History
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Al Capone was one of the most brutal criminals ever , there is no denying that. But as sometimes is the case that good men can do bad thing, the reverse is also true,bad men can do good things. Al Capone started one of the first soup kitchens. The kitchen employed a few people, but…
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Josef Kohout (24 January 1915 – 15 March 1994) was an Austrian concentration camp survivor, imprisoned for his homosexuality. He is known best for the 1972 book Die Männer mit dem rosa Winkel (The Men With the Pink Triangle), which was written by his acquaintance Hans Neumann using the pen name Heinz Heger. Josef Kohout is the name; prisoner No. 1896, Block 6,…
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A child is born with no state of mind,blind to the ways of mankind. During WWII,as in any other war, all the children were victims,without exception.Of course the degree and severity on how they were victims had a significant difference. Some lost their lives,while others lost their innocence. Many of those who lost their innocence…
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Who is Seymour Zimmerman? To be honest I don’t know. All I know he died for my freedom and his name is on a memorial stone in the American War Cemetery of Margraten in the Netherlands.8,3001heroes who sacrificed their lives are buried there. Unfortunately Seymour’s body was never found. This is all I know of him.…
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Dogs are often called “Man’s best friend” which is probably more true from a Dog’s point of view then from the point of view of it’s owner. Dogs are known to have remained loyal to their owner even after the owner has died, Regardless how you treat your dog , generally they will love you…
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Amidst all the fighting and drama there was still some space for romance during WWII, at the end of the day it is a fact that love conquers all. Women wave goodbye to troops, as they march off to WWII. England. 1939. A couple in New York’s Penn Station share a farewell kiss in 1943…
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For most people, the name Geleen will mean nothing, but to me, it means the place where I was born and raised. Although it is far from perfect, my roots are there, and I am proud of that. It is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. With…
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The myth that men are the stronger sex has already been dispersed many times, Women have more stamina, a higher pain level and sometimes are physically even stronger. However they never have to suffer the Manflu though, but that is about it. It was never more true then during WWII. Physically they may not necessarily…
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In the early morning hours of September 5 1972, six members of the Arab terrorist group known as Black September dressed in the Olympic sweat suits of Arab nations and jumped the fence surrounding the Olympic village in Munich, Germany, carrying bags filled with guns. Although guards spotted them, they paid little attention because athletes…
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The Ku Klux Klan has survived for more than 150 years. Its ideology of hatred and white supremacy continued to attract new members through the Holocaust, the civil rights movement, and the election of America’s first black president. It seems unbelievable that hatred could live on for that long, that anyone in the modern world…
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