History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This question will trigger 2 new questions. The 1st one by younger generations who never experienced the anxiety that Dallas fans had, their question will be “Who is Jr?” The second group who belong to my generation and older, when they realize that the question in the title was…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: During World War II, the Office of Price Administration (OPA) instituted rationing, limiting the amount of goods, including food items, that civilians could purchase, affecting daily life and traditions on the homefront. Despite the difficulties, dangers, and deprivations of the World War II era, Americans still gave thanks. World…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The advertising industry has become PC for the fear of offending any one or libel actions taken against them. However between the 1950s and 1980s there was no fear of that, and advertisers had a free reign and did not shy away from some ‘good old fashioned’ sexism. Below…
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This is going to be a short blog. It will only contain a set of series of passport size photographs of prisoners of Auschwitz. I don’t know their names, but that really doesn’t matter. All that is important to know that most of them will have died during the Holocaust. Each one of them was…
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I think the best way of telling the stories of the Holocaust , is to bring it down to a personal level , so that people can find some association with it, although it is impossible to fully comprehend the horrors. What makes it difficult is just to pick one of the millions who were…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Marinus van der Lubbe was born in Leiden, on 13th January, 1909. His father, Franciscus Cornelis van der Lubbe, was a heavy drinker who left the family when he was seven years old. His mother died five years later. He was then raised by an older half sister and…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? George John Lionel Maduro (15 July 1916 – 8 February 1945) was a Dutch law student who served as an officer in the 1940 Battle of the Netherlands and distinguished himself in repelling the German attack on The Hague. He was posthumously awarded the medal of Knight 4th-class…
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