 1789, and the Rev. Charles Cage, of Cristmell, vicar of Bersted, who married Elizabeth, daughter of colonel Graham, and one daughter Catherine, as yet unmarried.
AT A SMALL DISTANCE westward from Milgate, there is a good house, called COMBES, alias LOWER MILGATE, which on the death of William Cage, esq. came to his youngest son John Cage, as before-mentioned, who died s. p. It is now the property of Mrs. Brander, the widow of Gustavus Brander, esq. and daughter of Francis Gulston, esq. by a daughter of William Cage, esq. Lewis Cage, esq. junior, at present resides in it.
MOAT-HALL is a manor in this parish, the mansion of which, from the materials with which it was built, was called Stonehouse. It antiently belonged to the neighbouring priory of Leeds, as appears by several old boundaries and papers, and was most probably part of those demesnes given to it at its first foundation, by Robert de Crevequer, in the reign of king Henry I. These demesnes appear by a rental of the time of king Henry VII. to have been held of the manor of Leeds, though they have been long since accounted parcel of this manor of Moat-hall.
On the dissolution of the priory in the reign of king Henry VIII. this manor, among the rest of the possessions of it, was surrendered into the king's hands, who afterwards, by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, settled this manor, among other premises, on his new founded dean and chapter of Rochester, with whom it remains at this time.
The present lessee of it, under the dean and chapter, is Mr. William Usborne. There is a court baron held for this manor.
AT A SMALL DISTANCE southward from the church lies an estate called OTTERIDGE, formerly Oterashe, which in the reign of king Henry VIII. belonged to Simon Bertyn, one of the brethren of St. Bartholomew's hospital, beside Sandwich, who by will in 1530, devised it to Jeffry Merchant, of Rainham.
It afterwards came into the possession of the family of Munns, who continued possessors of it for several generations, till at length one of them sold it, with Aldington, in the adjoining parish of Thurnham, to William Sheldon, esq. whose descendant Richard Sheldon, esq. at his death, bequeathed it to his widow, and she re-marrying with William Jones, M. D. entitled him to it. He died in 1780, leaving by her two daughters; Mary, married to Lock Rollinson, esq. of Oxfordshire, and Anne, to Thomas Russell, esq. and they in right of their wives, are respectively entitled to it.
Charities.
SIMON BERTYN, one of the brethren of St. Bartholomew's hospital, near Sandwich, owner of Otteridge, in this parish, which he devised, together with his messuage called Buds, with its lands and appurtenances, in Allyngton, beside Thurnham, by his will in 1530, to Jeffry Marchant, ordered that the said Jeffry and his heirs male, should for ever yearly distribute, on the first Sunday of Lent, in the church of Berghsted, to the parish clerk there, and to other poor people, four bushels of green peas; that is to say, to every one of them, one peck.
EDWARD GODFREY, gent. of Thurnham, gave by his will in 1709, thirty shillings yearly out of lands in this parish, called Crouch field, for the schooling of poor children; half of them to be of this parish, and half of that of Thurnham. And he left 30s. yearly for the same use, to be paid out of an house called Rose acre, in this parish; the payment of which has been constantly refused, upon pretence, that he had no right to devise that charge on it.
The poor constantly relieved are about forty-five; casually twenty five.
BERSTED is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Sutton.
The church is situated on high ground, at a small distance southward of Bersted-green. It is dedicated to the Holy Cross, and is a handsome building, consisting of two isles and two chancels, with a square beacon tower at the west end of it. On three corners of the summit of the tower, are the figures of three dogs, or bears sejant, for they are so defaced by great length of time, that they can but be guessed at. If they represent the latter, they might have been placed there in allusion to the name of this parish: if not, these figures might perhaps be the crest of the founder of the church. In this church in the Milgate chancel, are monuments for the Cage family, and for Robert Fludd, M. D. A memorial for William Godfrey, jun. in 1690; and for Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Bosvile, esq. of Bradburne, justice and clerk of the court of wards, married first to Edward Mabb, gent. of this parish; and secondly, to William Godfrey, of Bersted, yeoman, obt. 1614. In the porch, against the east wall, is a small monument for Stephen Mason, of Boxley, citizen and vintner of London, obt. 1560, arms, A thevron, between three tuns, or barrels.
There were some lands and tenements in this parish, given by several persons, who stiled themselves the fraternity of the Holy Cross of Bersted, for a priest to sing mass yearly for one quarter of a year, in this church.
The church of Bergnestede, with all its rights and appurtenances, was given in the reign of Henry I. by Robert de Crevequer, son of Hamo de Crevequer, junior, to the priory of Leeds, then founded by him; which gift was confirmed by Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of Henry II. who then appropriated this church to the canons there, towards the finding of lights and ornaments in their church. Archbishops Theobald and Hubert confirmed it likewise, as did John, prior, and the convent of Christ-church, in 1278, by the description of the church of Berghestede, with the tithes of Strutton. King Edward III. likewise confirmed it by his charter of inspeximus in his 41st year.
This church, together with the advowson of the vicarage, remained part of the possessions of the priory of Leeds till the dissolution of it, in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered up into the king's hands, among other estates belonging to it.
After which, the king, by his dotation charter, in his 33d year, settled both the parsonage and advowson of the vicarage of this church on his new-founded dean and chapter of Rochester, with whom they now remain.
¶On the intended dissolution of deans and chapters, after the death of king Charles I. the possessions of the dean and chapter of Rochester, in this parish, were surveyed in 1649, by order of the state; when it was returned, that the parsonage or rectory of Bersted consisted of a messuage, barns, &c. which, with the tithes and glebe land of forty acres, were of the improved rent of 46l. 8s. per annum, which were let anno 13 Charles I. at the yearly rent of 9l. 13s. 4d. and four bushels of malt, for the term of twenty-one years; and the lessee covenanted to discharge the pension of forty shillings to the vicar, and to repair the chancel of the church. Out of which lease was excepted, the advowson of the vicarage, and the portion of tithes called Vintners Portion.
The vicarage is a discharged living in the king's books, of the clear yearly certified value of thirty pounds, the yearly tenths of which are 12s. 9d.
In 1649, the vicarage was valued in the abovementioned survey at twenty pounds per annum.
The parsonage is leased out by the dean and chapter to Mr. John Packman, but the advowson of the vicarage they reserve in their own hands.
The vicarage is endowed with all manner of tithes, except grain, and the vicar now enjoys the abovementioned pension of forty shillings from the lessee of the dean and chapter.
