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I had the privilege to talk with David Honeyford. David is an Alliance MLA (Members of the Legislative Assembly) for Lagan Valley and was first elected in May 2022. The Alliance party was founded in 1970 to bridge the bitter divisions in our community and build a shared society for everyone. We had a chat
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Nelly Vega was a Dutch from Amsterdam minding her own business. She was a little girl doing her homework in front of a painting with some cows, a bridge and a field. A little Dutch girl. Little did she know she would become an enemy of the state. There were men, and perhaps women, who
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Every good rock band has at least one great epic rock song, For Survivor it is Santa Ana Winds, in my opinion it’s on par with Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water, Aerosmith’s Dream On and Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir. Ironically Santa Ana Winds was released as a b-side to Caught in the Game, which was
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: To say that the Germans were the only ones responsible for the Holocaust would be a mistake. They had plenty of willing helpers in the occupied countries and outside the occupied territory. Regardless of what some governments say nowadays, that their nations had no part to play in the…
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A few weeks ago, I was a guest on The Movie Show at the Limerick City Community Radio, and we discussed Holocaust movies, specifically Schindler’s List, The Last Days, The Last Laugh, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Jo Jo Rabbit. Here is the podcast:
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: Maastricht is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. in the Southeast of the Netherlands. On August 18, the Unites States Army Airforce, attempted to bomb a railway bridge, but it went horribly wrong. Friday, August 18, 1944 was a warm sunny day that started nicely…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: There is not going to be much text in this blog post. I will let the pictures do the talking. They are pictures of a slightly different angle of WWII.
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: This will be a blog post about my Dad because it is Father’s day. There is so much I could say about my Dad and yet there is so little. For a long tome he had not been a part of my life, for 18 years to be precise.…
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On this day, Father’s Day, I can’t help but wonder about Otto Frank, seen above in conversation with Millie Perkins, the leading actress in the 1958 film about Anne. How did Mr Frank celebrate Father’s Day? I know he remarried and had a stepdaughter. However, I am sure he adored his stepdaughter—Eva Schloss—there weren’t any
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