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The Kishinev Pogrom was a violent anti-Semitic riot that occurred in Kishinev (now Chișinău), the capital of Bessarabia, in the Russian Empire (present-day Moldova), on April 19-20, 1903. The pogrom resulted in the massacre and persecution of the city’s Jewish population. The violence began on Easter Sunday, April 19, 1903, when false rumors spread accusing…
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(Originally posted in April 2024) Some people think I am Jewish, others think I am an atheist. In fact, I am neither, I am a New Apostolic Christian. But before I go into the main story, firstly a brief history and explanation of the church because it is not a well-known Christian faith. The church…
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The ‘Three Hundred and Thirty-Five Years’ War lasted from 30 March 1651 to 17 April 1986. The “war” between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly is one of those curious historical footnotes that often draw a few chuckles. This conflict, if it can even be called that, occurred in 1651 during the First Anglo-Dutch…
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I do mention Euthanasias in the title but in reality they were murders. Euthanasia. Sonnenstein Euthanasia Clinic was in of the euthanasia centres of the T4 program. It operated between June 1940 and September 1941. Most of the victims were suffering from psychological disorders and intellectual disability, but their number also included inmates from the…
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There were several horrific events on March 27 1944 1,000 Jews were deported from Drancy, France, to Auschwitz. 2,000 Jews are murdered in Kovno Lithuania 40 Jewish policemen in Riga, Latvia, ghetto are shot by the Gestapo Children’s Aktion-Nazis take all the Jewish children of Kovno,Lithuania.,and deport them One Father carves the date of the…
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I have literally seen thousands of graphic Holocaust pictures. At the start they really had an effect on me, physically they made me sick. However such is the human psyche that after a while you get desensitized by them. They still upset you but not to the same extend as they did before. But looking…
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Alfred Hitchcock’s directorial debut, made at age 25, traces the intertwined love lives of two dancers at a London nightclub. At just 25, Alfred Hitchcock had already worked in nearly every role on the studio floor before being offered his first directing assignment by Gainsborough studio head Michael Balcon. He had designed title cards, written…
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Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps established by the Nazis, located near Weimar, Germany. It was operational from 1937 until its liberation on April 11, 1945, by American forces. When the American soldiers arrived at Buchenwald, they were shocked by the appalling conditions they encountered. The camp was overcrowded, with thousands of emaciated…
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When you first look at the picture, there may seem to be nothing extraordinary about it. However, even a brief glance into its history reveals just how remarkable it truly is. The photograph shows a Jewish male choir from the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. It was taken in March 1942. Although the deportations of Dutch…
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On April 29, 1945, U.S. troops liberated the Dachau concentration camp. I could share thousands of images of the atrocities committed there, but most people would likely only glance at one or two before turning away. The horror is simply too overwhelming to endure. The human mind struggles to comprehend such profound evil. Instead, I…
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