The grounds of Norwich Cathedral.
From the Tombland side.
Outside the cathedral ground walls is this memorial to Edith Cavell.
Edith Cavell was a nurse, a patriot and a martyr.
Grade II listed.
Memorial to Edith Cavell - British Listed Buildings
Statue by J.G. Gordon Munn. Bronze and stone. Bust of Edith Cavell in
nurse's uniform. The stone base incorporates a full-size relief of a
soldier hanging up a second laurel wreath.
Edith Cavell on Wikipedia
Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and humanitarian. She is celebrated for saving the lives of casualties from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was court-martialled and found guilty of treason. She was sentenced to death and shot by firing squad. She received worldwide sympathetic press coverage.
She is well-known for her statement that "patriotism is not enough." Her strong Anglican beliefs propelled her to help all those who needed it, both German and Allied soldiers. She was quoted as saying, "I can’t stop while there are lives to be saved". Cavell was also an influential pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium.
Our family friend, John, has what he calls his funeral suit. I suppose we are now reaching the point where I need one too. In fact, I have lost several friends, former colleagues from The Mob, something that will accelerate as the years pass.
Last week, I noticed that a friend of mine on Flickr, Günter, had not commented on any shots for a few weeks. He used to leave funny one sentence comments that almost always brought a smile.
The lastest shot on his photostream was of a fresh grave.
His.
Sadly, Günter passed away on New Year's Day, and his family posted this last shot to let the world know. Or his friends, anyway.
We had visited his and his wife in Bonn, and he had come to stay with us too, we share interests in railways, photography and beer.
It came quite a shock I can tell you.
Online, people come and go, mostly without fanfare or announcement. One day they are there, and then they're not. Did they just get fed up, or something more terminal?
Most of the time, we'll never know.
I am lucky in that I have met many online friends in real life, sometimes here in Kent, but also in the US too, so know they are more than screen names and photos, but real people with lives, who are pretty much as wonderful as thei online presence would have you believe.
Life goes on, of course, but I will miss Günter, and sad for the fact we will not raise beers in a friendly toast to each other.
We woke at half six, I went to the bathroom and looked out the window. Still too early for birds, but there wasn't a breath of wind either, nor any cars to be seen moving. So it looked like someone had paused time.
Cleo is perpetual motion, however, and coming downstairs revealed her to be always on the move until her food is placed just where she wants it.
I went to Tesco by myself, with a list as long as a long thing, while Jools stayed behind and fed the hungry washing machine two loads of dirty laundry. Good news is that Tesco was fully stocked with fresh produce, including rapsberries from Spain. We like them for breakfast at weekends, its a hard habit to break.
Back home to unload and makaid breakfast; fruit and yogurt followed by warmed croissants.
Jools said she had been sitting all week, so would not come with me to go churchcrawling, so I go on me tood, driving up the M20 to Maidstone, to revisit All Saints church, where I had not been for over 12 years. I had checked Google, and it said the church would be open from 10:00.
I timed it to arrive dead on ten. I parked the car opposite, and didged traffic to get over the main road, I went to the first door only to find it locked. But a sign suggested there were two more possible ways in, so walked round, checked the north door, and that was locked too. That only left the west door, under the tower, to try. That was ajar, so my hopes lifted. Only to find the inner door locked.
Maybe I was too early?
A lady came in, I asked about the church. She said she was a bellringer, and disappeared up the steps to the ringing loft, where sounds of poorly rung bells could be heard.
I went round the church one more time, ending back at the west door, and again all way in were locked.
Sigh.
But there was a runners up prize; a church on the edge of town, in what used to be a village, at Bearsted. THe sat nav told me it was just a ten minute drive away.
So, I drove across town, through the crazy one-ways system, out the other side and along to Bearsted, where there were ancient timber framed houses, so old they had settled over the centuries into strange angles, none of which were right ones.
I found church lane, which wound its way through a modern housing estate, parked outside the chuchyard, and I could see a nice "church open" sign before I got out.
Although it looked spendid from the outside, inside it had been reordered at least twice, so that any ancient features were well hidden indeed. Even the glass, usually a rescuing act for over restored churches, were either just average or poor here. But it was my first visit here, so another tick in the box.
I now had to get home, as Jools is joining the speaking ciruit, as a lady has asked Jools to lead classes in beaded jewellery making.
I hightailed it back to the motorway, and once on, settled down to cruise back down to Dover and home, getting back at half twelve, with an hour to spare before Jools had to leave for the class.
So, it was just me an the cats for a few hours. There was football to entertain me, so I sat beside Scully on the sofa and watched the Championship game while she dozed beside me.
At three, it was time to concentrate on Norwich away at Millwall, one of six teams above us, and a win here would put us back in the play-offs. It was an exciting game, Millwall took the lead, only for City to level before half time, and then score two more early in the 2nd half. Millwall plled one back in the last ten minutes, but we hung on to win 3-2.
Not perfect, but a win at the New Den where they had been unbeated since September. And then, along came Nodge.
Dinner was a rushed one of pizza and iced squash, as we were going out to a gig.
Lawrence was the singer in an indie band in the 80s called Felt. He then formed Denim, an ironic pop band for the 90s, which also stiffed. He now fronts Mozart Estate, which does a fine line in ironic pop. Still.
We drive over th Ramsgate, to a small venue called The Music Hall. We were early, but got in, and went to the bar where we chatted to a couple about our age about music. In fact, most folks were about "our age".
First up was a young female singer/songwriter, who strummed her guitar along to her 6th form poetry.
The hall, which was barley bigger than our living room was about 50% full, but comfortable. We went to find somewhere to sit, thinking that the bar would be empty, only to find it rammed with more people than when we left it half an hour before.
We went to get some air, and finding nowhere to sit, went to the car.
Jools was shattered and fell asleep, and I really did not feel like being rammed into that room unable to see the band, and not able to lean against a wall to rest my back.
I said we'd go home.
So we did.
I don't regret it.
We got back at ten, Jools went to bed, while I had a glass of sloe port.
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Holy Cross church stands to the south of the village green at the end of a cul de sac. Its noble tower is crowned with queer sculptures, slightly reminiscent of Alnwick Castle. The exterior has a nicely textured effect, but this leads to an unexpectedly clean interior - the result of much care and attention and recent reordering. Whilst it cannot pretend to be in the top league of Kent churches it offers a fine selection of 19th and 20th century glass and some fine wall tablets. West tower, nave, chancel, north aisle and chapel, south porch.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Bearsted
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BERSTED.
