• We Will Dance Again

    אנחנו נרקוד שוב Wir werden wieder tanzen. Beidh muid ag damhsa arís Vi vil danse igen We zullen weer dansen. Nous danserons à nouveau mir veln nakhamal tantsn Ons sal weer dans Við munum dansa aftur เราจะเต้นรำกันอีกครั้ง 我們將再次起舞 Ми знову будемо танцювати

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  • On July 29, 1942, Transport #12 (designated by French records as Convoi 12) departed from the Le Bourget-Drancy railway hub just outside Paris. Bound for the extermination network of Auschwitz-Birkenau in occupied Poland, the sealed train carried 1,001 Jewish men, women, and children. When World War II came to an end in 1945, only five…

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  • Parole der Woche (“Slogan of the Week” or “Word of the Week”) was a wall newspaper published by the propaganda department of the Nazi Party from 1937 to 1943. On July 1, 1942, it posted the image seen above. The text says, “Whoever wears this sign is an enemy of our people.” Something I always…

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  • The 1944 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIII Olympiad, was a planned international multi-sport event to be held from 22 July to 5 August 1944 in London, England, United Kingdom. However, the games were cancelled because of World War II. However there was one group who were determined that the games…

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  • +++++++++++++++WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES++++++++++++++++ The heroes who are often forgotten are those who arrived in the concentration camps with a camera. They took pictures of horrors which nobody should have to witness but yet these were also the pictures that everyone had to witness, because they bore evidence of the evil crimes committed by a…

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  • “Le Dernier Métro” (The Last Metro) is a 1980 French film directed by François Truffaut. It is a poignant drama set in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II. The film captures the struggles of a Jewish theater owner and his wife as they attempt to keep their theater running amidst the horrors of occupation and…

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  • The First Quarantine

    The Birth of Quarantine: A 14th-Century Innovation That Changed Public Health When we think of quarantine, we often picture modern hospital isolation wards or the stay-at-home orders of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the practice of systematically isolating travelers to prevent the spread of disease did not emerge from a modern laboratory. Its origins lie along…

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  • The Schutzstaffel (SS): The Engine of the Nazi State The Schutzstaffel, commonly referred to as the SS, played a pivotal role in the rise and implementation of the Nazi regime in Germany between 1925 and 1945. Originally formed as a paramilitary bodyguard unit for Adolf Hitler, the SS evolved into a multifaceted organization responsible for…

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  • Starry Night-Vincent.

    So many books have been written about the tormented artist,Vincent van Gogh , so there is no way I can add anything to his story. My focus in this blog is about an event that took place this day, July 27th, 1890. On 27 July 1890, aged 37, Van Gogh shot himself in the chest…

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  • I have done blogs on the New Apostolic Church during WW2 before, and I am doing research for further blogs. However, this time I want to focus on one member in particular. Many of you know I am a New Apostolic Christian and for many years I have sang in the choir. One of my…

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