Pre WWII
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The Nazi regime controlled every aspects of life in Germany, even who you married. In 1935 the Reich Committee for Public Health Service issued the guidelines for getting married. It was published as ‘die zehn Gebote für die Gattenwahl’ the 10 commandments for choosing a spouse. Always remember that you are a German. 2. Be…
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One lesson that many people haven’t learned from the Nazi era is that scientist don’t always have the best interest of humanity at heart. They often are driven by their own curiosity rather then what’s best for their fellow man. Yet people often follow their advise blindly, without questioning motives or who funds the research…
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A scary thought crossed my mind this week. What some Social Media outlets are doing nowadays, is basically the digital version of book burning. Regardless how valuable a post might be, or even how inoffensive it is when the moderators don’t like it , it will get banned,or digitally burned so to speak. On May…
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I want to say this first before I go into the blog. I live in Ireland, I love Ireland and not one day have I regretted moving here. It is my home. However what does disturb me is that some Irish politicians are calling on a boycott on some Israeli goods. These same politicians appear…
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One of the most effective weapons to fight antisemitism and racism is Critical Thinking. What scares me is that there seem to be fewer and fewer people who have this ability. Or maybe it is just a case that those who think critically are silenced. This blog is about a historical event. However, I can’t…
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For the NSDAP to become as powerful as it did, it had to receive financial backing, They could not only rely on donations of party members, because in the early 1930s many of them were not that wealthy, one of the reasons they had joined the party was to get themselves in a financial better…
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On this day 94 years ago the classic Science Fiction movie “Metropolis” was released. I recently watched it again and was amazed by how fresh the movie still looked, But more then just a Sci-Fi flick it is also a snapshot of the political situation of the time and the years that followed, not so…
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They say that money of the root of all evil. It isn’t. Hate is the root of all evil and indifference is the root of all hate. Indifference can turn ordinary but ill informed people into hateful individuals and mobs. Ill informed because they believe what their leaders tell them,without questioning them. I could do…
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This is not meant to be an accusation because since I didn’t live in those times, I just don’t know how I would have reacted. It is however something that has intrigued me.How come the majority of the Germans and Austrians did not see how wrong the November pogrom was? I can nearly understand why…
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Many people think that Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945. This is not true, he actually died on May 20, 1956 in a traffic accident aged 74 in Nidwalden, Switzerland. But before I am getting a whole bunch of emails and comments saying how wrong I am ,please allow me to explain. I am talking…
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