BERSTED lies the next parish north-westward from Leeds. It was antiently written Bergestede, and most probably took its name from its situation, Berg, in Saxon, signifying a hill, and stede, a place or village.
THE PARISH lies mostly on what may be called high ground, a pleasant, and the greatest part of it a dry situation; the soil is in general a deep sand, though towards the south-west part it partakes of the quarry rock, and on the south side of the Lenham river a black moorish soil of fertile meadow ground. This river parts it towards the south from Osham, another smaller stream, which rises near Boxley, separates it on the western side from that parish and Maidstone, leaving within the bounds of it a part of the hamlet of Maginford. Besides the above, this parish is watered by two or three other smaller rivulets, which rise northward, and run here into the Lenham river, the easternmost of them separating it from Hollingborne and Leeds. The high road from Ashford and Lenham towards Maidstone, runs along the northern boundaries of it, passing over Bersted-green, the houses round which form the parish village, near it stands the church; besides this there are two other hamlets, called Ware and Roseacre-streets. In the south-east part of the parish is the seat of Milgate, pleasantly situated and wellcloathed with trees, at the back of which the ground descends to the river, and at a small distance that of Lower Milgate, so called from its lower situation still nearer the river.
A fair used to be held here on Holy Cross day, September 14, now by the alteration of the style, changed to Sept. 25, for pedlary, toys, &c.
The noble family of Bertie own this parish to have been their most antient habitation in this kingdom, for they are said to have possessed lands in it near the parsonage, at Strutton-street, and elsewhere in this neighbourhood, as early as the reign of king Henry II. and among the Harleian MSS. there is a grant of arms, anno 2 Henry VI. to Bartie, of Berested, in Kent; they continued here in king Henry the VIIth.'s reign, as appears by an antient rental of that time, and there are still lands, called Barty lands, in this parish and Thurnham; and from those of this name settled here, in a direct line was descended the dukes of Ancaster, now extinct, and from them the lady Willbughbye, of Eresbye; the earls of Abingdon, and other distinguished branches of this family claim their descent.
The manors of Leeds, Moathall, and Thurnham, extend over this parish, in which there is an estate belonging to the former of them, which has constantly passed through the same succession of owners, from the family of Crevequer, who were proprietors of it in the reign of William the Conqueror, to the Rev. Dr. Denny Martin Fairfax, of Leeds-castle, who is at present in the possession of it.
MILGATE is an eminent seat, situated in the southeast part of this parish, which was formerly esteemed a manor, though it has long since lost the reputation of ever having been one.
The family of Coloigne antiently possessed this estate; one of whom, Robert de Coloigne, died possessed of it in the 35th year of king Edward III. In process of time, his descendants came to be called Coluney; one of whom, Thomas Coluney, as appears by an old survey of Bersted, possessed it in the 14th year of Edward IV. Soon after which, that is, in the beginning of king Henry VII.'s reign, it was become the property of the family of Stonehouse, whose antient seat was at Haslewood, in Boughton Malherbe.
Robert Stonehouse, esq. was of Bersted, at the latter end of king Henry VIII.'s reign. His son, George Stonehouse, esq. was clerk of the green cloth to queen Elizabeth, and resided at West Peckham, where he died in 1575, whose eldest son William was created a baronet anno 4 Charles I. and Nicholas, the second, was of Boxley, in this county. He bore for his arms, Argent, on a fess sable, between three hawks volant, azure, a leopard's face, between two mullets, or. (fn. 1) In the beginning of the reign of queen Elizabeth he alienated this seat to Thomas Fludd, esq. afterwards knighted, who was son of John Fludd, esq. of Morton, in Shropshire, and bore for his arms, Vert, a chevron between three wolves heads, erased, argent; which coat, with his quarterings, was confirmed to him by Robert Cook, clarencieux, in 1572. He resided at Milgate, where he died in 1607, and was buried in this church, having considerably improved and augmented this seat. His son Thomas Fludd, esq. afterwards of Otham, succeeded him in this estate, which he alienated in 1624, to William Cage, of Farringdon, in Hampshire, barrister-at law, who resided here. He was bred at Lincoln's-inn, an utter barrister, and was descended from Richard Cage, of Packenham, in Suffolk. He bore for his arms, Per pale, gules and azure, a saltier, or, and a chief, ermine, which was an alteration from the antient arms of this family, viz. Azure and gules, over all a saltier, or; and, together with an addition to the crest, was granted to him by St. George, clarencieux, in 1624, (fn. 2) and in his descendants it continued down to Wm. Cage, esq. who was likewise of Milgate, and was sheriff in 1695, and represented the city of Rochester in several parliaments during queen Anne's reign. Of his sons, William died s. p. Lewis will be mentioned hereafter; and John was of Lower Milgate, esq. Lewis Cage, the second son, became at length possessed of Milgate, where he resided, and left one son Lewis, and a daughter Catherine, who married first, Mr. George Eastchurch, of Maidstone; and secondly Christopher Hull, esq. but died s. p. On his death, Lewis Cage, esq. his son, succeeded him in this seat, where he now resides.
He married Annetta, second daughter and coheir of Edward Coke, esq. of the White Friars, in Canterbury, by whom he had four sons; Lewis Cage, esq. of Lower Milgate, who married Fanny, eldest daughter of Sir Brook Bridges, bart. the Rev. Edward Cage, rector of Easling, who married Jane, second daughter of Charles Van, esq. of Monmouthshire; John, who died in the West-Indies unmarried in 1789, and the Rev. Charles Cage, of Cristmell, vicar of Bersted, who married Elizabeth, daughter of colonel Graham, and one daughter Catherine, as yet unmarried.
AT A SMALL DISTANCE westward from Milgate, there is a good house, called COMBES, alias LOWER MILGATE, which on the death of William Cage, esq. came to his youngest son John Cage, as before-mentioned, who died s. p. It is now the property of Mrs. Brander, the widow of Gustavus Brander, esq. and daughter of Francis Gulston, esq. by a daughter of William Cage, esq. Lewis Cage, esq. junior, at present resides in it.
MOAT-HALL is a manor in this parish, the mansion of which, from the materials with which it was built, was called Stonehouse. It antiently belonged to the neighbouring priory of Leeds, as appears by several old boundaries and papers, and was most probably part of those demesnes given to it at its first foundation, by Robert de Crevequer, in the reign of king Henry I. These demesnes appear by a rental of the time of king Henry VII. to have been held of the manor of Leeds, though they have been long since accounted parcel of this manor of Moat-hall.
