June 2025
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Alois Hitler was born on June 7, 1837, in the small village of Strones, in the Waldviertel region of Lower Austria, near the Bohemian border. His mother, Maria Anna Schicklgruber, was unmarried at the time of his birth, which led to uncertainty surrounding his paternity. For the first several years of his life, Alois bore
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Vital Signs is a 1984 album released by one of my all time favourite bands Survivor. I was a bit reluctant to buy the album because Survivor had changed singers, from Dave Bickler to Jimi Jamison. However it turned out to be one of their best albums. On it there was a track called “It’s
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Josephine Baker is mainly remembered for her erotic and provocative dances, vaudeville routines, and appearances in films. However her efforts to fight the tyranny of Fascism have received very little attention. She was born as Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother, Carrie, was adopted in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1886 by Richard
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By Faux News Contributor, Ima Jester MAR-A-FALCON BASE — In a shocking twist to the already surreal reality-TV-meets-apocalypse era of American politics, the power couple known as “Trusk” — Donald Trump and Elon Musk — have officially filed for divorce after years of bizarre public affection, cryptic tweets, and failed space golf ventures. “It’s over,”
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The above photograph is of Eugen Fischer, a German professor of medicine, anthropology, and eugenics and a member of the Nazi Party. He authored a 1913 study of the Mischlinge (racially mixed) children of Dutch men and Hottentot women in German Southwest Africa. Fischer opposed racial mixing, arguing that Negro blood was of lesser value
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On Normandy’s shores ‘neath dawn’s pale light,Brave souls stormed forth to end the night.Steel met sand in thunder’s cry,While hopes and fears rode sea and sky. The tide of war began to turn,As freedom’s fire began to burn.Through blood and grit, the path was paved—By those who fought, the world was saved. Into the Jaws
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(First published in 2019) Ireland remained neutral throughout World War II, but that is not to say there was no contribution from the Irish during the war. Many young Irish men did join the British army and also partook in Operation Overlord, more commonly known as D-Day. However, this blog is not about any of
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“Le Dernier Métro” (The Last Metro) is a 1980 French film directed by François Truffaut. It is a poignant drama set in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II. The film captures the struggles of a Jewish theater owner and his wife as they attempt to keep their theater running amidst the horrors of occupation and
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On June 5, 1940, Governor Wouters refused entry to Jewish refugees from Austria who arrived by ship at the port of Curaçao. They were only allowed to disembark after pressure from the Minister for the Colonies. However, as citizens of an enemy nation, they were subsequently detained on Bonaire. It wasn’t until 1942, after repeated
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O Albert, voice of silent graves,You walked where ash and sorrow sleep,A sentinel of shadowed pasts,Where memory must learn to weep.With ink and heart, you gave them names—The nameless ones, the flame-consumed—You bore their stories, not for fame,But so no truth would be entombed. You were no stranger to the weightOf ghostly cries and fractured
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