Holocaust
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The existence of concentration and extermination camps were well known before they were liberated. The reason why it was not acted upon is not clear to me. I have heard the theory that it was more important to win the war then to liberate the camps, because defeat of Nazi Germany would ultimately safe the…
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“Only the good die young, all the evil seem to live forever” are lyrics from an Iron Maiden song. For many years—I thought this to be a true statement, as I saw so many evil men living long lives. However, luckily, I was wrong in that assumption. Sometimes, a good man does live a long…
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There are no monsters under my bed who want to hurt me or do me harm There are no monsters under my bed, but I wish there were for I know they aren’t real. There are no monsters under my bed, but there are monsters everywhere else. The monsters can be a stranger, a teacher,…
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The Dutch are known for their love of bicycles. For most Dutch people it is the first choice of means of transport. Needless to say, the bicycle played an important role in World War II. There is a long-running joke about the Germans giving back Dutch bikes. The origin came from the German occupiers demanding…
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Dachau is a small picturesque town in in Upper Bavaria not too far away from Munich, but despite its pretty and even fairy tale like appearance, it will be forever associated with death and destruction. The Dachau concentration camp was opened on March 22 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the Nazi…
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I wear a Yellow star so that people know who I am. Why? Didn’t they know me before? The kids in my neighborhood don’t have to wear a Yellow star. Am I different? And if so, how am I different? I breathe the same air, I read the same books, I play with the same…
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I am just a child I wear no uniform. nor do I carry a gun My best friend is a doll I am just a child I do not hate nor do I judge My school days haven’t even begun yet I am just a child I play with toys and like to draw pictures…
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Hitler expected very little resistance from the Dutch because he saw them as kindred spirits and fellow aryans. When he decided to invade the Netherlands he expected a similar reception as he got in Austria, but he was wrong. Although the invasion only took 3 days the Germans suffered heavy losses. As in the other…
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Age 6, I should have the whole world open to me. Age 6, there is still so much for me to do and to see. Age 6, like all my friends, I want to go to school. Age 6, and sometimes I want to play the fool. Age 6, I have yet so many games…
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For people who don’t know classical music the name Richard Strauss will mean very little, but for music and movie fans they know the music of the man. His composition “Also Sprach Zarathustra” was made famous by the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” In the early 1930s, Strauss did not join the Nazi…
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