On the dissolution of the priory in the reign of king Henry VIII. this manor, among the rest of the possessions of it, was surrendered into the king's hands, who afterwards, by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, settled this manor, among other premises, on his new founded dean and chapter of Rochester, with whom it remains at this time.
The present lessee of it, under the dean and chapter, is Mr. William Usborne. There is a court baron held for this manor.
AT A SMALL DISTANCE southward from the church lies an estate called OTTERIDGE, formerly Oterashe, which in the reign of king Henry VIII. belonged to Simon Bertyn, one of the brethren of St. Bartholomew's hospital, beside Sandwich, who by will in 1530, devised it to Jeffry Merchant, of Rainham.
It afterwards came into the possession of the family of Munns, who continued possessors of it for several generations, till at length one of them sold it, with Aldington, in the adjoining parish of Thurnham, to William Sheldon, esq. whose descendant Richard Sheldon, esq. at his death, bequeathed it to his widow, and she re-marrying with William Jones, M. D. entitled him to it. He died in 1780, leaving by her two daughters; Mary, married to Lock Rollinson, esq. of Oxfordshire, and Anne, to Thomas Russell, esq. and they in right of their wives, are respectively entitled to it.
Charities.
SIMON BERTYN, one of the brethren of St. Bartholomew's hospital, near Sandwich, owner of Otteridge, in this parish, which he devised, together with his messuage called Buds, with its lands and appurtenances, in Allyngton, beside Thurnham, by his will in 1530, to Jeffry Marchant, ordered that the said Jeffry and his heirs male, should for ever yearly distribute, on the first Sunday of Lent, in the church of Berghsted, to the parish clerk there, and to other poor people, four bushels of green peas; that is to say, to every one of them, one peck.
EDWARD GODFREY, gent. of Thurnham, gave by his will in 1709, thirty shillings yearly out of lands in this parish, called Crouch field, for the schooling of poor children; half of them to be of this parish, and half of that of Thurnham. And he left 30s. yearly for the same use, to be paid out of an house called Rose acre, in this parish; the payment of which has been constantly refused, upon pretence, that he had no right to devise that charge on it.
The poor constantly relieved are about forty-five; casually twenty five.
BERSTED is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Sutton.
The church is situated on high ground, at a small distance southward of Bersted-green. It is dedicated to the Holy Cross, and is a handsome building, consisting of two isles and two chancels, with a square beacon tower at the west end of it. On three corners of the summit of the tower, are the figures of three dogs, or bears sejant, for they are so defaced by great length of time, that they can but be guessed at. If they represent the latter, they might have been placed there in allusion to the name of this parish: if not, these figures might perhaps be the crest of the founder of the church. In this church in the Milgate chancel, are monuments for the Cage family, and for Robert Fludd, M. D. A memorial for William Godfrey, jun. in 1690; and for Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Bosvile, esq. of Bradburne, justice and clerk of the court of wards, married first to Edward Mabb, gent. of this parish; and secondly, to William Godfrey, of Bersted, yeoman, obt. 1614. In the porch, against the east wall, is a small monument for Stephen Mason, of Boxley, citizen and vintner of London, obt. 1560, arms, A thevron, between three tuns, or barrels.
There were some lands and tenements in this parish, given by several persons, who stiled themselves the fraternity of the Holy Cross of Bersted, for a priest to sing mass yearly for one quarter of a year, in this church.
The church of Bergnestede, with all its rights and appurtenances, was given in the reign of Henry I. by Robert de Crevequer, son of Hamo de Crevequer, junior, to the priory of Leeds, then founded by him; which gift was confirmed by Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of Henry II. who then appropriated this church to the canons there, towards the finding of lights and ornaments in their church. Archbishops Theobald and Hubert confirmed it likewise, as did John, prior, and the convent of Christ-church, in 1278, by the description of the church of Berghestede, with the tithes of Strutton. King Edward III. likewise confirmed it by his charter of inspeximus in his 41st year.
This church, together with the advowson of the vicarage, remained part of the possessions of the priory of Leeds till the dissolution of it, in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered up into the king's hands, among other estates belonging to it.
After which, the king, by his dotation charter, in his 33d year, settled both the parsonage and advowson of the vicarage of this church on his new-founded dean and chapter of Rochester, with whom they now remain.
¶On the intended dissolution of deans and chapters, after the death of king Charles I. the possessions of the dean and chapter of Rochester, in this parish, were surveyed in 1649, by order of the state; when it was returned, that the parsonage or rectory of Bersted consisted of a messuage, barns, &c. which, with the tithes and glebe land of forty acres, were of the improved rent of 46l. 8s. per annum, which were let anno 13 Charles I. at the yearly rent of 9l. 13s. 4d. and four bushels of malt, for the term of twenty-one years; and the lessee covenanted to discharge the pension of forty shillings to the vicar, and to repair the chancel of the church. Out of which lease was excepted, the advowson of the vicarage, and the portion of tithes called Vintners Portion.
The vicarage is a discharged living in the king's books, of the clear yearly certified value of thirty pounds, the yearly tenths of which are 12s. 9d.
In 1649, the vicarage was valued in the abovementioned survey at twenty pounds per annum.
The parsonage is leased out by the dean and chapter to Mr. John Packman, but the advowson of the vicarage they reserve in their own hands.
The vicarage is endowed with all manner of tithes, except grain, and the vicar now enjoys the abovementioned pension of forty shillings from the lessee of the dean and chapter.
In 1937, one inmate cheated the hangman. Douglas Van Vlack has been sentenced to die for the kidnap and murder of his estranged wife and two policemen who had made the mistake of pulling over Van Vlack's car after the initial kidnapping. On the day that the sentence was to be carried out, Van Vlack broke loose from his guards and scampered up three tiers of prison cells and into the rafters of the cellblock. There he walked across a beam to the opposite side and sat for thirty minutes considering his fate. When prison officials had retrieved a fire net, Van Vlack suddenly cried out, "I have a right to choose the way I die," and then jumped to concrete thirty feet below. He did not immediately die but was injured gravely.
