Christophe Christiaens
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Christophe Christiaens
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Twitter exile. Brompton evangelist and speciality coffee drinker. Day job in Public Affairs. Alumnus @collegeofeurope. Posts in English and Dutch. My views only; RT≠endorse
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Next week is #HolocaustRemembranceDay, do follow
@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
for more background on this.

I wanted to follow up on a story I a couple of weeks ago on the tragic history of the lost Jewish community in my wife's hometown of Nove Mesto Nad Vahom in #Slovakia.
(Migrating some Twitter threads to BS)

With the #Holocaust Memorial day coming up (27 January, follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social ), I wanted to share a personal story from 2019.

In short, I found out that my parents-in-law in #Slovakia live on the site of a WW2 concentration camp (sort of).
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
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In het VRT-archief is een vergeten en uniek tv-interview met de beroemde surrealistische schilder René Magritte uit 1961 opgedoken.

"Realiteit zonder mysterie is onmogelijk", zegt hij. "Ik probeer het intieme verband tussen de twee te schilderen. Zonder te weten of het de toeschouwer zal raken."
"Werkelijkheid zonder mysterie is onmogelijk": uniek interview met kunstenaar René Magritte uit 1961 duikt op in VRT-archief  | VRT NWS: nieuws
In het archief van de VRT is een vergeten en uniek tv-interview met René Magritte uit 1961 opgedoken. Net nu speelt de beroemde surrealistische schilder een belangrijke rol in de prestigieuze tv-reeks...
vrtnws.be
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China spent decades laying its rare earths trap. Then Trump blundered straight into it - and now there is no way out. My latest with thoughts on how we got there and what happens next
How The West Was Lost
China spent decades laying its rare earths trap. Then Donald Trump blundered straight into it. Now there is no way out. Some thoughts on how we got here, and what happens next
open.substack.com
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NEW:Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree.

The meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy descended many times into a “shouting match” on.ft.com/3WMSQSu
Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting
on.ft.com
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1912 house by Henri Van Massenhove for sale in Schaerbeek. I don't know if the art nouveau wall paintings are original, but here they are anyway.
Snachts staan de meeste palen hier al goed vol. Veel mensen laden auto als ze naar het werk gaan. Kan nu niet meer met deze regel
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Netherlands, Peil poll:

Seat projection national parliament

PVV-PfE: 28 (-3)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 24 (-1)
CDA-EPP: 24 (+2)
D66-RE: 17 (+3)
VVD-RE: 16 (+1)
JA21~ECR: 11 (-2)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+1)
BBB-EPP: 4
SP-LEFT: 4
...

+/- vs. 10 October 2025

Fieldwork: 17 October 2025

➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
Wair until you discover Tiny Kox (although he retired last year)
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“This has been a key element in resistance forces’ unprecedented battlefield successes, and the tactics and technology have spread nationwide — making Myanmar the world’s most active drone theater after Ukraine.”
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18 October 1944 | A transport of 1,500 Jews deported from the Theresienstadt ghetto arrived at #Auschwitz. Among those murdered in gas chamber and crematorium III after the selection were three distinguished composers: Pavel Haas, Hans Krása, and Viktor Ullmann.
In beernem staan er zo'n paar. Afgrijselijk
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18 October 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Greetje Leger, was born in Amsterdam.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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I think about this a lot. It’s not that books/paper can’t deteriorate or be damaged, but as a “media” they do not become unusable because technology has evolved to the next thing!
As if an eu independent military capacity (which is needed) comes for free - good that the scandis and other are calling out that hypocrisy