History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: As so often before Varian Fry is the prove that one man can make a difference. Varian Mackey Fry (October 15, 1907 – September 13, 1967) was an American journalist. Fry ran a rescue network in Vichy France that helped approximately 2,000 to 4,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees to…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This is the line in the Hippocratic oath which was so often ignored by the Nazi physicians. “Also I will, according to my ability and judgment, prescribe a regimen for the health of the sick; but I will utterly reject harm and mischief” Nazi doctors such as Josef Mengele…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: “A mentally unstable, violent fanatic and alcoholic, who had the habit of erupting into violence under the influence of drugs” is how he was described by one of his contemporaries. Oskar Dirlewanger (26 September 1895 – 7 June 1945 (certificate of death), a German military officer, was the founder and…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I wear a Yellow star so that people know who I am. Why? Didn’t they know me before? The kids in my neighborhood don’t have to wear a Yellow star. Am I different? And if so, how am I different? I breathe the same air, I read the same…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: When we think of the WWII war crime tribunal we usually think about the Nuremberg Trials, however there were several trials for the Nazis weren’t the only ones who had committed war crimes. The Japanese Imperial Army were also guilty of atrocities, and some of them were more brutal…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: You could have been my teacher You could have been the mother of my best friend You could have been the midwife who helped deliver me You could have been my dentist You could have been a waitress in my favourite restaurant You could have been a lady working…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Theresienstadt was a 1944 Nazi propaganda film depicting Theresienstadt concentration camp as a sort of idyllic rest stop, in an attempt to convince world opinion that there was no such thing as Nazi death camps. The film intended to be viewed in “neutral” nations showing how “humane” conditions were at…
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