Germany
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They say that money of the root of all evil. It isn’t. Hate is the root of all evil and indifference is the root of all hate. Indifference can turn ordinary but ill informed people into hateful individuals and mobs. Ill informed because they believe what their leaders tell them,without questioning them. I could do…
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Hermann Fegelein’s execution took place on April 28, 1945, during the final days of World War II and the collapse of the Nazi regime. Fegelein, a high-ranking SS officer and member of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle had fallen out of favor with Hitler due to his perceived desertion and betrayal. Fegelein was arrested by the…
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More than 80 years later, researchers still regularly uncover more new findings about World War II, including the atrocities committed in concentration camps. A study by Robert Sommer reveals that between 1942 and 1945, the SS established ten brothels in various concentration camps, where a total of 200 women were “put to work.” The clients…
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George Leitmann was just 19 years old when he arrived in Germany as a soldier in the spring of 1945, shortly before the end of World War II in Europe. American, British, and Soviet forces were advancing on all fronts, closing in to liberate the continent from the crimes of National Socialism under Adolf Hitler.…
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To be honest, I’m not entirely convinced of his nobility, he had many flaws. Nonetheless, his actions were remarkable, especially considering his family background. When people hear the name Göring, it usually conjures images of Hermann Göring, the notorious Nazi leader and one of Adolf Hitler’s closest confidants. Yet few know about his younger brother,…
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(Originally posted September 2019) In 1943 a law was passed in Germany which gave all foreign Waffen SS members the German nationality by default. This law still prevents extradition of WWII War criminals to be extradited to their native countries, because these men have the German nationality , and Germany does not extradite it’s own…
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During the final days of World War II, in the spring of 1945, the Nazi regime intensified its brutal campaign against political dissidents, resistance fighters, and those deemed enemies of the state. Among the many atrocities committed during this period, one of the most harrowing took place in Rombergpark, Dortmund, where 289 anti-fascists were executed…
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Every meal could have been her last. After finishing the bland vegetarian dishes placed before her, 25-year-old Margot Wölk and her young female colleagues would burst into tears, “crying like dogs,” grateful simply to still be alive. Hitler was a vegetarian. While the exact timing of his conversion to vegetarianism is unclear, it is known…
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One of my favourite cities in Germany is Cologne. known for Eau de Cologne and for its many landmarks like the Cathedral. The Cologne of the 21st Century is a vibrant and multicultural metropolitan city only about 80 km away from Belgium and about 95 Km from the Netherlands. This location and the fact that…
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One of the most disturbing aspects of the Holocaust was the randomness of its victims. There were targeted groups like the Jews, Roma , Sinti, Homosexuals, Disabled people and Jehovah witnesses and a few more groups deemed to be undesirable and ‘untermensch-sub human’, The Nuremberg laws dictated who was or was not fit to live…
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