History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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I don’t know why I decided to do a blog specifically about the women victims of the Holocaust, but I just felt compelled to do one. I am married to a beautiful wife, and we have a beautiful daughter. I have two older sisters, and of course, like everyone else I also have a mother,…
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Originally posted on The informant: Researchers believe they have discovered the origins of the Black Death, more than 600 years after it killed tens of millions in Europe, Asia and north Africa. The mid-14th Century health catastrophe is one of the most significant disease episodes in human history.? But despite years of research, scientists had…
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So many people think that the Holocaust only lasted as along as WWII. But they could not be further away from the truth. It could be argued that the foundation of the Holocaust goes back to 1879, when Wilhelm Marr becomes the first proponent of racial anti-Semitism, blaming Jews for the failure of the German…
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The girl in the playpen is Renee Sara Gottschalk, born in the Central Refugee Camp Westerbork on 21 June 1941. The two girls in the dark dresses are the daughters of chief physician F. Spanier. The lady on the right is Rosa Strauss; Renee Sara’s mother. Her father was Erich Gottschalk. Renee and her mother…
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They say a painting is worth a thousand words, and that is true, but it never tells the complete story. It is just a snapshot of time—especially about the Holocaust. Photographs are powerful, but I believe the testimonies of those who survived and lived through the horrors are much more powerful. Rudolf Joachim Seck was…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Now that the UEFA Nations league and the World Cup Football preparations for Qatar are well on its way, it is a good opportunity at one of the sport’s legends. Ernest Erbstein, aka Ernest Egri-Erbstein was a Jewish-Hungarian football player and He was involved in football as a player…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I always take the approach of explaining things so that a child can understand it, not because I am condescending, but I know that if a child understands it, everyone else should. How would you explain the Nazi ideology to a child though? Especially during the 1933-1945 years.. How…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Dagobert Stibbe was born in Amsterdam, 13 October 1918. He was murdered in Auschwitz, 23 June 1943. He was a student at the Technische Hogeschool(Technical University)Delft. He tried to escape to Switzerland, but this failed. He was caught on 2 June 1943 just 15 meters away from French-Swiss border.…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This is going to be a blog with only songs. Some of my favourite Eurovision song contest songs. Not all of them were winners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0ZCqP140E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWe8PRsW4T0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaO0kAI6LGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x_9JnCGXFY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBm1VEzrcGA
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