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  • The Great Dictator (1940)The Final Speech by Charlie Chaplin I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business.I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone.I should like to help everyone if possible—Jew, Gentile—Black man—White. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that.We want to live by…

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  • Takeo Yoshikawa, a name that remains largely overshadowed by the grander narrative of World War II, played a pivotal yet clandestine role in one of the most significant events in modern history—the attack on Pearl Harbor. While most historical discussions about the Pearl Harbor attack focus on the military strategies, the surprise nature of the…

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  • Errol Flynn, an iconic figure of Golden Age Hollywood, is remembered for his dashing roles in adventure films like Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood. However, his off-screen life became just as famous for scandal, particularly the statutory rape allegations leveled against him in 1942. These charges brought Flynn to trial in a…

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  • Chernobyl Disaster

    The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident. It occurred on 26 April 1986 in the No.4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, in what was then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). During a…

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  • This a picture blog looking back at some events in our History. A picture often tells a thousand words. It is important that we never forget our history because if we so we forfeit out future. Four-year-old Michael Finder escaping communism in East Berlin from a window. October 7, 1961. A German child meets her…

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  • And The Evil Lived On

    “First do no harm” is a term often associated with the Hippocratic Oath. Although the association is technically incorrect, the Hippocratic Oath is nonetheless an oath that Doctors adhere to. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known Greek medical texts. In its…

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  • The last words of Evil Men

    On 16 October 1946, some of the most notorious German war leaders were hanged in Nuremberg. Their executions came after a landmark trial in which 23 of the highest-ranking figures of the Third Reich faced charges of crimes against humanity. The final statements of the condemned were broadcast widely, drawing intense public attention and extensive…

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  • Introduction General Walter Stahlecker’s report, officially known as The Stahlecker Report, stands as one of the most chilling and revealing documents from World War II. Written in 1941, it provides a detailed account of the early activities of Einsatzgruppe A, a Nazi mobile killing unit operating in the Baltic states and parts of the Soviet…

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  • In all honesty, the title of this blog may be incorrect, but it is an intriguing title nonetheless. Ben Ali Libi was the stage name of the Dutch Jewish magician Michel Velleman  (5 January 1895 – 2 July 1943).  I believe it is an important story that needs to be kept alive. The reason the…

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  • Bataan Death March

    The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O’Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war which began on April 9, 1942, after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II.About 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died…

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