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Some people think of Auschwitz as 1 camp but it was a complex of over 40 camps operated by the Nazis in occupied Poland. It is estimated that at least at least 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz, o which 1.1 million were murdered. But I do believe that number is higher,however since I…
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It is good to write detailed stories of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, to ensure they get remembered. But sometimes it is just as powerful when you keep it a brief description, not because their story is not worthy enough to be told, because it is, But just to illustrate that each one…
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If any one still has any doubts about the scale of murder during the Holocaust, you only have to look at the the 2 official documents below. They are both from the death register in Auschwitz. The first page are the registered deaths of female prisoners. The document is dated December 11,1943 the heading says”…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The following story may not seem like much for anyone who is not a musician. But a musician will understand the significance of it and can identify with the sense of loss and sacrifice. A musician’s instrument is more then a tool it becomes part of him or her.nearly…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: During WWII Hollywood did not sit still, it actively contributed to the US propaganda machine. These propaganda movies were not done by unknown or obscure movie makers. They were done by some of the biggest studios in Tinseltown.One of the more surprising was no other then Walt Disney. Education…
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This picture was taken after the Death Camp Majdanek was liberated in July 1944.The Majdanek extermination camp in Lublin was liberated by Soviet troops on July 23, 1944; it was the first of many Nazi concentration camps to be liberated by the Allies. In the foreground of the picture you can see a few dozen…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: There are many theories on who Jack the Ripper was but there is only one thing that can be said with certainty, he was a vile and evil creature.There is a special place in hell for people like him. Jack the ripper was well aware of this himself that’s…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The T4 program AKA Aktion T4 was a postwar name for mass murder through involuntary euthanasia in Nazi Germany.The name T4 is an abbreviation of Tiergartenstraße 4, a street address of the Chancellery department set up in the spring of 1940, in the Berlin borough of Tiergarten, which recruited and paid personnel associated with T4. Certain German physicians were…
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