September 2019

  • Today marks the 74th anniversary of the sentencing at the main Nuremberg trials.The sentencing took  two days, with the individual sentences read out on the afternoon of 1 October. The Nuremberg trials were never really meant to serve justice. In one way I can understand it but on the other hand looking at the sentences

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: Today marks the 74th anniversary of the Nürnberg Trials sentencing. Three of the defendants were acquitted: Hjalmar Schacht, Franz von Papen, and Hans Fritzsche. Four were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 10 to 20 years: Karl Dönitz, Baldur von Schirach, Albert Speer, and Konstantin von Neurath. Three…

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  • I wanted to change the title of the blog to evoke an emotion, but I figured if this doesn’t hit you in the gut nothing will. It is the actual  title of the picture it is from a public domain. I only changed the names from German into the Polish names. When you don’t know

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  • Working out on the Titanic.

    People all know the story of the tragic end of the Titanic, however what is often forgotten that it was ahead of its time in many ways. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. The Gymnasium is

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  • What If? WWII Social Media.

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: I wonder sometimes how WWII would have been broadcast if Social Media outlets like Facebook and Twitter would have been around then. Below are quotes from WWII which easily could have been Tweets or Facebook posts. We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end.…

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  • Mottos of Death

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: To be honest I am not entirely happy with the title of the blog but is the only way I can describe it. The Nazi regime was evil in deeds and words, they would often use motto’s that would indicate some sense of nobility,positivity and hope but in fact they…

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  • Saving life by taking life.

    This is a blog I had wanted to do for a long time but was reluctant to actually start it. I was afraid it would be used out of context by both pro life and pro choice advocates. However  this blog is really about desperation and inhumane sacrifices. I would therefore urge every one  not

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: Hate is mankind’s worst disease and it seems to be incurable. I am only limiting this to the 1933-1945 era but I could easily have dozens of pages of pictures of all era’s  going up to today. Nazis singing to encourage a boycott of Jewish shops , 1933 A…

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