October 2020
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This is a slight deviation from my usual blogs. Because music has always played a major role in my life it is nive to acknowledge that every once in a while. When you think of classic Rock bands, Genesis is usually not a band which springs to mind, strange…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The lesson we haven’t learn from the Holocaust is that we are still putting people in groups. One of the reasons why the Nazis were so efficient in killing millions is because they were able to put people in groups. It made it easier for the ‘normal’ citizens to…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This is something I said before. I am Dutch and I am proud to be Dutch. One of the reasons why I am a proud Dutch man is because I was taught to face up to the mistakes my country made in the past. Although there were many brave…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ++++++++CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES++++++++++ On April 4, 1945 Ohrdruf was the first concentration camp to be liberated by the US Army. Eight days later on April 12th, the camp was visited by Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton and Omar Bradley. They were shocked by what they witnessed there…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Bushido was really a code of chivalry to have respect for your enemy. During WWII the Japanese Army turned it to something more sinister.They turned it more into a code of death and destruction. Fortunately there were still some soldiers who decided to honor the real Bushido code. Mario…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: One of the most disturbing aspects of the Holocaust I find is the fact that so many who were instrumental in so many evil deeds, were allowed to continue after the war. In February or March 1939 a farmer called Richard Kretschmar requested Catel’s permission to euthanize one of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: How do you profile the mind of one of the most evil men whoever roamed the Earth? The Office of Strategic Services(now CIA) tasked psychoanalyst Walter C. Langer and psychologist Henry Murray to come up with an extensive analysis of Hitler’s mind in 1943. The reports used many sources…
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