December 2019
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The aspect I find hardest to reconcile is the Holocaust’s horrific assault on children—the calculated murder of innocents. It’s an atrocity I will never fully comprehend. Some might argue that the Nazis didn’t target children specifically because they were young, but rather because they—or their parents—were deemed members of so-called dangerous racial, biological, or political
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Below is part of the evidence given by Sofia Wieslawa Maczka. She was a doctor of medicine, an X-ray specialist, and an inmate at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. She gave evidence during one of the Ravensbrück trials against Gerda Quernheim, a nurse at the camp. This piece is short and not easy to read. I do
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The persecution of the Jews began systematically almost as soon as Hitler came to power. The Nazis established many new anti-Jewish laws. These were introduced slowly at first, so that the civilian population would not realise the extent of the Nazi party’s anti-Semitism. Below is a chart showing a small…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: If it hadn’t been for the Reichsbahn-the Nazi contolled railways ,the Holocaust would not have been possible to the extend it was.The irony, for lack of a better word, the hate for the Jews by Hitler ,Himmler and the other Nazi leaders quite possibly caused them to lose the…
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The Smile of an Angel has the power to warm your heart. It gives comfort to a weary soul. The Smile of an Angel makes you want to become a better person, the manifestation of the best version of you. The Smile of an Angel spreads joy ans and love. Then why did the The
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I have heard and read a lot of Holocaust survivor stories and the one thing they all had in common was that they never gave up hope. I think that is a greater feat then the actual survival. How can you keep hope when you see your family and…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The title of this blog is a quote from Captain G. M. Gilbert. which he quoted after the Nuremberg trials. He was appointed the prison psychologist of the German prisoners. During the process of the Nuremberg trials , During this time he became a confidant to several of the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On March 10,1849, a 40 year old inventor filed an application for a patent relating to an invention to lift boats over shoals and obstructions in a river. The patent was registered today 170 years ago on May 22,1849. The inventor was none other than Abraham Lincoln. “Be it…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I was struggling with the title but to be honest I can’t think there is another way of describing it. An estimated 1.5 to 2 million children were killed during the Holocaust. How many were killed in Auschwitz is not clear but if you consider that for example on…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I do mention Euthanasias in the title but in reality they were murders. Euthanasia. Sonnenstein Euthanasia Clinic was in of the euthanasia centres of the T4 program. It operated between June 1940 and September 1941. Most of the victims were suffering from psychological disorders and intellectual disability, but their…
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