September 2026
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“When you look into the eyes of this man, you look into the eyes of a killer” is a line from Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia. The movie is not about Oskar Dirlewanger, but that line surely applies to him. Oskar Dirlewanger, born on September 26, 1895, in Würzburg, Germany, is one of the most notorious and…
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On 28 August 1939, Europe stood on the edge of catastrophe. Adolf Hitler had already dismantled the post-WWI peace: Austria was annexed, Czechoslovakia was broken, and Poland sat squarely in Germany’s sights. Governments knew war was looming, but knowing war was possible was vastly different from knowing the German war machine was poised to strike.…
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(First published September 2, 2018) The position of Ireland during World War II was a bit of a tricky one. A lot of people actually were pro-German, not so much because they agreed with the German policies but more because they were at war with Britain, and there was still this feeling that Britain’s enemy…
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It is seldom that 3 random words can send shivers down your spine but the words ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ do. Just three ordinary words used many times in daily life and yet they also mean total horror. The literal translation is Work makes free, I know they are often translated as works set you free,…
