History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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++++++++CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES++++++++++ On April 4, 1945 Ohrdruf was the first concentration camp to be liberated by the US Army. Eight days later on April 12th, the camp was visited by Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton and Omar Bradley. They were shocked by what they witnessed there , After his visit Eisenhower send…
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This is a slight deviation from my usual blogs. Because music has always played a major role in my life. It is nice to acknowledge that every once in a while. When you think of classic Rock bands, Genesis is usually not a band which springs to mind, strange in a way because that is…
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Gandhi once said, “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” This is such a true statement. The Nazis claimed to make a great nation out of Germany, but the same Nazis did not care for the weakest members. In fact, they despised them and perceived them to be a burden…
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The picture above is taken from a local Dutch newspaper. It is a small article from April 30,1942. Although it is a small notification it gives a wealth of information. The article is about Klara(or Clara) Borstel-Engelsman, born in Amsterdam the piece announces her 100th birthday and how it is celebrated. It tells us she…
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Advertising is important for every company. If done properly it is what generates sales, if it is done badly it can become costly. I remember when I worked for Philips they had an ad campaign with the slogan “Lets make things better” no one realized that this implied that things were not great to srart…
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One of the things I could never understand was the death marches. The most of them happened near the end of the war. Even from a strategically point of view they made no sense. Then again a lot of actions taken by the Nazis didn’t make a lot of sense. So may of their policies…
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There are very few people who can make you laugh just by looking at their face, but such was the genius of Stan Laurel, his expressions were enough to get you in a burst of laughter. Of course there was much more to his comic genius than just his face. One of my all time…
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No one in their right mind would argue that it was the Germans who are responsible for the Holocaust. However when it comes to the Holocaust there are a lot more countries that can’t say they had no blame. They may not have started it but they did very little to stop it. It suited…
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Although there had been aircraft hijacks going back to the 1920s none of those were recorded as such. The first recorded aircraft hijack occurred on February 21,1931 in Arequipa,Peru.On that day, Captain Byron Rickards flew his Ford Tri-Motor aircraft from Lima to Arequipa where he was approached on landing by armed revolutionaries wanting the aircraft…
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One teardrop rolls down my face when I see your smile. I don’t know why because I have never met you. Yet I feel a profound sadness to know that this smile will never be seen again. One tear rolls down my face when I read you were murdered aged 4 or 5. Then I…
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