March 2016
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I came across the story of this unsung hero. His story is an indictment against the Nazi regime but also against the ignorance and ‘naivety’ of the allied forces. If they just would have listened to him so many could have been saved. Witold Pilecki was a Polish soldier, a rittmeister of the Polish Cavalry
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I did not call this blog Forgotten History since his story is quite well known in some parts of the world,nevertheless it is a story that needs be re-told especially nowadays where we need to hear about heroes. Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, CBE (28 February 1898 – 30 October 1963) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest
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This is mot a scientific fact, it’s just my opinion and observation but it seems to be that those who have committed horrible crimes in WWII(and who weren’t captured) appear to have long and prosperous lives. What is even more disturbing not all escaped war criminal fled to South America, some of them had
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Without romanticizing it ,because the Mafia was and is a violent organisation, however they did use to operate under a strict code and even to the’Mob’ the Nazi regime was unacceptable. The American government collaborated with the Mafia during WWII Operation Underworld During the early days of World War II, the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence
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This probably isn’t a forgotten history for the Trekkies but even though I am a Star Trek Fan I did not know about the heroics of James Doohan(Scotty) during World War 2. James Montgomery “Jimmy” Doohan March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian character actor and voice actor best known for
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It is often said that only the good die young and the evil seem to live forever, and for a long time I believed this to be true, looking at how old some of the escaped War Criminals got. But then I heard of Nicholas Winton, he died 1 July 2015 at the old age
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Major Tommy MacPherson AKA the “Kilted Killer” I think that outside the UK not many people will have heard of thie WW2 hero and perhaps even in the UK itself his story isn’t that well known, But this man made a huge impact in WW2 Sir Ronald Thomas Stewart Macpherson (4 October 1920 – 6 November
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Ho Feng-Shan sometimes referred to as the Chinese Oskar Schindler. Ho Feng-Shan born September 10, 1901 in Yiyang, Hunan; died September 28, 1997 in San Francisco) was a Chinese diplomat in Vienna who risked his own life and career duringWorld War II to save thousands of Jews. Ho’s actions were recognized posthumously when the Israeli organization
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Most people think of the Netherlands as a flat country, the name does indicate that, However at the very south eastern corner of the country there are actually hills and even some caves.and believe it or not in the small town Valkenburg there are even cable cars. This brings me to Pierre Schunck. Peter Joseph
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