November 2020
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Born to a Russian peasant family in 1895, as a young man he quickly earned a reputation for “chernaya rabota”, or “black work”, while serving in the Tsarist army during World War I- gaining recognition from Stalin himself for his covert assassinations, torture, and executions. Blokhin quickly rose through…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Johannes Heesters a very controversial Dutch Tenor and actor, and although I try no to judge people I think it is save to call this man a traitor whose only passions were fame and wealth. Remembered for his roles in such mid 20th-century German-language films as Viktor und Viktoria…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Who is Seymour Zimmerman? To be honest I don’t know. All I know he died for my freedom and his name is on a memorial stone in the American War Cemetery of Margraten in the Netherlands.8,3001heroes who sacrificed their lives are buried there. Unfortunately Seymour’s body was never found. This…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We all have heroes and that is important, you need someone to look up to. But Heroes are human beings like anyone else and sometimes they say or do things that are not so heroic. Following are some examples where some heroes said something very un-heroic.Some of these will…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: For most people the name Geleen will mean nothing, but to me it means the place where I was born and raised. Although it is far from perfect, my roots are there and I am proud of that. It is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg in…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Amidst all the fighting and drama there was still some space for romance during WWII, at the end of the day it is a fact that love conquers all. Soldier Is Greeted With A Kiss From His Ecstatic Wife As He Comes Home From France On Christmas Saying Farewell…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Amidst all the fighting and drama there was still some space for romance during WWII, at the end of the day it is a fact that love conquers all. Women wave goodbye to troops, as they march off to WWII. England. 1939. A couple in New York’s Penn Station…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We all know the story of Anne Frank, well at least we think we do. But Anne Frank wasn’t only a girl who wrote a diary, she was also still a child and I think this is often forgotten. It’s probably because of her mature attitude but at the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Gelöbnis treuester Gefolgschaft translated from German to English as “vow of most faithful allegiance”, or “proclamation of loyalty of German writers” was a declaration by 88 German writers and poets of their loyalty to Adolf Hitler. It was printed in the Vossische Zeitung on 26 October 1933 and publicised…
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