Ironically, there was still some consideration to proceed with the execution despite the fact that the inmate was unconscious and was more than likely going to die from his injuries anyway. Warden William H. Gess ultimately decided to call off the execution and Van Vlack passed away five hours later on December 10, 1937. The case caused a minor scandal and prison officials were accused of downright stupidity or colluding with Van Vlack in order to avoid his fate at the end of a rope. Ultimately, Warden Gess would be discharged from duty for incompetence.
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Red Umbrella March for Sex Work Solidarity
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sex workers, allies, family and friends stand together
The red umbrella is the symbol of the global sex workers’ rights movement. The Red Umbrella March is part of a national day of action, with similar events taking place in cities across Canada.
In Vancouver it began at 2:30 p.m. on June 11 with a rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson Street plaza), followed by a march starting at 3 p.m. The march travelled through Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to CRAB Park.
Protest chants included:
Freedom to associate is our right!
Get your laws off my body!
Sex workers rights are human rights!
My body, my business, my choice!
Remember Bedford!
No bad whores, only bad laws!
Sex worker rights now!
I support sex workers' rights
A Blow Job is Better than No Job.
This year’s focus was “Freedom to Associate is Our Right!”
The Freedom to Associate is a right granted to all citizens by our Charter of Rights & Freedoms. Canada’s new anti-prostitution laws violate sex workers’ freedom even to the point that standing in the street together is illegal if it encourages buying sex.
Marching together shows Canadians that when sex workers’ freedom to associate is infringed upon, it is a concern for all Canadians. It forces them to work alone and unsafe, they’re alienated, their families are torn apart.
When the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act became law in 2014, purchasing sexual services became a crime for the first time in Canada. Advocates for this, the “Nordic model,” believe it is the way to keep sex workers safe from violence and exploitation.
In the eyes of anti-sex work activists, “shaming the Johns” is a legitimate way to reduce the overall amount of street prostitution (estimated to comprise not more than 15 percent of all sexual services offered in Canada). But “John shaming” impacts sex workers themselves. Making what they do illegal only forces them to do it in riskier circumstances. For instance, street-based sex workers face longer hours, thanks to a temporary decline in clients. They may be more willing to take clients they would otherwise screen out, particularly when they’re under greater pressure to avoid police detection. And clients may be less likely to seek relevant health care. The Vancouver Police Department say they don’t consider sex between consenting adults an enforcement priority, claiming to only intervene in situations where there are reports of violence, exploitation, or involvement of youth or gangs.
But there’s no real difference between banning providing sexual services and banning paying for them. As long as the act of engaging in sex for money is illegal, sex workers will not see the police as allies in the moments that they really need them.
From the early 1990s to 2002, more than 70 women disappeared from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, most of them sex workers and all of them poor. Criminalization only served to push these women away from police and from the rest of society; it never made them safer. Robert Pickton admitted to an undercover police officer that he killed 49 women after he was arrested in 2002. He was convicted of the second-degree murders of six women and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. Former Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu has repeatedly apologized for his force’s failure to stop Pickton’s killing spree. Lawsuits claimed police, including individual RCMP officers, and the Crown failed to warn women on the Downtown Eastside that a serial killer may have been responsible for women disappearing, and was wrong for not putting Pickton on trial for attempted murder following an attack on a sex worker in 1997.
The Red Umbrella March for Sex Work Solidarity was co-organized by: Triple-X Workers’
Solidarity Association of B.C., Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV), Pivot Legal Society, PACE Society, B.C. Coalition of Experiential Communities, FIRST: Feminists Advocating for the Decriminalization of Sex Work, SWAN Society Vancouver.
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SENTENCE – IMO 7340916
1974: Built by Goole Shipbuilding, Goole.(Yard No. 581) as SENTENCE for London and Rochester Trading Co. Ltd., Rochester (Crescent Shipping.)
GRT : 992 DWT : 1643
Dimensions : Length 67.7 metres x Beam 11.8 metres
Machinery : Single Screw
Speed 11.0 knots.
History
1974: SENTENCE (as built) : London and Rochester Trading Co. Ltd., Rochester (Crescent Shipping.)
1985 : KERRY M : R.G Mullet, GBR
1987 : BETTY C.: Carisbrooke Shipping Ltd, Cowes
1993: CORMORANT 1 : Onesimus Dorey (Shipowners) Ltd, Kingstown
1996: EAST MED : North & Med Sea Shipping Ltd, Bridgetown
1996: EAST MED : North & Med Sea Shipping Ltd, Belize City
1997: SUPER GEORGIA : Pacific Marine Shipping Co, Piraeus
2007: DIAMOND 1 : ?
2007: 17 October : In collision with the bulk carrier DUBAI GUARDIAN q.v. and sank south of Thessaloniki in position 40.37N, 22.54E. Six of the crew and one passenger were rescued and the body of the master was subsequently recovered by divers. She was outward bound from Thessaloniki with a cargo of coal. DUBAI GUARDIAN, which was inbound with a cargo of nickel ore, was berthed safely with the assistance of tugs.
SENTENCE, photographed passing Gravesend on the 7 September 1980
Jewish deportation: Dark chapter in the history of the city
Only Jews are expelled ... Every Jew is considered to be transportable; except for the Jews who are actually bedridden. "Sentences of a cynical manual of criminals.
The camp in Gurs: 108 Constance Jews and four other Jews who were in the city on October 22, 1940, dragged the Nazis to the southern French internment camp. The deportation was largely unobtrusive. Pictures of that day from Constance do not exist.
It was by no means an expulsion, it was a deportation on 22 October 1940: 108 Constance Jews were dragged along with thousands of others from Baden, the Palatinate and from the Saarland. Ultimate destination: Gurs, southern France. Only a few survived.
This day, almost 70 years ago, is one of the darkest chapters in city history. Two years after the Reichspogromnacht (Reich's Crystal Night), the Nazi regime struck up with full force.
Constance, too, should be free of Jews. Jürgen Klöckler, head of the Konstanz Municipal Archive, explains that this was deliberately run in an unobtrusive manner. The Gestapo (secret state police) came with their civilian cars. It drove up, arrested the Jews, listed what they were allowed to take with them: a hand-bag, a blanket, dishes and drinking vessels, some provisions, and a hundred Reichsmarks. At Petershaus station the train was ready for departure. Up to five hours, people had to wait until they got moving. The train stopped at all railway stations along the Schwarzwaldbahn route from Singen, Radolfzell to Offenburg. Further Jews forced to deportation had to go up. Altogether it were spread over several trains 6504 from Baden, the Palatinate and the Saarland. At the behest of the Baden INTERIOR MINISTRY, and by ordinance of October 15, 1940, they were officially expelled, the "Volljuden [Nazi terminology for a person with at least three Jewish grandparents]". Their fortune snatched the Naziregime. At public auction in the Council in January 1941, the former belongings were auctioned, so Jürgen Klöckler said. The apartments the Nazis had rented again.
