History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on Thrills, Spills, and just a dash of Romance: Is love the metaphorical equivalent to ‘walking the plank’; a dive into uncharted waters? For Henry the only romance he was interested in was a life at sea, and when away from it, he strived to find sanctuary from his family and perhaps life…
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Originally posted on Library and Archives Canada Blog: By Daniel German The “hot war” that was the Second World War officially ended on September 2, 1945, with the surrender of Japan. Three days later, on the evening of September 5, the Cold War—or at least public knowledge of what would come to be known as…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Dora Gerstein was a Jewish actress and singer born on 23 March 1899 in Berlin. She was murdered on February 14,1943 in Auschwitz. On one of the sites I used to do the research on Dora I noticed the line ‘Body lost or destroyed’. Not only her body was…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: WWII saw so much evil but also so much bravery. People with disregard of their own lives would defy the Nazi authorities to save lives of others, often complete strangers whom they’d never met before prior to saving them. These people are not always recognized enough for what they…
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Commonplace Fun Facts A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. Well, actually, not that long ago, and much closer to home… Let’s start this again. Back in 1976, in the deserts of Tunisia, the suspicious activities caused neighboring Libya to prepare for war. The suspicious activities involved people and vehicles from a…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I know some people will criticize me for this article. Because they cannot fathom why anyone would harm a 9 month old baby, leave alone murder her. Seeing the face of a baby , knowing the child was killed by an evil regime, hits them hard in the gut.…
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The 11th of August marked the 76th anniversary of the August 11 Krakow pogrom. August 11,1945, is a date after Poland was liberated ,in fact it is nearly 4 months after the war in Europe had ended. The text below comes directly from 2 sources, which I also shall link at the bottom of the…
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