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Originally posted on DantéBéa: Stanislaus Walery. Nude 1920s
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Sometimes I feel like just giving up posting about the Holocaust, but I know I can’t. It is not always the images that upset me, more often it is that lack of images that gets to me. There are no images because the victims were just too young and…
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Victory in Europe Day referred to as VE Day, was the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945. It marks the official end of World War II in Europe. For many, that day came too late. Some died that day
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There is a lot to talk about since we last spoke. The US Air Force establishing?air superiority?over latex balloons. The?special counsel’s subpoena of Mike Pence. The?wanton hypocrisy of Ron DeSantis?when it comes to firearms. The inability of the American people to recognize when?an administration is accomplishing significant things?on its behalf. George Santos?cheating the Amish?out of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Savatage must be the most underrated Metal band, why, I just don’t understand? Gutter Ballet is the fifth full-length album produced by the American progressive metal band Savatage. This was the second album created under the direction of producer Paul O’Neill and was initially released in December 1, 1989.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I have often argued that it would be unfair to brush all Germans with the same brush, There were Germans who did resist the Nazi regime. However there is no denying that many were ignorant about the fact what was happening to their neighboits who were either Jewish, Gay,…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Edith Hofmann was born in Prague in 1927; in 1941, aged 14, she was sent with her family to the Lodz ghetto in Poland. Her parents died within their first year there. When the Lodz ghetto was liquidated in 1944, Birkin was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The title of this post is a quote engraved in the Marble reception hall of the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten in the Netherlands. The cemetery was created in October 1944 under the leadership of Joseph Shomon of the 611th Graves Registration Company as the Ninth United…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: On the 2nd of May a unit from the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, US Army, encountered Jewish inmates who were put on a death march from Dachau and were approaching Waakirchen. The US soldiers were almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei) During these marches, also…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: It is hard, if not impossible, to define what the most evil crime was during the Holocaust. It is not like there is a gradient scale you can apply. Without a doubt though the murder of children was among the most heinous of acts. One especially comes to mind.…
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