February 2025
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Anne Frank’s diary remains one of the most significant and poignant records of the Holocaust, providing an intimate glimpse into the lives of those forced into hiding under the oppressive rule of Nazi Germany. However, while Anne’s voice is immortalized in her writings, the other individuals who shared her confinement in the secret annex in
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I’m keeping this blog post limited to the essential data since I’ve written about the experiments before. There’s only so much of it I can take A Dark Chapter in Medical History Tremendous advancements in science and medicine mark the history of human civilization. However, some of these developments have come at a horrifying cost.
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Willem Arondeus, a name that resonates with courage, defiance, and an unyielding stand against oppression, was a Dutch artist and writer who became a key figure in the resistance against Nazi occupation in the Netherlands during World War II. His heroism, coupled with his unspoken advocacy for LGBT rights in an era of rampant discrimination,
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“Somethin’ Billionaire” I know I stand in line.Until you think it’s timeTo launch our love into the sky. You build your golden towers,I dream of Mars for hours—Together, we could never die. And then I tweet too much,You ramble, talk, and such—But somehow, we both think we’re right. Your hair’s a golden flame,My rockets do
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There will be only a few people who may not have heard of ABBA. The Swedish band shot to world fame in 1974 after winning the Eurovision Song Contest on 9 April 1974 with their song ‘Waterloo.” However, not all of them were born in Sweden. Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad was born on 15 November 1945
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Anyone who grew up in Germany or the Netherlands would likely have seen at least one episode of Derrick, the German police drama set in Munich. The show ran from 1974 to 1998 and was so popular that even Pope John Paul II was rumored to be a fan. A while ago, I watched Faking
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The title of this blog is a line from a song by the hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. I chose it because it speaks a simple truth—a child does not know how to be evil. The boy in the picture above is Samuel Siegfried Opdenberg. He was born on February 7, 1940,
History of Sorts 