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Originally posted on Cupcakes & Tea with Elizabeth: I miss traveling, and the feeling of being free and having new experiences! I am looking forward to traveling again, once it’s safe to do so. Here’s a throwback to one of my favorite experiences, visiting the ICEBAR in Stockholm. In general, Sweden has an excellent public…
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By Miriam M. Brysk and Joanne D. Gilbert Would you believe it’s been 70 years since I walked across the stage to receive my eighth-grade diploma in January of 1949?? Funny how even though I’ve never talked about it with anyone, I still remember it as if it were yesterday . . . Wearing my…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We all know the story of Anne Frank but we don’t really know that much of the others who hid in the secret annex. On Father’s day lets have a look at the other 2 Fathers who stayed with Anne Frank and her family. Hermann van Pels, (31 March…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Time! When you think of it, time is such a bizarre concept. It can be measured in an exact set of parameters, years,months,weeks,days,hours,minutes,seconds and even milli and nanoseconds. Yet when you lose someone you love, a day can seem like a year, and a year can seem like a…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The title is a line from a report by Edward R. Murrow, a CBS radio news reporter.He reported largely from Europe during World War II, and was the first reporter on scene following the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp The report was broadcast on Sunday, April 15, 1945,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The Manila massacre involved atrocities committed against Filipino civilians in the city of Manila, Philippines by Japanese troops during the World War II Battle of Manila (February 1945). The Manila massacre was one of several major war crimes committed by the Imperial Japanese Army, as judged by the postwar…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: We all know there were hundreds of Operations during WWII, some successful like “Operation Overlord”, and some not so successful like “Operation Market Garden” There were however, just as many if not more operations which were planned and not carried out or cancelled altogether. Below is a summary of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In November 1944 20 Jewish children, ten boys and ten girls, had been brought from Auschwitz to the concentration camp of Neuengamme, just outside Hamburg. Below are pictures of 3 of the children-Jacqueline Morgenstern,Georges Andre Kohn and Sergio de Desimone. The youngsters, aged between 5 and 12 years old,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Before you all start telling me I should look back at the history books, I know that Ireland was never invaded by the Germans during WWII. Except for the Belfast Blitz(pictures above) the island of Ireland remained unscathed during the war. The republic of Ireland was neutral, but I…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The words”Just following orders” together with “Arbeit macht frei” are probably the worst words ever to be used in history. “Just following orders” was used as justification by those who committed the most evil crimes against humanity. And alas they are still used nowadays for the same purpose. But…
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