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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? This is mot a scientific fact, it’s just my opinion and observation but it seems to be that those who have committed horrible crimes in WWII(and who weren’t captured) appear to have long and prosperous lives. What is even more disturbing not all escaped war criminal fled to…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: It would be absurd to say that every German soldier was bad. There were some who saw what was happening and protested against it and paid the ultimate price for it. Michael Kitzelmann had been a loyal soldier of the Wehrmacht. He was company commander at the age of …

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  • Frieda Jungst

    Frieda Jungst just an ordinary name Frieda Jungst just an ordinary girl Frieda Jungst not a soldier or terrorist Frieda Jungst not someone being a risk to the population Frieda Jungst just a girl with a dress, socks, shoes and a teddy bear Frieda Jungst she should still be alive Frieda Jungst murdered because she…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: Der Stürmer is probably the most vile newspaper ever published. It was nothing more then Julius Streicher’s Anti-Semitic propaganda tabloid. It was however popular and made Streicher a wealthy man. It wasn’t the official Nazi newspaper, in fact some leading Nazis did not like it at all. Joseph Goebbels…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: Der Stürmer was an anti-Semitic “tabloid style” newspaper published by Julius Streicher from 1923 almost continuously through to the end of World War II. Der Stürmer was viewed by Hitler as playing a  significant role in the Nazi propaganda machinery and a useful tool in influencing the “common man…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: There have been many attempts to assassinate Hitler, it is estimated there have been around 35 attempt, some of them were quiet bizarre. If any of them would have been successful the outcome of the war would have been drastically different, in fact if the earlier ones in the…

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  • WWII Newspaper coverage

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: Good news coverage is always very important to keep yourself informed, but in times of war this importance is amplified manyfold. I still clearly remember when the  Gulf war-Operation Desert storm  broke out, it was probably one of the first times there was instant live news coverage of a…

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