October 2025
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This a picture blog looking back at some events in our History. A picture often tells a thousand words. It is important that we never forget our history because if we so we forfeit out future. Four-year-old Michael Finder escaping communism in East Berlin from a window. October 7, 1961. A German child meets her
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“First do no harm” is a term often associated with the Hippocratic Oath. Although the association is technically incorrect, the Hippocratic Oath is nonetheless an oath that Doctors adhere to. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known Greek medical texts. In its
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On 16 October 1946, some of the most notorious German war leaders were hanged in Nuremberg. Their executions came after a landmark trial in which 23 of the highest-ranking figures of the Third Reich faced charges of crimes against humanity. The final statements of the condemned were broadcast widely, drawing intense public attention and extensive
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Introduction General Walter Stahlecker’s report, officially known as The Stahlecker Report, stands as one of the most chilling and revealing documents from World War II. Written in 1941, it provides a detailed account of the early activities of Einsatzgruppe A, a Nazi mobile killing unit operating in the Baltic states and parts of the Soviet
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In all honesty, the title of this blog may be incorrect, but it is an intriguing title nonetheless. Ben Ali Libi was the stage name of the Dutch Jewish magician Michel Velleman (5 January 1895 – 2 July 1943). I believe it is an important story that needs to be kept alive. The reason the
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The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O’Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war which began on April 9, 1942, after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II.About 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died
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For every soul that walked in fear,Whose footsteps faded year by year,A rose shall bloom where shadows lay,To honor those who slipped away. For every name that was erased,For every tear that never tracedIts path down its cheeks was too cold, too numb,A rose for each heart overcome. For every cry the wind concealed,For silent
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I’ve written about Eddy Hamel before, but I wanted to revisit his story as we’re in the middle of the FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, with the finals set to take place in the United States — in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 2026. I hope his memory will be honored then. Eddy Hamel was
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Our differences are what unite us,Like colors blending in the sky,Each shade distinct—yet intertwined,Creating beauty, bright and high. A patchwork quilt, each stitch unique,Woven from threads of every hue,Our stories dance, our voices speak,Together strong, together true. For in the contrast, we find light,In every curve, a shared design,A melody of wrong and right,Each note
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A thousand lenses, thick with dust,lie tangled in a heap of rust,frames twisted like the lives they bore,left broken there upon the floor. Each pair once rested on a nose,brought blurred lives close and clear;each bridge and temple bent and worn,a testament to seeing here. Round, thin, and wire-bound,child-sized frames to old, stout rims—each one
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