July 2021
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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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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: 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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Originally posted on History of Sorts: My smile will last forever. Your hate will disappear. My smile only brings joy. Your hate brings nothing but fear. My smile warms people’s hearts. Your hate brings nothing. My smile is pure Your hate is filth. My smile is that of an Angel. Your hate is pure evil.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: A little known fact of WWII is that Japan attacked North America several time. Aside from the Pearl Harbor attack, the other attacks were relatively unsuccessful Below a summary of some of those attacks. On June 3–4, 1942, Japanese planes from two light carriers Ryūjō and Jun’yō struck the…
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I could have picked any name out of millions of victims to write about today. So why did I select Margot Frank-Cohen? No particular reason other than that she would have been 100 years old today. A few decades ago, it would have been utter nonsense to talk about someone’s 100th birthday. Hardly anyone would…
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Education is the key to a better world and to end ignorance and racism. However if education does not include an element of critical thinking, it is open to abuse and it can be used to indoctrinate young impressionable minds, or any impressionable mind really. This blog will refer to the education in the Third…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The?St. Stephen’s College massacre??involved a series of acts of extreme cruelty committed by the?Imperial Japanese Army?on 25 December 1941 during the?Japanese occupation of Hong Kong?at?St. Stephen’s College. Several hours before the British surrendered on?Christmas day?at the end of the?Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese soldiers entered St. Stephen’s College, which…
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