• The Last Waltz

    This is a tribute to all the musicians who danced their Last Waltz in 2016. I will try mention all of them but there were so many. So forgive me if I forget a few. Natalie Cole She passed away on new year’s eve 2015, but her death was only announcedthe day after on January 1st…

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  • Theodor Gilbert Morell (22 July 1886 – 26 May 1948) was a German doctor known for acting as Adolf Hitler’s personal physician. Morell was well known in Germany for his unconventional treatments. He assisted Hitler daily in virtually everything he did for several years, and was beside Hitler until the last stages of the Battle…

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  • “A child is born with no state of mind, blind to the ways of mankind.”(From the song “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, written by Melle Mel and Duke Bootee.) During World War II, as in any other war, all the children were victims, without exception. Of course, the degree and severity…

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  • One of the aspects of WWII I find most disturbing is really what happened after the war, so many of the Nazi criminals got away with murder and were never brought to justice. Often helped by Nazi sympathizers or worse yer by allied forces. Aribert Ferdinand Heim (28 June 1914 – 10 August 1992)was an…

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  • Marinus van der Lubbe was born in Leiden, on 13th January, 1909. His father, Franciscus Cornelis van der Lubbe, was a heavy drinker who left the family when he was seven years old. His mother died five years later. He was then raised by an older half sister and was brought up in extreme poverty.…

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  •   George John Lionel Maduro (15 July 1916 – 8 February 1945) was a Dutch law student who served as an officer in the 1940 Battle of the Netherlands and distinguished himself in repelling the German attack on The Hague. He was posthumously awarded the medal of Knight 4th-class of the Military Order of William,…

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  • Hubert Marshal Butler (2 October 1900 – 5 January 1991) was an Irish essayist who wrote on a wide range of topics, from local history and archaeology to the political and religious affairs of eastern Europe before and during World War II, he also traveled to Nazi Austria on his own initiative and at his…

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  • Some people think that 2016 must have been the most bizarre year in US politics.But they’d be wrong. 175 years ago 1841 was the year where there were 3 serving us Presidents. Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American politician who served as the eighth President of the United…

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  • Patton

    At his 131st birthday it is a good time at the controversial historical figure who has meant so much to so many.   One of the most complicated military men of all time, General George Smith Patton, Jr. was born November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California.He believed in reincarnation, and believed himself to have…

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