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“Entre dos Tierras” is the first song that was released as a single from the album Senderos de treason released in 1990, by the Spanish rock group, Héroes del Silencio. If there ever was any proof that a good song doesn’t always have to be in English, then this is it. Te puedes venderCualquier oferta…
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Steel serpents carved through dawn’s first light,A journey veiled in darkest night,Crammed boxcars held the silent screams,Of shattered lives and broken dreams. On iron trails, their hopes erased,Through countrysides, the engines raced,Families torn from all they knew,A past that dwindled from their view. No windows showed the path ahead,The air was thick with fear and…
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On the night of August 31, 1939, a German radio station in the small town of Gleiwitz (now Gliwice, Poland) became the stage for one of the most infamous false-flag operations in modern history. Known as the Gleiwitz incident, this orchestrated event was part of a broader Nazi propaganda effort to fabricate a justification for…
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Because today is International Day of the Disappeared There are few things more unsettling than a person who simply disappears. When someone dies, however tragically, there is usually a funeral, a grave, a place where flowers can be laid, and eventually—however painful—some measure of acceptance. When a person vanishes without trace, none of those things…
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An increasing amount of people say that stories of the Holocaust are no longer relevant and should be left in the past. I don’t subscribe to that point of view, remembering the Holocaust is now more important then it ever has been.In a time where some politicians are making policies based on hate, it is…
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I know that some people will disagree with the description of the victim, but unfortunately, Anne Frank was murdered during the Holocaust, which does make her a victim. But before that, she was also a child. This blog contains pictures to remind us of the fact that she had been a child, who lived a…
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The history of Sittard-Geleen is a bit of a complicated one. The city used to be 2 towns, but in 2001 the towns of Sittard and Geleen merged and are now known as Sittard-Geleen. On September 18, 1944 both towns were liberated. With the liberation of Sittard on 18 and 19 September 1944, the war…
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This post will contain little text. Instead, it has drawings by those who lived through the Holocaust. Above is “Arrival into the Auschwitz Camp.” Just behind the backs of the prisoners and to their left is the guard tower at the main entrance to the camp. (Illustration by Władysław Siwek) Next we see the entrance…
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Eddy de Neve occupies a unique place in the history of Dutch football. On 30 April 1905, he became the first great scoring hero of the Dutch national team, scoring all four goals in the Netherlands’ historic 4–1 victory over Belgium in Antwerp. For a brief moment, he seemed destined for sporting greatness. Eddy de…
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This is not a scientific fact it is solely based on my own observations. It seems to be that a lot ,if not all, dictators behave like a toddler. The whole world revolves around them and they get very cross if someone doesn’t want to play with them. Hitler was one of these toddler like…
