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Rebecca Starr Brown Through history, the British Royal Family has lost any number of men to active combat, but it’s a number that has dwindled considerably in more recent centuries. The last king to die in battle was Richard III in 1485; the last king to actively participate in one was George II in 1743.…
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There is nothing more despicable than an individual or group of individuals who deny the Holocaust. They have a misguided,evil and twisted mind. On the other hand there is an increase of individuals who deny the fact that a great number of Germans made sacrifices to resist the Nazi regime. These individuals say that…
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The Holocaust would not have been possible without the help of the railways, at least not to the extend as it happened. The Deutsche Reichsbahn was headed by Julius Dorpmüller, who was also Reich Minister for Transport, but it was his deputy , Albert Ganzenmüller, who had the responsibility for the organisation of trains for deportation. Ganzenmüller had…
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I know that some people will disagree with the description of the victim, but unfortunately, Anne Frank did die as a result of 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,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Sketch artists were and are often used in court cases, especially in those were no media is allowed. Below are some examples of court sketches from some very famous cases. All White Jury Frees Klan Members,By Howard Brodie Civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo was shot and killed on March 25,…
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It was such a glorious day for us that 2nd September 1973 in Dublin, although it rained the sun shone in our hearts, because you were ours. Your previous master ‘the Cats of Kilkenny’ looked not after you well, so we fought them and after beating them by 7 points we took you home to…
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I am Gerhard Kretschmar, I am an idiot. I am Gerhard Kretschmar, there are no pictures of me I am Gerhard Kretschmar, I am a 5 month old idiot. I am Gerhard Kretschmar, my Father wanted me to be put asleep But the Doctor refused. I am Gerhard Kretschmar, my Father then asked Hitler if he would kill me. Hitler…
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They say a picture paints a thousand words.But ever since I have been doing blogs about the holocaust I have seen many pictures that have left me speechless, and none more so then the suffering of children. On August 18 1939, Wilhelm Frick ordered all physicians, nurses and midwives to report children under the age of…
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In the years 535 and 536, several remarkable aberrations in world climate took place. They were the most severe and protracted short-term episodes of cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2 Millennia. Including bizarrely low-temperatures, with snow fall during the summer months in some locations; widespread crop-failures and famine; greatly decreased levels of…
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Today marks the 80th anniversary where the Jews in Germany even lost control of their own names. On 17 August 1938, the Nazi regime decreed that by January 1, 1939, Jewish men and women bearing first names of “non-Jewish” origin had to add “Israel” and “Sara,” respectively, to their given names (Namensänderungs verordnung). For their…
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