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Commonplace Fun Facts If you want to find a lot of tigers, most of us would imagine a journey to India or western Asia. Few would think to plan a trip to Texas. Even so, that may be a better use of your time. As unlikely as it may seem, there may be more tigers…
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Today I will finally show off my gaming knowledge and leave you all in awe and amazement! Ah no, in fact I am clueless when it comes to gaming. I never got into the whole video/computer games universe, Yet the title is Nintendo, the name of one of the biggest gaming publishers. A lot of…
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Ankie Stork was a Dutch resistance fighter during the German occupation of the Netherlands. She saved thirty-five Jewish children from the Nazis by hiding them in several locations the town of Nijverdal during World War II. She acted as part of Utrechts Kindercomité,(Utrecht Children Committee) a Dutch resistance group based in Utrecht. Ankie was a…
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I was reminded of this song while I was watching “the Man in the Castle”. So many musicians were murdered during the Holocaust Musicians like the talented composer Gideon Klein The youngest Jewish composer murdered during the Holocaust, Gideon Klein was only 26 when he was murdered in the Fürstengrube sub-camp near Auschwitz. His oeuvre…
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I have to be honest and admit that I am not entirely sure if the title is entirely correct, I am working on presumptions. However they are well founded presumptions. More then 75% of all Dutch Jews were murdered during the Holocaust it is therefore safe to presume that the at least 75% of these…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We know all about Rommel and his Africa Korps and Montgomery’s X Corps. The Battle of El Alamein is one of the most famous battles of World War 2, but all of this took place in the North of Africa Very little is known about the South African involvement…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Many people think that terrorism is a relatively new phenomenon which really only started in the late 1960’s But nothing could be further from the truth.?Scholars dispute whether the roots of terrorism date back to the 1st century and the Sicarii Zealots, to the 11th century and the Al-Hashshashin,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Anyone who has seen Schindler’s List will remember Ralph Fiennes’s portrayal of this man. I say man reluctantly because even though he looked, walked and talked like a man, he was really an animal. Amon Leopold Göth was born on 11 December 1908 in Vienna. He was married twice,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Imber friendly fire incident took place on the 13 April 1942 at Imber, England, during the Second World War. One of the Royal Air Force fighter aircraft taking part in a firepower demonstration accidentally opened fire on a crowd of spectators, killing 25 and wounding 71. Pilot error…
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