https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/01/29/i-will-not-fund-the-egyptian-regime-which-plans-to-kill-me/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:45:58 -0400<![CDATA[A while ago the Dutch version of the British TV format Who Do You Think You Are? took me on a journey into the past – the program confronts people with their family history. In my case, they took me to Westerbork transit camp in northeast Holland. It was there, during the Second World War, that Dutch Jews were imprisoned before being sent on to eastern Europe, where most of them ended up at Sobibor in Poland, to be killed. It was the first time I heard some of the details about the lonely weeks that my maternal grandmother spent in Westerbork, separated form her children and her husband, left behind in their home town. He died before they could send him to Sobibor. My grandmother was murdered immediately she arrived there. Most members of my mother’s family, and my father’s family were killed in Sobibor. Some in Auschwitz.]]>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:55:12 -0500<![CDATA[Leon de Winter]]>https://pjmedia.com/leon-de-winter/2013/01/29/i-will-not-fund-the-egyptian-regime-which-plans-to-kill-me-n176311