July 2021
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Music suits the savage beast and when you have a very talented and skillful musician playing great music it can really lift your heart. This is my interview with Sandra Mae Lux about her album Happily ever now. Enjoy, there is a nice Christmas treat at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3x1HkAgQpE
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I don’t like doing political blogs or even semi political ones but I felt compelled to do this one,because the whole debate on confederate statues has been blown completely out of perspective. Frankly it actually sickens me to the core that the debate has gone in to comparison with…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Nazi had a well oiled propaganda machine which was very effective,not only to sell their warped ideology but also when it came to recruiting for the SS and other branches of the army. They also had a very effective propaganda program outside Germany. The picture above is a…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am passionate about Music, especially Rock. One of my favourite bands is Kiss. When we hear one of their songs on the radio, songs like “I was made for loving you” or “World without heroes” we just sit back and enjoy and don’t give it a seconc thought.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: When you look at the picture above you can see a few boys having fun. You could ask yourself” Who are these boys?” or “What game are they playing?! I don’t know who these boys are. I do know though that they were cared for by the BjZ or…
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Happy Birthday Gretha Reintje Cohen. It should have been your 84th birthday today. An evil regime did not even allow you to reach your 6th birthday. You were murdered 10 days before your 6th birthday in Sobibor, on July 9th 1943. No matter how sad your death is, it is even sadder to see that
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: No one of us can ever imagine how it felt to be in Auschwitz. Except for those who survived it. Below are just some quotes from survivors Silvia Vesela -Slovak Jewish Auschwitz Survivor “It’s a really humiliating feeling when your personality is being taken away. I don’t know whether…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The last few days I have seen articles about the German government commemorating those who were involved in the 20th July 1944 assassination plot. In a way I can understand it why they are doing this, but having that said I don’t agree with it. Yes it is true…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I miss you , even though I don’t know you and we’ve never met. I miss you ,because you could have been the composer who composed my favourite piece of music. I miss you, because you could have been the poet who wrote my favourite poem I miss you…
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