June 2023
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Maastricht is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. in the Southeast of the Netherlands. On August 18, the Unites States Army Airforce, attempted to bomb a railway bridge, but it went horribly wrong. Friday, August 18, 1944 was a warm sunny day that started nicely…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: There is not going to be much text in this blog post. I will let the pictures do the talking. They are pictures of a slightly different angle of WWII.
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This will be a blog post about my Dad because it is Father’s day. There is so much I could say about my Dad and yet there is so little. For a long tome he had not been a part of my life, for 18 years to be precise.…
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On this day, Father’s Day, I can’t help but wonder about Otto Frank, seen above in conversation with Millie Perkins, the leading actress in the 1958 film about Anne. How did Mr Frank celebrate Father’s Day? I know he remarried and had a stepdaughter. However, I am sure he adored his stepdaughter—Eva Schloss—there weren’t any
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Something not much spoken about in the context of World War II is—after D-Day, how the slowly “normal” daily life resumed in France, especially in Normandy. By 25 July, with most German tanks drawn westward by the British Goodwood Offensive, the Americans faced a front almost denuded of armour—allowing dome freedoms to be—restored. 26 July
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Nico Peeters was born on 12 April 1893 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and lived in The Hague. He grew up with his brothers and sister in a family with deaf parents. He was an entrepreneur and resistance member. Nico owned a cigar factory with his brother Ben. The Peeters family was idealistic and active in the resistance.
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On 8 January 1935, two baby boys were born in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Elvis and Gladys Love—Jesse Garon Presley and 35 minutes later Elvis Aaron Presley. Jesse Garon was stillborn, and Elvis would live to become the Man Who Would be King. Elvis’ first name comes from his…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The title of this post is from a 2005 documentary produced by MTV(yes MTV) It stars a number of famous actors reading excerpts from diaries of young people who lived during the Holocaust, most of them were murdered. The full length movies is included in this post, but I…
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This is a bit of forgotten World War II history. I only found out about this today. From 11 May 1940, the Dutch military received support from French troops, who advanced to Zeeland by sea and via Belgium. Many thousands of Moroccan soldiers fought against the Germans in the French army. About 30,000 of them
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On 18 December, I had the privilege to interview Racheli Kreisberg, the granddaughter of Simon Wiesenthal. Anyone who has an interest in history, specifically Holocaust history, will know who Simon Wiesenthal is, but in case there are a few people who don’t know. Simon Wiesenthal was born on the…
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