History
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It is often said that no one knew what happened in the concentration camps. But in fact people just didn’t want to know or could fathom the horrors and therefore decided to stick their heads in the sand. I am not referring to the Germans on this occasion but to the people in the USA,UK…
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A phrase often used by Hitler was “whoever has the youth has the future” the scary thing about this is that there are elements of truth in that statement. I often come across pictures of young Holocaust victims and each one of them without exception are heartbreaking. For all those kids their future was denied.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: As the song goes”Rasputin lover of the Russian Queen” . It was never proven he was the lover of Alexandra,Czarina and wife of Nicholas II Czar of Russia. However what was proven is that Rasputin was very hard to kill,nearly impossible evn. Sometime over the course of the night and…
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In September 1944, most of the southern part of the Netherlands had been liberated. Unfortunately, the rest of the country faced a very harsh winter. Extreme cold combined with a lack of food resulted in a famine, causing the death of about 20,000 citizens. Dutch railway workers had gone on strike with the hope of…
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More and more people are getting blocked by Facebook. I was blocked today for posting a blog on the evils of Joseph Mengele. I notified Facebook explaining to them they were in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and specifically articles 18 and 19. Article 18 Everyone has the right to freedom of…
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When you Google the name Therese Brandl, one of the first results you get is a mention of her name in IMDb(Internet Movie Database) as one of the cast members of the 1945 documentary “Auschwitz Krakow Trial 1947″ . I don’t criticize IMDb for categorizing her as a cast member because that is how the…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Flying a plane in normal circumstances is difficult enough, flying a plane during bad weather is bad. However flying a plane while being shot at is like hell in the sky. Especially during WWII where there were no sophisticated systems on board like they have nowadays. Following are just…
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Receiving a postcard is always a nice event. Be it for your birthday, a card from someone on their holidays, a season‘s greeting, or just someone keeping in touch. It is like getting a present which has emotional rather than monetary value. And often you want to repay this act of kindness, by also sending…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: In this PC world these ads will not be shown anymore and probably rightfully so. However you’d have to admire the humor in them. For example the poster above .Every story of true love begins in the kitchen. Why wait to put your new wife to work until after…
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