History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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A KRISTALLNACHT MIRACLE (1938-2017)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joanne D. Gilbert I’ll never forget the evening of November 9, 2017, when I’d just barely managed to get to a garage sale…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Anyone living outside the Netherlands or the Flemish speaking part of Belgium will probably have never heard of Wim Kan. It is actually not that easy to describe what he was, his title was cabaretier ,which is French for Cabaret performer. But I think the term ‘stand up comedian’…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This week the painting with the name “Haystacks” by Claude Monet was sold for $110 Million.But that value pales compared to the value of the scrappy bits of paper which contained the last words of those who were killed in the Holocaust. Those bits of paper are invaluable and…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Under the code name “Aktion 1005” the Germans tried to cover all tracks of Nazi extermination policy in the east, by opening mass graves and cremating hundreds of thousands of bodies. The code name had its origin in the file number 1005, used in the related correspondence between Gestapo…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: My name is Julia Bricht, I am 3. When I am four I will go to school and learn all sorts of things and play with my friends. When I am 6 I will go the big school and will get to know more people and learn even more…
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