Politics
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On June 4, 1989, a violent and deeply consequential event unfolded in the heart of Beijing, China. What began as a peaceful protest calling for democratic reform and greater freedoms ended in a brutal crackdown that claimed the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands. The tragedy of Tiananmen Square remains one of the most defining moments…
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The Madagascar Plan represents a chilling chapter in the history of Nazi Germany’s antisemitic policies. Developed primarily between 1938 and 1940, the plan envisioned the forced resettlement of Europe’s Jewish population to the island of Madagascar, then a French colony. While it was never implemented, the Madagascar Plan reveals the trajectory of Nazi ideology and…
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An Iranian official risking his life to save Jews? This scenario, while unlikely nowadays, actually happened during the Holocaust. Abdol Hossein Sardari, often hailed as the “Iranian Schindler,” disagrees with that title; he was Sardari, and Schindler was Schindler; comparing the two men takes away from what they both did. Sardari was a notable Iranian…
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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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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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(Re-post from May 29 2025) Yesterday, I received an email from a Mengele admirer. His name is Eric Sissu. I don’t know him personally, but I imagine he’s the type who sits in his parents’ basement, in his dirty underwear, fantasizing about Josef Mengele while doing little else with his time. He probably wrote that…
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When we think of the Holocaust and the Nazi camp system, names like Auschwitz or Dachau immediately come to mind. But to truly understand how the machinery of the Third Reich was built, we have to look at a lesser-known but historically pivotal site: Oranienburg concentration camp. Established 21 March 1933, just two months after…
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The Longest Day is still one of my favourite movies. The epic cinematic event about D-Day and the direct aftermath. It was one of the first ensemble cast movies, basically anyone who was anyone in Hollywood was part of the movie. Because it was shot less then 2 decades after D-Day and the end of…
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There are a few definitions of slavery, here are some of them, One is taken from Britannica the other from Mirriam-Webster. “slavery, condition in which one human being was owned by another. A slave was considered by law as property, or chattel, and was deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons.”…
