World War 2
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There are 2 indisputable facts when it comes to the youngest members of society. A child is born with no state of mind, a baby does not know how to hate or how to love, he/she is taught how to do both and is conditioned to the environment he or she grows up in. He…
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On March 6 1940 WWII had not yet gone global, a lot of countries had not been affected by the war. Although the anxiety of an impending war was prevalent it was still a matter of “business as usual” in a majority of nations. On that same day Detective Comics introduced Batman’s sidekick. Dick…
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On this day 75 years ago the Gloster Meteor, the first British jet fighter and the Allies’ only jet aircraft to achieve combat operations during WWII, made it’s first flight. Neill Michael Daunt was the first pilot to fly the Gloster Meteor on March 5 1943. Despite Germany’s technological advantage, the Meteor was the first operational…
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Age 6, I should have the whole world open to me. Age 6, there is still so much for me to do and to see. Age 6, like all my friends, I want to go to school. Age 6, and sometimes I want to play the fool. Age 6, I have yet so many games…
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For people who don’t know classical music the name Richard Strauss will mean very little, but for music and movie fans they know the music of the man. His composition “Also Sprach Zarathustra” was made famous by the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” In the early 1930s, Strauss did not join the Nazi…
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Dear Marta Weisz, you don’t know me and I don’t know you but yet I pledge to be your voice. You were a product of love between 2 people, but you were killed by a product of hate. I say product because when you were born you produced a feeling in your parents which can not…
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It is a question I often ask myself “Would I do it, would I risk my life and the life of my Family to safe others? ” Honestly I don’t know. Risking my own life is one thing, but risking the lives of my Family is a different ballgame all together. And yet that is…
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I am starting off by saying I know I will be getting angry comments, saying how disrespectful I am. How do I know this? I did post a blog once with the title Holocaust and Humour. After I published it, many people complained and even called it disgusting. When I asked if they read the blog, they…
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When I grow up, I am going to be a Doctor or a Pilot or a Policeman. When I grow up, I am going to be a Baker, or a Carpenter or Fireman. When I grow up, I am going to write great stories and everyone in the whole wide world will read them. When…
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The more I do these WWII stories the more I realize how littIe I actually know.. It was by chance I came across the name Gabrielle Weidner. Today when I tried to open a page on her it came up blank, just like my brain.I never heard of her or her brother Jean nor had…
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