History
General history issues, although a lot will be about WW2
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Beneath the whispering trees, they lie,In silent rows where poppies bloom,Their names inscribed against the sky,In fields that echo with the tomb. In foreign lands, on distant shores,Their stories linger, etched in stone,Brave souls who fought in global wars,Now rest in peace, their battles done. White crosses mark the endless sea,Of dreams cut short, of…
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The Farhud, which translates to “violent dispossession,” was a violent pogrom against the Jewish population of Baghdad, Iraq, that occurred on June 1-2, 1941. This tragic event is considered one of the most significant anti-Jewish riots in the Middle East prior to the establishment of the State of Israel. The Farhud took place during World…
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No matter what religion you are, or even when you have no religion, some stories in the bible are just fascinating. None less so then the story of Lot’s wife. Although there are some different stories to who she was , the core of the story remains the same. There are differences in the Christian…
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U.S. Patent No. 90,646 stands as one of the most important milestones in the history of technology: it was Thomas Alva Edison’s first patented invention. Granted on June 1, 1869, the patent covered an “Improvement in Electrographic Vote-Recorders.” Edison developed the device at just 22 years old while working as a telegraph operator. His goal…
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On June 1,1943 the BOAC Flight 777,a scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation civilian airline flight from Portela Airport in Lisbon, Portugal to Whitchurch Airport near Bristol, England.The Douglas DC-3 serving the flight was attacked by eight German Junkers Ju 88 fighter planes and crashed into the Bay of Biscay, killing all 17 on board. BOAC…
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The one thing that always puzzled me is why did the Nazi’s insist in having such a thorough administration? If you are planning to eradicate millions, why document it? I just don’t understand the psyche of it. Of course the Nazi’s didn’t see “the final solution” as a crime but only a method of getting…
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Philipp Rupprecht was a German artist and cartoonist known by his artist name Flips. He was the chief cartoonist for Der Stuermer,a weekly German tabloid-format newspaper published by Julius Streicher.It played a significant role in the Nazi propaganda and was vehemently anti-Semitic. Born in Nuremberg, Philipp Rupprecht immigrated to Argentina in 1920 following World War…
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On the eve of World War II, the Jewish population of the Netherlands numbered approximately 140,000–150,000 people, representing about 1.5 percent of the country’s total population. The community was highly urbanized, with Amsterdam serving as its undisputed cultural and demographic center. Known affectionately by its Hebrew-derived nickname Mokum (“place” or “city”), Amsterdam was home to…
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The one thing that really intrigues me about the Holocaust and other horrific events throughout history is, how people justify killing and torturing fellow human beings. It will take an awful lot before I would hurt another human being, only when I would be physically threatened would I resort to physical defence. The Nazis didn’t…
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The eradication of a group of people is a definition of genocide. The high rate of pregnancy terminations following a Down syndrome diagnosis in Iceland has been a subject of significant international attention and bioethical debate. The core data on prenatal screening and elective termination in Iceland reflects a highly consistent statistical pattern: The Core…
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