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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Bushido was really a code of chivalry to have respect for your enemy. During WWII the Japanese Army turned it to something more sinister.They turned it more into a code of death and destruction. Fortunately there were still some soldiers who decided to honor the real Bushido code. Mario…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: One of the most disturbing aspects of the Holocaust I find is the fact that so many who were instrumental in so many evil deeds, were allowed to continue after the war. In February or March 1939 a farmer called Richard Kretschmar requested Catel’s permission to euthanize one of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: How do you profile the mind of one of the most evil men whoever roamed the Earth? The Office of Strategic Services(now CIA) tasked psychoanalyst Walter C. Langer and psychologist Henry Murray to come up with an extensive analysis of Hitler’s mind in 1943. The reports used many sources…
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A little known fact is that the Jehovah Witnesses were also persecuted by the Nazi regime. It is estimated that 1,000 German Jehovah’s Witnesses died or were murdered in concentration camps and prisons between 1933 and 1945, as did 400 Witnesses from other countries, of which were about 90 Austrians and 120 Dutch Jehovah Witnesses…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Advertising is important for every company. If done properly it is what generates sales, if it is done badly it can become costly. I remember when I worked for Philips they had an ad campaign with the slogan “Lets make things better” no one realized that this implied that…
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This looks like a fairly standard receipt and although it is hard to make out the names on the document, it does tell a very dark tale. The document is a receipt issued by the SS to a Dutch citizen. The receipt is an acknowledgement of a payment of 37.50 Dutch guilders to this man…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: “Three shots! Three lives lost! All I can hear are shots, shots.” This line is the final entry of Renia Spiegel’s diary. It is the final entry but it was not written by her but by her boyfriend. Renia had left her diary with her boyfriend ,Zygmunt Schwarzer, for…
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Klara Boda—just a child. Klara Boda—just a child with two fluffy toys. Klara Boda—just a child who wanted to go to school Klara Boda—just a child who wanted to be a princess. Klara Boda—just a child, whose life was not complicated. Klara Boda—all she needed was love and care. Klara Boda—just a child who received…
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