The train was sealed to the French border. Up to this point the passengers against their will were not given any food or liquid. A priest and some helpers looked after the needy during a stop at a French station. Of the deportees were "two-thirds old people," explained Stadtarchivar Klöckler. Why? For many young Jews the Reichspogromnacht was a last warning in November 1938, when the Nazis broke the Constance synagogue. They left the country and escaped to Switzerland and America. In addition, many of the male Jews who had been arrested in the Reichspogromnacht were dragged to Dachau and tortured. When they were released, they had to commit themselves to emigration. "Official goal of the National Socialists until 1938 was the forced emigration of the Jews," added Jürgen Klöckler. Whoever could not do this or do, who did not flee or failed to escape, was faced with a cruel fate. When the deportees arrived at the Gurs internment camp, 900 people were already trapped there - primarily Spain fighters of the Civil War from 1936 to 1939. Within a few days, the figure rose to 13,000 people, including Jews from France. Other camps were in Recebedou and Rivesaltes. The conditions in Gurs were devastating. In the roughly 380 barracks it was dark. Between 50 and 60 people were accommodated in one block, they spent the night on straw. Tables, chairs and beds did not exist. "We slept with rats, fleas and bugs," said Paul Niedermann during a lecture in Constance.
As a toilet served a hole in the floor outside the blocks. Medical care was poor, hygiene was poor, epidemics such as dysentery, typhus, and tuberculosis were rampant. "We have ten to fifteen dead every day, mostly old people ...", wrote the nurse Else Liefmann from Gurs. The internees tried to make LIFE as pleasant as possible in spite of all the harsh conditions: poets wore serious and cheerful songs; on Sundays, there were small concerts.
Those who were able to escape from Gurs by 1942 were lucky; either on his own strength, after the bribery of the supervisor, or with the assistance of others. "30 Constance Jews have survived," explains the city archivist. The death factories like Auschwitz were waiting for all the others. On August 6, 1942, the first transports began. From this date, says Klöckler, "no one has survived any more".
Sources: Erich Bloch: Stories of the Jews of Constance; State Center for Civic Education: "... it happened in broad daylight".
The city keeps a low profile. Info: Constance's memorial days.
Juden-Deportation: Dunkles Kapitel in der Stadtgeschichte
Ausgewiesen werden nur Volljuden…Jeder Jude gilt als transportfähig; ausgenommen sind nur die Juden, die tatsächlich bettlägerig sind.“ Sätze einer zynischen Bedienungsanleitung von Verbrechern.
Das Lager in Gurs: 108 Konstanzer Juden sowie vier weitere Juden, die sich in der Stadt am 22. Oktober 1940 aufhielten, verschleppten die Nazis in das südfranzösische Internierungslager. Die Deportation lief weitgehend unauffällig ab. Bilder von jenem Tag aus Konstanz gibt es nicht.
Denn von einer Ausweisung konnte nicht die Rede sein, es war eine Deportation am 22. Oktober 1940: 108 Konstanzer Juden wurden mit tausenden anderen aus Baden, der Pfalz und aus dem Saarland verschleppt. Endstation: Gurs, Südfrankreich. Nur wenige überlebten.
Dieser Tag vor fast genau 70 Jahren zählt zu den dunkelsten Kapiteln in der Stadtgeschichte. Zwei Jahre nach der Reichspogromnacht schlug das Naziregime mit voller Härte zu.
Auch Konstanz sollte, so das Ziel, frei von Juden sein. Und das lief bewusst unauffällig ab, um kein Aufsehen zu erregen, erläutert Jürgen Klöckler, Leiter des Konstanzer Stadtarchivs. Die Gestapo (geheime Staatspolizei) kam mit ihren zivilen Autos. Sie fuhr vor, verhaftete die Juden, listete auf, was sie mitnehmen durften: Einen Handkoffer, eine Wolldecke, Ess- und Trinkgeschirre, etwas Verpflegung und 100 Reichsmark. Am Petershauser Bahnhof stand der Zug zur Abfahrt bereit. Bis zu fünf Stunden mussten die Menschen eingepfercht warten, bis er sich in Bewegung setzte. An allen Bahnhöfen entlang der Schwarzwaldbahnstrecke – von Singen, Radolfzell bis Offenburg – stoppte der Zug. Weitere zur Deportation gezwungene Juden mussten zusteigen. Insgesamt waren es auf mehrere Züge verteilt 6504 aus Baden, der Pfalz und dem Saarland. Auf Geheiß des badischen INNENMINISTERIUMS und mit Verordnung vom 15. Oktober 1940 wurden sie, die „Volljuden“, offiziell ausgewiesen. Ihr Vermögen riss das Naziregime an sich. Das einstige Hab und Gut wurde, so Jürgen Klöckler, bei einer öffentlichen Auktion im Konzil im Januar 1941 versteigert. Die Wohnung ließen die Nazis erneut vermieten.
Der Zug war bis zur französischen Grenze verplombt. Bis dorthin erhielten die Passagiere wider Willen weder Nahrung noch Flüssigkeit. Ein Pfarrer und einige Helfer versorgten die Notleidenden bei einem Halt auf einem französischen Bahnhof. Von den Deportierten waren „zwei Drittel alte Menschen“, erläutert Stadtarchivar Klöckler. Warum? Für viele junge Juden war die Reichspogromnacht im November 1938, als die Nazis die Konstanzer Synagoge sprengten, eine letzte Warnung – sie verließen das Land und flüchteten unter anderem in die Schweiz und nach Amerika. Zudem wurden viele in der Reichspogromnacht verhafteten männlichen Juden nach Dachau verschleppt und gequält. Bei der Freilassung mussten sie sich zum Auswandern verpflichten. „Offizielles Ziel der Nationalsozialisten war bis 1938 die erzwungene Auswanderung der Juden“, fügt Jürgen Klöckler hinzu. Wer dies nicht tat oder tun konnte, wer nicht flüchtete oder dessen Flucht scheiterte, dem stand ein grausames Schicksal bevor. Als die Deportierten im Internierungslager Gurs ankamen, waren dort bereits 900 Menschen gefangen – in erster Linie Spanienkämpfer des Bürgerkriegs von 1936 bis 1939. Innerhalb weniger Tage stieg die Zahl auf 13 000 Menschen, auch Juden aus Frankreich trafen ein. Weitere Lager standen in Recebedou und Rivesaltes. Die Zustände in Gurs waren verheerend. In den rund 380 Baracken war es finster. Zwischen 50 und 60 Menschen waren in einem Block untergebracht, sie nächtigten auf Stroh. Tische, Stühle und Betten gab es nicht. „Wir schliefen mit Ratten, Flöhen und Wanzen“, schilderte Zeitzeuge Paul Niedermann bei einem Vortrag in Konstanz.
