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I believe that the most effective way to keep the Holocaust in our memory is by remembering individuals—rather than talking about numbers, which are just so hard to comprehend. Ralph Blankenstein was born in Hamburg on September 29, 1922. His father, Isidor, lived in Hamburg, where he met his future wife Helene Blankenstein née Bluman,…
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Yesterday I interviewed Claire Sugden, a Northern Irish politician who was the Minister of Justice in the fourth Northern Ireland Executive from May 2016 to March 2017. She is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry, having been co-opted to the position after the death of David McClarty in 2014, and won election…
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“Perfect Strangers” is a song by the British rock band Deep Purple. It is the title track of their 1984 comeback album Perfect Strangers. It is one of the few Deep Purple compositions not to feature a guitar solo. Nevertheless, founding band member and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has called it his favourite Deep Purple song.…
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On 27 January 1945, the Russians entered the gates of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp complex and liberated the remaining prisoners. Let me show you what led up to the day before—26 January 1945. On 20 January, shortly after the evacuation, the remaining SS functionaries blew up crematoria and gas chambers II and III. The next…
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The year 2024 will be a busy year sports-wise. We’ll have the UEFA Euro 2024 starting on June 14, and just over a month later on July 26—the Paris Olympic Games will start. That’s why I wanted to remember Jewish athletes murdered during the Holocaust. However, I have done several blogs on that already, and…
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Frank Farian, the man behind Boney M and Milli Vanilli, and many others died yesterday, aged 82. Rather then going tonto details of his life and sometimes controversial career, lets focus more on some of his music. Staring of with the good man singing himself. Boney M Eruption In 1986, Farian produced and mixed the…
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