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++++CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES++++++ I generally don’t like showing horrific images, but every now and then we need to reminded how evil man can be and how low mankind can sink. This blog will containg horrific images but they are not even the worst.As they say a picture paints a 1000 words, these pictures paint a…
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Reluctantly, I call this remarkable hero a martyr simply because the word ‘martyr’ often has a negative connotation. However, in his case, he was truly a martyr, as he sacrificed his life to save others rather than destroy them. This man was simply a good man who saw evil for what it was and decided…
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Today marks the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Poland by German and Slovak forces, triggering the start of WWII. Below are some pictures and media releases of that day. The Polish Troops The Nazi’s and Slovaks The Victims The Media
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Abba Kovner was a somewhat controversial figure and by today’s standards he could be considered a terrorist, but as the saying goes “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” But considering what he witnessed one can not blame him for some of his actions after the war. Abba Kovner was born on March 14,…
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I have been following a documentary series on the History Channel called “Hunting Hitler” where they speculate that Hitler may have escaped rather then commit suicide, and that he ended up in Argentina, Although the evidence is compelling there is one big part missing and that is the Eye witness accounts of the staff who…
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The most famous diary of course was Anne Frank’s diary, but there were more children and adults who kept diaries during that awful time. Below are diary entries from both children and adults. In most of the cases the authors are unknown. Starting off with a more positive entry. Illustrated page of a child’s diary…
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The SS Tjisalak was a 5,787-ton Dutch freighter with passenger accommodation built in 1917 for the Java-China-Japan Line and used by the Allies during World War II to transport supplies across the Indian Ocean between Australia and Ceylon. On 26 March 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-8 while traveling un-escorted.…
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This image was taken in London at the start of WWII.That is how big the fear was in Great Britain of a gas attack. The pram is supposed to be gas proof and the mother is wearing a gas mask. Two guards of Buchenwald concentration camp who were beaten up by prisoners after the liberation…
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.John Capes was a leading stoker aboard the HMS Perseus, it sailed from Malta for Alexandria on 26 November 1941 with instructions to patrol waters to the east of Greece during her passage. She apparently torpedoed a ship on 3 December but at 10 pm on 6 December struck an Italian mine off Cephalonia, 7 miles…
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