Als Toilette diente abseits der Blocks ein Loch im Boden. Die medizinische Versorgung war schlecht, die Hygiene mangelhaft, es grassierten Epidemien wie Ruhr, Typhus und Tuberkulose. „Wir haben täglich zehn bis 15 Tote, meist alte Leute…“, schrieb die Kinderärztin Else Liefmann aus Gurs. Die Internierten versuchten, sich das LEBEN trotz aller widrigen Umstände so angenehm wie möglich zu gestalten: Dichter trugen Ernstes und Heiteres vor, sonntags gab es kleine Konzerte.
Glück hatten jene, die bis 1942 aus Gurs flüchten konnten; entweder aus eigener Kraft, nach Bestechung von Aufsehern oder mit fremder Hilfe. „30 Konstanzer Juden haben überlebt“, erläutert der Stadtarchivar. Auf all die anderen warteten die Todesfabriken wie Auschwitz. Am 6. August 1942 starteten die ersten Transporte. Ab diesem Datum, sagt Klöckler, „hat keiner mehr überlebt“.
Weitere Quellen: Erich Bloch: Geschichten der Juden von Konstanz; Landeszentrale für politische Bildung: „...es geschah am helllichten Tag“.
Die Stadt übt sich weitgehend in Zurückhaltung. Info: Konstanzer Gedenktage
www.suedkurier.de/region/kreis-konstanz/konstanz/Juden-De...
I usually tell people not to pose when I'm taking their photo, which means some of them end up being taken while they're talking and making weird faces.
This is my dad, with a moustache that's making its first appearance since the late '90s.
13/52.
Sentenced to prism
Alan Dean Foster
Publisher: Sevenoaks New English Library 1988, c1985
ISBN: 0450421376
6 February 1997 - Italy becomes the first country to sign an agreement with the UN on the enforcement of sentences imposed by the Tribunal. As of early 2013, 17 countries had signed similar agreements with the ICTY.
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Today, 21 June 2016, Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”) sentenced Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo to 18 years of imprisonment. On 21 March 2016, the Chamber had found Mr Bemba guilty beyond reasonable doubt as a military commander responsible for two counts of crimes against humanity (murder and rape) and three counts of war crimes (murder, rape, and pillaging) committed in the Central African Republic between October 2002 and March 2003. ICC Trial Chamber III is composed of Presiding Judge Sylvia Steiner (Brazil), Judge Joyce Aluoch (Kenya) and Judge Kuniko Ozaki (Japan).
Pictured here: Melinda Taylor, Defence Counsel of Mr Bemba at his sentencing hearing © ICC-CPI
Posed image of a judge sentencing an offender.
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Leaping Lizards Productions welcomes the Asexuals, Life Sentence, Underdog, Face First & Duck Duck Goose at the Sports Palace on Delmar in St. Louis. Sunday July 12, 1987.
The Fall of Saigon, Vietnam in April, 1975
June 1975, Nguyen Tu Sang, Saigon, Vietnam, A man stands on a chair, convicted of armed robbery as an official reads his sentence from a platform, as communist forces prepare to act as a firing squad and carry out the sentence of death (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty Images)
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PRG Carries Out Execution In Saigon
The Lewiston Daily Sun - Jun 5, 1975
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SAIGON (AP) - They came to watch a "People's Tribunal" of the new Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG).
There were more than 1000 spectators. They gathered last week on Cong Ly Street near McNamara Bridge, named by Americans for the former United States secretary of defense, Roberts McNamara, because of an assassination attempt against him in the early 1960s when explosives were planted on the bridge he was scheduled to cross.
Nguyen Tu Sang, 23-year-old son of a carpenter, was accused of tossing a grenade at civil guards of the PRG, of having joined four different branches of the former Saigon army, and of being a troublemaker in his neighborhood.
Two banners hung on a row of tables strung across the street. One said: "The Peoples Tribunal of Yen Do Ward." The other said: "We are determined to punish troublemakers who cause harm to order and security, to protect the life and property of the people."
The trial was witnessed by Sang's father and mother. The crowd faced a pagoda. Sang stood erect on a wooden stool without emotion, his hands handcuffed in front of him. To his right stood PRG soldiers, one of them with an AK47 rifle with bayonet pointed at him. On a platform just behind Sang stood a man in civilian clothes reading the verdict, guilty. The sentence: death.
Sang was lead to a nearby alley where he was ordered to face a wall. He was shot to death with a pistol that had a silencer. Witnesses said three bullets were fired. One hit Sang in the head and two in the back. An ambulance carried away his body. Witnesses said that just before the execution, Sang was calm. He smoked a cigarette. He broke down and wept only when his mother approached him in tears.
Viet 'Peoples' Justice Swift, Result Deadly
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Công lý 'Nhân dân' Việt nhanh gọn, kết quả chết người
SAIGON (AP) - Họ đã đến xem một "Tòa án nhân dân" của Chính phủ Cách mạng lâm thời mới (PRG).
Có tới hơn 1000 khán giả. Họ tụ tập tuần trước trên đường Công Lý gần cầu McNamara Bridge, cây cầu được người Mỹ gọi theo tên cựu Bộ trưởng quốc phòng Mỹ Robert McNamara, vì một âm mưu ám sát ông trong khoảng những năm đầu thập niên 1960 khi chất nổ được gài trên cây cầu nằm trong lộ trình của ông.
Nguyen Tu Sang, 23 tuổi, con của một người thợ mộc, đã bị buộc các tội ném lựu đạn vào nhân viên bảo vệ dân sự của Chính phủ CM lâm thời, tội đã tham gia bốn ngành khác nhau của quân đội Sài Gòn cũ, và tội gây rối tại khu phố của mình.
