July 2019

  • My smile will last forever. Your hate will disappear. My smile only brings joy. Your hate brings nothing but fear. My smile warms people’s hearts. Your hate brings nothing. My smile is pure Your hate is filth. My smile is that of an Angel. Your hate is pure evil. Your hate killed me ,Eva Bruszt,

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  • Arthur Nebe

    The last few days I have seen articles about the German government commemorating those who were involved in the  20th July 1944 assassination plot. In a way I can understand it why they are doing this, but having that said I don’t agree with it. Yes it is true these men planned to kill Hitler

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  • When a nation destroys its own culture it does a lot more than destroy the cultural fabric, it also destroys the soul of the nation, especially when it comes to the musical and cultural heritage. When it murders the artist who performs this cultural legacy, a part of that soul will be lost forever. Magda

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  • A small step for man

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: July 1969. It’s a little over eight years since the flights of Gagarin and Shepard, followed quickly by President Kennedy’s challenge to put a man on the moon before the decade is out. It is only seven months since NASA’s made a bold decision to send Apollo 8 all the way…

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  • Sex Sells- Even in WWII

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: +++Contains some nudity++++ Don’t worry I haven’t  changed my History blog into a WWII porn site. Because we live in a PC world I had to include a warning. It is said that the the average men thinks about sex every 7 seconds. Put that in a war context…

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  • A destructive beauty.

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: On July 16,1945,at 5:29 a.m the world witnessed a beautiful yet devastating event. When I say world I really mean only a select few. What they witnessed was the first ever nuclear test, designated the ‘Trinity Test’ it was part of the Manhattan Project. The bomb that was detonated…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? Today marks the 77th anniversary of the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup. During the so-called “Vel d’Hiv” raid, which took place on July 16 and 17, 1942, the victims were held at the Vélodrome d’Hiver, a cycling stadium in Paris’s 15th arrondissement. ? 8,160 Jews, including more than 4,000 children, were…

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  • The Football War

    The legendary Dutch Football coach ,Rinus Michels, once said “Professional football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost” this quote is often misquoted as “Football is War”. However nearly 52 years ago, Football actually did cause a war between Honduras and El Salvador. The Football War was a brief war fought which

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  • I Miss You

    I miss you, even though I don’t know you and we’ve never met. I miss you because you could have been the composer who composed my favourite piece of music. I miss you because you could have been the poet who wrote my favourite poem. I miss you because you could have been the painter

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