History

General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2

  • 915 Euthanasias a month.

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: I do mention  Euthanasias in the title but in reality they were murders. Euthanasia. Sonnenstein Euthanasia Clinic was in of the euthanasia centres of the T4 program. It operated between June 1940 and September 1941. Most of the victims  were suffering from psychological disorders and intellectual disability, but their…

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  • One of the difficulties I have in telling or writing stories about the Holocaust is the sheer volume of victims. I believe the best way of keeping the memories alive is to personalize the stories. Rather then talk about millions ,talk about individuals and show that they were human beings like every one else. To…

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  • There were several horrific events on March 27 1944 1,000 Jews were deported from Drancy, France, to Auschwitz. 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kovno Lithuania 40 Jewish policemen in Riga, Latvia, ghetto are shot by the Gestapo Children’s Aktion-Nazis take all the Jewish children of Kovno,Lithuania.,and deport them One Father carves the date of the…

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  • Originally posted on History of Sorts: Despite his English sounding name, Harald Turner was born in the town of Leun in the district of Hesse in Germany in 1891. He served as an SS commander in Serbia during WWII. His description of some crimes he had been involved in are truly chilling, not so much…

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  • Christmas in Limerick-a poem

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: My shoes are touching the promenade on “Poor Man’s Kilkee” Rain is falling on my head and drops are slowly reaching my face. A man in a coffee shop is putting up a Christmas tree. Undisturbed the Shannon flows, in so much splendor and grace. The town with its…

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  • The Ritchie Boys

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  • The Hopevale Martyrs

    Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. The American Catholic missionaries in Tapaz,Philippines probably could not be specified as vulnerable but the people they cared for were. additionally the missionaries themselves did not pose any threat themselves to…

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