May 2018
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As the saying goes “A picture tells a thousand words” therefor rather then writing at length about WWII in the Netherlands, I have decided that this time I will let the pictures do the talking. The photograph on the top is a picture of American troops from the 82nd Airborne Division parachute into The Netherlands on
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The 4th of May is the day when the Dutch remember the dead—those who died because of war. At the start of World War II, my hometown had 37 Jewish citizens; by the 4th of May 1945, they had all perished. Here is a poem remembering those 37 innocent lives. You are not different than
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When we think of the World War II war crime tribunal we usually think about the Nuremberg Trials, however, there were several trials for the Nazis who weren’t the only ones who had committed war crimes. The Japanese Imperial Army was also guilty of atrocities, and some of them were more brutal and evil than
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Born in Dublin on Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street), he was educated by the Christian Brothers at Westland Row, before taking a scholarship to the Royal University (University College Dublin) to study law. He was one of only 30 people to know that the Rising would take place in the days building up to
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A 7 year old enemy of the state is what I am. Not like a spy or soldier A 7 year old enemy of the state is what I am. Not like a politician or a criminal A 7 year old enemy of the state is what I am. Not like someone evil or bad
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Regardless of what you think of their parents, when you analyse it, the Goebbels children were victims of the same warped ideology and regime as so many other children. The only difference—they may have died in less painful circumstances, at least five of them. So enthralled were Joseph and Magda Goebbels with Hitler that they
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