November 2020

  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: The killing of innocent lives is despicable enough but trying to make a profit out of it in the most deceitful way is beyond evil. Giving people hope that someway they will survive, where there really was no intention of sparing their lives,sickens me to the core. Shortly after …

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: War often brings out the worst in people. they commit crimes they would usually never even contemplate, but equally war also brings out the best in people performing heroic acts they know can cost their lives. Early 1943 Jews throughout Belgium were rounded up and arrested.People like three members…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: One of the cruel jokes the Nazis played on their victims was giving them hope. Like a railway sign indicating a return journey that was never to be. Only empty trains returned ready to pick up more victims like lambs led to the slaughter. On September 3,1944 the last…

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  • Hitler in Dublin, Ireland.

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: Many people think that Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945. This is not true, he actually died on May 20, 1956 in a traffic accident  aged 74 in Nidwalden, Switzerland. But before I am getting a whole bunch of emails and comments saying how wrong I am ,please allow…

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  • Not Just Numbers

    The approximate number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust by nation . Poland 3,000.000; Ukraine 900,000;Hungary 450,000; Russia 352,000;Romania 300;000;BaltIc countries 228,000;Germany/Austria 210,000;the Netherlands 105,000;France 92,000;Slovakia 75,000; Greece 54,000;Belgium 40,000;Yugoslavia 26,000;Bulgaria 14,000 ;Italy 8,000,Luxembourg 1,000;Norway 900. Total 5,907,900. These numbers are just estimates. I believe the number is actually higher, because not all suicides are

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: Ireland remained officially neutral during World War II. However, on 26 August 1940, the German Luftwaffe bombed Campile in broad daylight. On August 26 1940 the tiny village of Campile in Co Wexford was bombed by the German Luftwaffe, killing three local women and giving Ireland — until then largely insulated from the…

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  • Grease,Elvis and Star Wars

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am not going to apologize for this but it is a fact I am a massive Grease fan, and today happens to be the anniversary of the single “Grease” reaching the #1 position on the Billboard top 100. However as the title of this blog suggests there is…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: Execution by elephant was a common method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, particularly in India, where Asian elephants were used to crush, dismember, or torture captives in public executions. The animals were trained and versatile, able to kill victims immediately or to torture them slowly over a prolonged period. Most commonly employed by royalty, the elephants were…

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  • 9 Candles on my cake.

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: 9 Candles were on my last birthday cake,just one away from double digits . 9 Candles on my cake, one candle for each year. 9 Candles were lit, I could feel the heat of each of them. 9 Candles that punched 9 little holes in my cake. 9 Candles,…

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