History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I have written about Westerbork before, but today I want to address the paradox and the misconception of the camp. Camp Westerbork was a Nazi transit camp in Drenthe province, northeastern Netherlands, during World War II. It was used as a staging location for sending Jews to concentration camps…
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Life is not a race. You take one step at a time. Sometimes it may mean you have to take a few steps back or down. For as long as you are on that journey called life, you are ok. Life is not fair, and not always easy. But no one ever said that it
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Amadeus, Goya’s Ghosts; Man on he Moon, these are some of my favourite movies. They were all directed by Miloš Forman. For two of them he received an academy award aka Oscar. That on its own is extraordinary, but it is nothing compared to Miloš’s story of his young
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Earlier this week I had one question and one statement about concentration camps. The question was “What are the differences between a concentration camp and an extermination camp?” This question I will try to address as much as possible in this blog. But before I do that I want to mention the statement which was
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Would you risk your own life and your family’s to save another human being? That is the question anyone aiding Jews would have asked themselves each day. Would you risk your own life and your family’s to save another human being? I am not sure if I would. Zegota…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Enjoy the romance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCW1i5HQ0o0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWOTdt9Bovk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBUqDr14DEw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIiLvg58SY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJk0HW_hJw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3spzqDRx_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J123lM0RvzM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF8ZRjfGACA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BsaxKucapY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSoOFn3wQV4
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I hear a lot of fear mongering in relation to vaccines. One argument given by some people for not taking a vaccine is that one of the side effect is death. Usually these arguments are given with the back up of a meme, but never with actual facts. It…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I usually do not do political blogs and this will probably be the only one I do, however I felt I had to write about the #metoo movement. ? I can see why this movement started and to an extend I agree with it. However what I find disturbing…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The definition of a drummer in most dictionaries is “A person who plays the drums” It doesn’t get more basic then that. A drummer is much more then that though. A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums. Most contemporary western bands that play rock, pop, jazz,…
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