April 2025

  • Eleven Million Tears

    The estimates of how many people were murdered vary, but it is widely estimated that it is 11 million, of which 6 millions were Jewish. I believe that number is greater, but for the context of the following poem I will go with the number of 11 million. If I cried a single tear for

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  • In a galaxy, far, far away where technology and the Force intertwine, a new era dawns. In the wake of the Galactic Empire’s fall, a different threat looms on the horizon: the rise of artificial intelligence. As machines evolve and minds merge with circuits, the balance of power shifts once more. Amidst the chaos, a

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  • The 1943 Bengal Famine, also known as the Great Bengal Famine, was a catastrophic event that resulted in the deaths of an estimated 2 to 3 million people in the Bengal province of British India. This famine was one of the most devastating famines in the region’s history and had profound social, economic, and political

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  • The Lost Transport

    One of the sources I use for my blog, concerning the Holocaust, is JoodsMonument.nl (Jewish Monument). I often see the name Tröblitz mentioned as the place of death. When I looked into it I noticed that the majority of people who died there, did so after April 23, 1945, shortly before the end of the

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  • American-Dutch diplomacy

    On April 19, 1782, John Adams was received by the States-General and the Dutch Republic as they were the first country, together with Morocco and France, to recognize the United States as an independent government. John Adams then became the first U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands and the house that he had purchased at Fluwelen

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  • Action Comics #1, published o April, 18 1938, but with a cover date of June 1938, by National Allied Publications (now DC Comics), is widely regarded as the most important and influential comic book in the history of the medium. This issue marked the first appearance of Superman, a character created by writer Jerry Siegel

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  • When the gates of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, Mauthausen and other Nazi concentration camps were finally unshackled in 1945, the world watched as skeletal survivors stumbled out of hell. The war was ending, and freedom had come. But for thousands of victims, it came too late. These are the stories we don’t always hear—the stories of

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  • Roland Garros was more than just a name associated with the prestigious French Open tennis tournament. He was a trailblazing aviator, an innovative thinker, and a heroic fighter pilot during World War I. His contributions to early aviation and military technology left an enduring legacy, not just in the skies of Europe, but in the

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  • Like most of my blogs I try to steer away from politics and religion this blog will be no exception to that. Although it may appear to be a religious blog, i is really about the historical event of the crucifixion. Good Friday is one of the key days in the Christian calendar, it is

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  • What if the Nazis would have won? You might be wondering what is the connection between the music scale picture above and the question, “What if the Nazis had won?” Firstly, let me explain what type of rhythmic pattern it is. It is an example of a rhythmic pattern used in heavy metal. The upper

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