August 2018

  • It was such a glorious day for us that 2nd September 1973 in Dublin, although it rained the sun shone in our hearts, because you were ours. Your previous master ‘the Cats of Kilkenny’ looked not after you well, so we fought them and after beating them by 7 points we took you home to…

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  • I am an idiot

    I am Gerhard Kretschmar, I am an idiot. I am Gerhard Kretschmar, there are no pictures of me I am Gerhard Kretschmar, I am a 5 month old idiot. I am Gerhard Kretschmar, my Father wanted me to be put asleep But the Doctor refused. I am Gerhard Kretschmar, my Father then asked Hitler if he would kill me. Hitler…

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  • They say a picture paints a thousand words.But ever since I have been doing blogs about the holocaust I have seen many pictures that have left me speechless, and none more so then the suffering of children. On August 18 1939, Wilhelm Frick ordered all physicians, nurses and midwives to report children under the age of…

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  • Israel and Sara

    Today marks the 80th anniversary where the Jews in Germany even lost control of their own names. On 17 August 1938, the Nazi regime decreed that by January 1, 1939, Jewish men and women bearing first names of “non-Jewish” origin had to add “Israel” and “Sara,” respectively, to their given names (Namensänderungs verordnung). For their…

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  • One of the things I can’t comprehend is the fact that no one appeared to be seeing through the lies and hypocrisy of the Nazi regime. They saw they Jews as vermin and filth. And everything Jewish was forbidden, Jewish books were burned, Jewish music was banned. Basically in the eyes of Hitler and his…

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  • You’re an immensely popular Rock-Blues band and you have been invited to one of the Warsaw pact countries,Czechoslovakia to be precise. They just got a new leader a man with a vision,a prelude to glasnost as such. Alexander Dubček opened it up his country for new cultural experiences, so when the Moody Blues got a chance…

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  • ++++++++CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES++++++++++ The buzzword nowadays is gender balance, and to be fair to the Nazi regime, they figured out gender balance decades ago. But was that a good thing? When it comes to evil—there is no real difference between men and women. Men, in general, are physically stronger through their biology, but that is…

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  • Opha May Johnson-US Marine

    Today marks the 100th anniversary of real girl power. Om August 13th 1918,Opha May Johnson became the first Female US Marine. World War I was drawing to an end when the Marine Corps decided to fill some of the gaps left behind by all the men fighting overseas. In 1918, Johnson was the first of…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: I reckon at least 70% of all Star Wars fans will hang their heads in shame after reading this blog for not knowing this.I did after I heard about this. “Rising to the challenge of a Skyhopper race against the cocky Fixer, Luke wins the race and the respect of his peers.…

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