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This is a deviation from my usual heavier historic history blogs. Just a bit of lightheartedness at the start of a hopefully better 2021. This is the story behind ” Crazy little thing called love” Although ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ is a simple song it does actually demonstrate how genius Freddie Mercury was. He
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This one is for the plane spotters among you. On January 22, 1970 ,the Boeing 747, the world’s first “jumbo jet”, enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport. These are just some images of the Boeing 747 or Jumbo
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The one thing that I have conflicting feelings about is the data that was gathered from the Nazi experiments. On the one hand, I believe it should never be used; on the other hand, I have benefitted myself from it via some medications I used, although I did not know the origins at the time.
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Warning contains graphic images Holocaust, Shoah, and Genocide are words that describe something that isn’t describable. The horrors are unfathomable. Generally, I try to avoid horrific images and focus on personal stories. However, over time we need to be reminded, in graphic detail, of what humanity is capable of doing. The Nazis murdered on an
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Amsterdam City Bioscoop (cinema) is probably one of the finest film houses in the Netherlands if not Europe. In 1995, the Pathé Cinema Group bought it, and since then, its called Pathé City. But it has one black page in its long history. The Nazi regime in the Netherlands had passed legislation that the Jewish
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The murder of children during the Holocaust is what haunts me the most. Sometimes I try to be poetic and philosophical when I try to memorialize them, but often seeing the raw cold data is the most effective way to remember these young innocent lives. So many futures were destroyed. The picture above is from
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Although its official name is Gurs Internment Camp, let’s call it what it really was, a concentration camp. It is also probably one, if not the only time, the Nazis sent Jews westward. At first, it served as a camp for Spanish Republicans and German refugees who fled from Nazism. The Gurs Camp was among
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WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich surrounded the tiny hamlet of Oradour-sur-Glane in the Limousin region of South Central France on 10 June 1944. The division then massacred 642 French civilians in the village. Some believe that the troops were seeking retribution for the kidnap of a German
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When I say “sporting hell,” I don’t mean the suffering caused by war or violence, but rather the challenges of participating in a sporting event under extreme weather conditions. The Dutch have always been passionate about sports, with ice skating holding a special place in their hearts. Not even a war could diminish their love
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I planned to do this blog about Elisabeth Flesschedrager-Appelboom. She was born in Amsterdam, on 2 February 1921 . Murdered in Auschwitz, 18 January 1945. She reached the age of 23, and was a seamstress. She was married to Philip Flesschedrager, who was born in Amsterdam on 8 July 1920. Murdered in Auschwitz, 26 December
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