World War 2
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I have two arms and two legs I have two eyes and two hands I have a nose and two ears. When I am happy , I laugh. When I am sad, I cry. When I am in pain, it hurts. My blood is red. My body temperature is about 37 degrees Celsius. I eat when…
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Reporting the news accurately is crucial at all times. Reporting it accurately during wartime when tensions are high is vital; if you fail to do so, it can create false expectations and potentially cost lives. On Tuesday, September 5th, 1944, the Dutch Prime Minister Gerbrandy announced via Radio Oranje that the Allied army had crossed…
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Philipp Rupprecht was a German artist and cartoonist known by his artist name Flips. He was the chief cartoonist for Der Stuermer,a weekly German tabloid-format newspaper published by Julius Streicher.It played a significant role in the Nazi propaganda and was vehemently anti-Semitic.. Rupprecht also did illustrations for anti-Semitic children#S books.His style changed during the course…
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On 4 September 1948, after a reign of 58 years, Wilhelmina abdicated in favour of her daughter Juliana, because of advancing age and declining health. The abdication meant that she would henceforth be known as addressed as “Her Royal Highness Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands” She had been inaugurated as Queen aged 18 on September…
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One of the cruel jokes the Nazis played on their victims was giving them hope. Like a railway sign indicating a return journey that was never to be. Only empty trains returned ready to pick up more victims like lambs led to the slaughter. On September 3,1944 the last transport by train from Westerbork Transit…
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The Nazis wanted to have a pure Aryan race. A race without any defects or deformities. They introduced several laws to ensure this would happen. Before they started with mass exterminations they first tried with the sterilization of certain ‘risk’ groups. On July 14 1933 the “Law for the Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary Diseases,”…
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++++++CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC IMAGES+++++++ April and May 1945 marked the final stages and the end of World War II in Europe. It also saw an increase of suicides by civilians in Germany and Austria. Cyanide had been one of the most common ways how people killed themselves. Members of the Hitler Youth handed out cyanide…
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Lest we forget, a line that is easily said. Lest we forget, it slides off the tongue—easily but, yet. Lest we forget, it used to be a sentence filled with emotion and elan. Lest we forget is now becoming a referential expression and slogan. Lest we forget, but that is what we are doing. Lest…
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The pursuit for truth and justice for the victims of the Holocaust should never ever stop.Even when perpetrators are brought to justice it is still just a hollow one, because what punishment can possibly cover the vile and sickening crimes committed. However it is important that these people are pursuit regardless what age they are,…
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There is nothing more despicable than an individual or group of individuals who deny the Holocaust. They have a misguided,evil and twisted mind. On the other hand there is an increase of individuals who deny the fact that a great number of Germans made sacrifices to resist the Nazi regime. These individuals say that…
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