December 2019

  • There were several horrific events on March 27 1944 1,000 Jews were deported from Drancy, France, to Auschwitz. 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kovno Lithuania 40 Jewish policemen in Riga, Latvia, ghetto are shot by the Gestapo Children’s Aktion-Nazis take all the Jewish children of Kovno,Lithuania.,and deport them One Father carves the date of the

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: Rolf Abrahamsohn was not only a witness to the Holocaust he was also witness to the remorselessness of some of his fellow country men. One day a few months after the war Rolf encountered a man who was hitchhiking. Rolf felt sorry for the man because he only had…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: Despite his English sounding name, Harald Turner was born in the town of Leun in the district of Hesse in Germany in 1891. He served as an SS commander in Serbia during WWII. His description of some crimes he had been involved in are truly chilling, not so much…

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  • Christmas in Limerick-a poem

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: My shoes are touching the promenade on “Poor Man’s Kilkee” Rain is falling on my head and drops are slowly reaching my face. A man in a coffee shop is putting up a Christmas tree. Undisturbed the Shannon flows, in so much splendor and grace. The town with its…

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  • The Ritchie Boys

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  • The Hopevale Martyrs

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. The American Catholic missionaries in Tapaz,Philippines probably could not be specified as vulnerable but the people they cared for were. additionally the missionaries themselves did not pose any threat themselves to…

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  • Sex during the Holocaust

    I know this is an awkward subject and some people may have difficulties even reading past the first sentence. However just because it is awkward and  controversial doesn’t mean it is not important. Sex is one of the most primal human instincts and urges it is how we manage to reproduce, but is more then

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  • The Wereth Massacre

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched their last great offensive against the Western Allies through the Ardennes Forest of eastern Belgium. It would become known as the Battle of the Bulge. Three German Armies attacked a long a 50-mile front. American troops manning the line were thrown into…

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