February 2023
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: While all other concentration camps were built or configurated to facilitate mass murder on an industrial scale, there were some exceptions. Plan-Frederiks was a plan made up by the Dutch politicians K.J. Frederiks and J. van Dam that was meant to protect Jewish people in name of the German…
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The picture is a still from a behind-the-scenes shot of the movie God’s Spy. The film was shot in Limerick and is now in the post-production stage. It tells the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church—a movement
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Mail was allowed to be sent from the concentration camps under strict censorship. It had to be written in the German language and the number of lines was limited. Only simple information about health and daily life was allowed. The Blockführer had to read and sign the mail and then it went to the censorship
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“They say we’re young and we don’t know” is the line of the Sonny and Cher song, “I Got You, Babe,” that Bill Murray hears over and over again, in the 1993 comedy (yes, that’s right, 30 years ago) “Groundhog Day.” This will not be a movie review, although I do think it is one
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I don’t think there is one person on the planet who doesn’t know what Hollywood is, or what cultural significance it has. It is a place where dreams are turned into reality, and reality turned into dreams, sometimes nightmares. This is just a pictorial blog about that place we…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I am just doing something different today. There is already so much negativity and uncertainty around in the world, I think it is time for some positivity. No mention of viruses elections, economical woes etc. just some nice relaxing and feel good music to make February fabulous. Lets just…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We all know the adventures of the Spacecraft that carries the name Enterprise. Jonathan Archer, may have been the 1st Captain of Earth’s first Warp 5 vessel, Enterprise. Of course there is the famous Captain Kirk. who commandeered the Enterprise NCC-1701. Of course there was (or rather will be,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In general I have some level, albeit low, of sympathy for those who choose to collaborate with the Nazi regime in the Netherlands, because maybe they felt it was the only way to survive. However, I have no sympathy for the Nederlandse Landwacht, they were in it for their…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Today marks the 117th birthday of Karl Amadeus Hartmann.He was born on 2 August 1905 in Munich and came into contact with art and music at an early stage. He studied trombone and composition at the Staatliche Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich from 1924 to 1929. He hated Nazism…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: No one can deny that the Roman Catholic church, and especially the Vatican. has a lot to answer for when it comes to their part in the Holocaust. However there were Catholic clergy men who did speak out to the Nazi regime and many of them paid the ultimate…
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