History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: “Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,” is a famous line which was used by a character in William Congreve’s 1697 play The Mourning Bride. And sometimes music does soothe the savage beast, but during the Holocaust, some of these ‘beasts’ were so evil that nothing could soothe…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The picture is of a page in a poetry album which belonged to a friend of Hedi Metzger. The text is in German and it says. “Forget me not, trust in G-d. Speaking is silver, and silence is gold. This from your memories, Hedi Metzger, Amsterdam 19-4-1939.” Less than…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The general consensus is that once you introduce Hitler into a debate or argument you have lost that argument. I also subscribed to this opinion, however I have changed my view on this. I believe, not comparing some current far right politicians to Hitler, is a mistake. For example,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: It is a well known fact that the Dutch like the British, French and Portuguese were a colonial power for centuries. The Dutch influence is still noticeable around the globe. One of the Dutch colonies was Surinam a small country (but yet considerably bigger then the Netherlands) in South…
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I was going to give this piece the title Confessions of a Young Fan of Hitler, but I decided to stick with the one I am using. Hitler thought that he who had the youth, had the future. Alfons Heck (3 November 1928 – 11 April 2005) was a Hitler Youth member who eventually became a Hitler…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: ? During World War II, the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Polish Corps had an unusual soldier among its ranks, a 440-pound Syrian bear named Wojtek. Wojtek first came to the company as a cub, but over the course of the war he matured and was given…
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