September 2021
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I figured whilst most of the planet is in some sort of Covid Lockdown or restriction, rather then only reading heavy historical blogs(which still is very important) I thought it to be nice to lighten the load a bit with some nice guitar music, Just a random choice of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Like all delusional leaders, Hitler would not have been able to carry out his plans without having people around him that encouraged his delusional ideas. Göbbels was without a shadow of a doubt Hitler’s most devoted henchman and enabler. On February 18,1943 he gave his most famous speech in…
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The key to good comedy is timing, someone once said. If that is the case John Cleese and Connie Booth must have the best sense of timing ever. As the title suggests I am talking about ‘Fawlty Towers’ although it may seem there were hundreds of episodes, there were in fact only 12, spread over
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Now I am not claiming that the battle of the Netherlands was forgotten but there are some facts which are virtually unknown outside of the Netherlands in indeed forgotten by a great number of Dutch citizens. The German campaign in Western Europe in May and June 1940 is –…
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On may 26,1992,Israel’s President Chaim Herzog unveiled a rock from Jerusalem, at Auschwitz. The rock serves as a permanent memorial to the 1.65 million Jews who were murdered there. Visibly anguished and tearful, President Herzog said the following words during the unveiling. “In this dread place, I stand here brokenhearted. This ground on which we
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