Helga Deen war diary added to UNESCO list

The diary of Helga Deen from Tilburg will be added to the Dutch Memory of the World Register of Unesco on 17 April 2025 in the Gasfabriek in Deventer. Helga was a young woman during the Second World War, in love, she went to school, but she was also Jewish. On Tuesday 1 June 1943, the Jews still remaining in Tilburg – including the Deen family – were transported to Camp Vught. There Helga started a diary. She was unable to write in her diary for…

The destruction of monuments during armed conflicts in different countries led the National Heritage Institute (NPÚ) to take a precautionary step in the case of Český Krumlov. The institute asked UNESCO to list the castle and castle among cultural assets with increased protection. He submitted his nomination in February and should be decided in December. The information was confirmed by ČTK Petra Kroupová, who works in the department of monument…

The collection, kept in the Archives of New Records in Warsaw, which contains unique drawings and notebooks in which Polish children illustrated their memories of the German occupation, has been entered on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register. The decision in this matter was announced by the UNESCO Executive Council. The article Drawings of Polish children from the occupation period entered on the UNESCO International Register c…

The war diary of Helga Deen from Tilburg has been placed on the UNESCO list for documentary heritage. The Jewish girl and her family were deported from Tilburg to Camp Vught on 1 June 1943. In her diary, she describes her stay in the concentration camp. Deen's diary and a number of personal items and letters are part of the collection of the Tilburg Regional Archives. Helga Deen and her family stayed in Camp Vught between 1 June and 1 July 1943.…

The war diary of Helga Deen from Tilburg has been placed on the UNESCO list for documentary heritage. The 18-year-old Dane and her family were deported from Tilburg to Camp Vught on 1 June 1943. In her diary, she describes her stay in the concentration camp.