May 2023
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: It is a well known fact that the Dutch like the British, French and Portuguese were a colonial power for centuries. The Dutch influence is still noticeable around the globe. One of the Dutch colonies was Surinam a small country (but yet considerably bigger then the Netherlands) in South…
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I was going to give this piece the title Confessions of a Young Fan of Hitler, but I decided to stick with the one I am using. Hitler thought that he who had the youth, had the future. Alfons Heck (3 November 1928 – 11 April 2005) was a Hitler Youth member who eventually became a Hitler
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Dear Comrade Putin, I heard your ambassador to the UK this week that he was implying that Ukraine was the aggressor in this so-called “Military Operation.” He appeared to be a bit confused, as we all might believe. However, I understand you are confused now—as you have a lot on your plate. You’ve started a
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? During World War II, the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Polish Corps had an unusual soldier among its ranks, a 440-pound Syrian bear named Wojtek. Wojtek first came to the company as a cub, but over the course of the war he matured and was given…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Pickaway, Ohio, is a town filled with things named after Hitler: Hitler Road, Hitler-Ludwig Road, Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery, Hitler Park, among others. In most states this would be considered scandalous, but since we’re talking about Ohio it merely rises to a local curiosity of moderate interest. The Circleville Herald reports that this is simply…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Ever since I was 13 or 14, I have played the guitar. Over the years, I have bought hundreds of songbooks. In one of those books, they put words to Beethoven’s 9th symphony or more precisely, the bit commonly known as Ode to Joy. In the book, they renamed it, Hate…
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Commonplace Fun Facts The budget for mankind’s first manned mission to the moon was about $25.4 billion. Buried within the countless lines of expense details is the cost for one of the most memorable aspects of the mission. The cost for that could probably be covered by the spare change you have laying around your
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We now live in an era when we consider 73 years a young age to die. Isaac Michel Max Rosenbaum lived for only 73 days. He was born in Amsterdam on 19 January 1943. He was murdered in Sobibor on 2 April 1943. His father was Ephraim Izak Levie…
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