September 2026
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While it is accurate that this schedule applied only to registered prisoners kept alive for forced labor, historical records show that over 400,000 people were registered as prisoners in the Auschwitz camp complex—representing approximately 30 to 35% of all those who were deported to Auschwitz. To ensure historical accuracy, here is a breakdown of the…
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The Nazis didn’t mind Amon Göth’s murdering, but they took issue with his thievery. He was caught stealing from the state. However, whatever way your turn it, the possessions Amon Göth stole from the Jews he tormented and killed still were illegally begotten by the Nazis either way. Amon Göth’s actions, including personally murdering prisoners…
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I sincerely believe that some people are just born evil. If it hadn’t been for the war, their evil ways—would probably have been displayed in other ways. Dr. Ernst Knorr was born Heiligenbeil, Germany on October 13, 1899. He died in Scheveningen, the Netherlands on 7 July 1945. He was an SS officer in the…
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“Yesterday” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. First released on the 1965 album Help!, it was issued as a U.S. single the following September, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, it appeared on the EP Yesterday in March…
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I am not a person who generally subscribes to conspiracy theories. In fact, I tend to be rather sceptical when historical events are presented as evidence of some hidden plot. But occasionally, a historical incident raises questions that are difficult to ignore. The death of Japanese Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama is one such case. Sugiyama…
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Stephen Bantu Biko (1946–1977) stands as one of the most profound and influential figures in South Africa’s struggle against apartheid. As the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), he became a symbol of resistance and an advocate for the psychological and political emancipation of black South Africans. His life, ideology, and tragic death left…
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The German operation to liberate Benito Mussolini from captivity in September 1943, commonly known as the Gran Sasso raid or Operation Eiche (“Oak”), remains one of the most studied commando actions of the Second World War. Beyond its tactical novelty, the raid highlights the interplay between military planning, political symbolism, and propaganda in a period…
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On September 11, 1941, construction began on the Pentagon. Exactly 60 years later, on September 11, 2001, terrorists targeted the building in one of the deadliest attacks on American soil. The Pentagon: Born in the Shadow of War On 11 September 1941, ground was broken on what would become the world’s largest low-rise office building.…
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The picture above is an arrest card of Meijer Barmhartigheid. He was one of the 389 young Jewish man who were arrested during raid in Amsterdam on February 22 and 23 ,1941. Of those 389 only 2 survived the Holocaust. 100 of them were murdered in the Hartheim clinic, which was also the clinic used…
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This blog will contain images from that awful day. Never Forget. On September 11,1941 the construction of the Pentagon had started. Sixty year later, terrorists tried to destroy it. An image etched forever in my mind. After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, killing more than 800 people…