Hai biểu ngữ treo trên một dãy bàn xếp liền nhau ngang qua mặt đường. Một tấm biểu ngữ viết: "Tòa án Nhân dân Phường Yên Đổ." Tấm kia viết "Cương quyết trừng trị bọn phá rối trật tự an ninh để đảm bảo tài sản sinh-mạng cho nhân dân."
Vụ xử được chứng kiến bởi cha mẹ của Sang. Đám đông đối diện một ngôi chùa. Sang đứng thẳng trên một chiếc ghế gỗ mà không thấy có cảm xúc gì, hai tay bị còng ra phía trước. Đứng bên phải anh ta là những binh sĩ của PRG, một trong số họ cầm khẩu súng AK47 với lưỡi lê chĩa vào anh ta. Trên một bục cao ngay phía sau Sang là một người đàn ông mặc thường phục đứng đọc lời tuyên án, buộc tội. Bản án: tử hình.
Sang được dẫn vào một con hẻm gần đó, nơi anh ta được ra lệnh quay mặt vào một bức tường. Anh bị bắn chết bằng một khẩu súng lục có một bộ phận giảm thanh. Các nhân chứng cho biết có ba phát đạn đã được bắn. Một phát vào đầu Sang và hai phát vào lưng. Một xe cứu thương đã mang xác anh ta đi. Các nhân chứng cho biết ngay trước khi bị hành quyết Sang đã bình tĩnh, và hút một điếu thuốc. Anh ta chỉ suy sụp và khóc khi nhìn thấy mẹ tiến lại gần trong nước mắt.
Mary Patterson was sentenced to 6 weeks in 1873 for theft of poultry.
Age (on discharge): 25
Height: 5.3
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Place of Birth: Newcastle
Married or single: Married
These photographs are of convicted criminals in Newcastle between 1871 - 1873.
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the fight is over, at least for me.
i don't know who the gentleman behind me to my right is, but he appears to be crying too.
such a sad thing for so many people. so senseless.
...and the media continues to use the term "homeless", adding insult to injury.
LET THE SPIRITS GATHER 'ROUND ME
LET THE SILENCE SHOW ME WHERE TO START
LET ME FIND THE COURAGE THAT WILL GUIDE ME
TO THE CENTER OF MY HEART
LET THE LIGHTNESS LIFT EACH SHADOW
LET EACH TRACE OF DARKNESS WITHER AND DEPART
LET THIS LONGING BE A BEACON AS I JOURNEY
TO THE CENTER OF MY HEART
RELEASE ME TO WONDER UNAFRAID
YOU TEACH ME TO BEND
SO IF THE JOURNEY FALLS APART
I'LL FIND THE CENTER OF MY HEART
State of Grace III
~Paul Schwartz~
Ink on paper, 20 x 20 cm, 2001. An original piece from the series “Alphabet”:
A barcode is the graphical representation of a series of numbers. What creates the aesthetics of a barcode? It comes from lines, their thickness, the spacing. We can think of it as a language with its composition rules, its grammar and its syntax. I imagined isolating these rules, separating them from the original purpose for which they were created, and I tried to change them gradually to invent a new language and perhaps new meanings.
"A tribute to David Brennan attached to a tree on The Madam's Bank Road where he lost his life in April 2009"
On Friday 3rd April 2009, 19 year old Leo Brennan, who was known to his family and friends as David, was struck by a car on Madam's Bank road in Derry/Londonderry and died later as a result of his injuries.
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A member of the family rang David's brother and his father Dermott Brennan at about 0315 BST on Friday to tell them about the accident.
David's mother Denise and brother Dermott arrived as he was receiving treatment from paramedics at the roadside.
"All he had on was his t-shirt and his boxers, there was blood everywhere," his mother said.
"As soon as I saw him I knew he was already gone."
"He just gasped and that was it, he was brain dead, his eyes were open but they never moved, I just knew that was it," she added.
"I just felt numb - I wanted someone to wake me up and say it was a nightmare."
On Thursday12th November, 21-year-old Andrew McGlinchey, who was the driver of the vehicle that struck David and who later set fire to his car before taking a taxi home, appeared in court for sentencing and was told that he will serve half of a four year sentence for causing the teenager's death by careless driving.
David's mother Denise Brennan, who collapsed in court, said the sentence was a "total insult".
She claimed her badly injured son would have survived if the driver had called for help.
"He knew what he was doing and he could have stopped because David's coroner's report said if McGlinchey had stopped David would be here today," she said.
McGlinchey, of Cornshell Fields in the city, admitted causing death by careless driving with excess alcohol in his system.
He also admitted failing to stop, remain or report the accident.
At Londonderry Magistrates Court on Thursday, he was told he would serve two years in jail before being released on licence for another two years.
He was also banned from driving for seven years.
Mr and Mrs Brennan joined me on my final programme on Drive 105 on Friday 20th November to call for the two year jail sentence to be re-examined. Mr. Brennan claimed that Joy-Riders in the area told him that they'd been given a licence to kill by knowing that if anything happened the worst they'd get was two years.
During the interview Mrs Brennan broke down before she and her husband called for those in authority to examine the sentences being handed down in such cases.
On Thursday 3rd December I received an e-mail which said that Mrs Brennan had called to say that she had received a letter from the Public Prosecution Service stating that her appeal will be addressed. She said that ‘her wee voice has been heard because of Drive 105’.
Kenosha Deputy Frank Fabiano Jr's widow, Amy, (center) cries while her sister, Danette Beiser (right), and friend Jennifer Merlin (top) try to comfort her during a memorial ceremony in front of the Kenosha Courthhouse. Fabiano's murder, Ezequiel Lopez-Quintero, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole by Judge Wilburn W. Warren III.
Kenosha Deputy Frank Fabiano Jr's widow, Amy, looks up to the sky in pain during a memorial ceremony in front of the Kenosha Courthouse. Her friend, Jennifer Merlin, puts her hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Fabiano's murder, Ezequiel Lopez-Quintero, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole by Judge Wilburn W. Warren III.
Rugby organised crime gang sentenced to over 100 years in prison
The last four of 24 men arrested by officers investigating an organised crime group responsible for supplying drugs in the Rugby area were sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on Wednesday 11 January 2012 to a total of 12 years and 2 months. Seven others, including John Logue who controlled a number of drug dealers in the Rugby area were sentenced in December 2011.
Senior Investigating Officer Detective Inspector Mark Davison, said “This brings the total the gang has been sentenced to to 100 years and 10 months. We are delighted at these sentences. "
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