Politics
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On July 20, 1944, a group of German officers planned a daring assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. This attack was part of a broader conspiracy within the German army and administrative elite, known as the July 20 plot or Operation Valkyrie. In the early afternoon, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg placed a bomb in a briefcase…
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Iran is often referred to as an axis of evil and this blog is not meant to agree or disagree with that, it is meant to show that it hasn’t always been that way. In a similar fashion it is often believed that the Soviet army were the good guys during WWII, that wasn’t always…
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Jehovah Witnesses were one of the groups of people hated by the Nazis and were killed by the hundreds, the numbers are unclear but are estimated to be between 1,000 and 2,500. Nazi authorities denounced Jehovah’s Witnesses for their ties to the United States and derided the apparent revolutionary millennialism of their preaching that a…
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The above photograph is from October 1938 of Lindbergh receiving a Silver Cross from Herman Göring, the then-second-highest Nazi official. Below is part of the timeline of the Holocaust up to that point. 1933January 30Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany March 22Dachau concentration camp opens April 1Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses April 7Laws…
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Many still believe that Nazi atrocities were carried out solely by the SS, SS-Totenkopfverbände, Einsatzgruppen, and Waffen-SS, and not by regular Wehrmacht or Luftwaffe personnel. However, in recent years, evidence has shown that members of das Heer were also responsible for war crimes—sometimes committing acts even more brutal than those of the SS. Below are…
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I moved to Ireland in 1997 and have not regretted it one day. I love the place and the people. Does that mean it is a perfect place? Of course not. I would be lying if I said there is no antisemitism in Ireland, because there is. But compared to most other European countries, it…
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Henry Tandey (1891–1977) was a British soldier best known for an incident during World War I that became a subject of enduring historical debate. He is often remembered not only for his service but also for his association with Adolf Hitler, a moment that was later mythologized into an iconic and controversial story. Tandey was…
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In total, historians estimate over 42,000 camps and ghettos were established by the Nazis across Europe, Malchow was one of them Malchow concentration camp was a subcamp of the Ravensbrück concentration camp, established by Nazi Germany during World War II. Located in Malchow, Mecklenburg, it is believed to have opened in the winter of 1943.…
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Since World War II, the swastika has been inseparably associated with German dictator Adolf Hitler and the crimes committed by his Nazi regime. Today, the symbol is rarely seen in public, but before Hitler’s rise to power, swastikas were a familiar and widely accepted part of everyday life. Long before their appropriation by the Nazis,…
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On 27 February 1941, German occupation authorities implemented a regulation in the Netherlands that prohibited Jews from donating blood. Although seemingly administrative or medical in nature, this measure formed part of a broader racial policy imposed under Nazi rule. The exclusion illustrates how ideology penetrated even humanitarian institutions and how discrimination became normalized through bureaucratic…
