#1943

Auschwitz Memorial

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7 April 1944 | Two Slovak Jews Rudolf Vrba (b. 1924, no. 44070) and Alfred Wetzler (b. 1918, no. 29162) escaped from the German Nazi Auschwitz camp. Read their story

Luisa Oceguera aka La Morra esa de los Hilos

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"Nosotros que nos queremos tanto, debemos separarnos no me preguntes más..."¿Crees que el autor es una lacra que se prepara para dejar a su pareja sin dar explicaciones? ¿Aplicarle la

Robert McNees

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Physicist and chemist Esther Conwell, whose work with Weisskopf on the scattering of electrons by impurities in semiconductors was essential to understanding transistors and the development of integrated circuits, was

The Cat From Greece

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It is Tuesday. In case you aren't finding that very enjoyable, may I attempt to cheer you up with a naval miscellany from World War 2. First, a wonderful example

M.C. Myers

filmobjective

#FilmTwitterThe easy answer is Teshigahara or Tarkovsky, 2 master auteurs whose 7 or so films are a complete set of art in a series.But when I think about filmographies, the

Robert Glennie

RobertGlenniePT

Lots to love in this photo, firstly it’s by Sgt James Mapham, probably my favourite AFPU photographer, secondly, it features 27th Armoured Brigade, and thirdly, it’s an excellent study of

John Concagh

BadSocialism

Day 2! Today we'll be talking about Pilot Officer Johnny Smythe (RAF Volunteer Reserve). Born in 1915, Smythe joined the RAF in 1940. After Navigation Training he joined No.623 Squadron

Charlotte Lauder

checkpointchaz

Today @TheFriendMag marks its republication of Scottish author Annie S. Swan’s novel ‘The Inheritance’, 130 years after its first publication. Who was Annie S. Swan? How is she remembered in

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Potret klasik seorang wanita nusantara yang menangis karena kekasihnya ditembak belanda (1933), unknown photographer. Potret klasik pemuda tionghoa - nusantara yang sedang memamerkan rekaman VHS terbarunya (1958), unknown photgrapher. Potre

Bari Weiss

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For many of us, this will be the first Passover seder we've held in imperfect times. I find myself thinking of Jews in other times and places who found ways

Oliver Hypolite-Bishop

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Big up @GoogleUK for paying homage to the great Dr Harold Moody - a Black British hero who's name should be in every kid's history book. But, as you're unlikely

Jake Holliday

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Thread: Hildegard Knef (1925-2002) was a German actress, who in 1945 had quite the experience during the Battle of Berlin. Photo: DEFA-Stiftung, Eugen Klagemann, from the 1946 film 'Die Mörder

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El Valle de los Caídos: Cuando la verdad resulta sonrojante – Información del historiadorFernando PazUn buen puñado de mentiras El relato oficial referente al Valle de los Caídos es

Dennis Burns

DWB55

Dec 25, 1942:George Silk’s iconic photograph of local Orokaiva villager Raphael Oimbari escorting Pte George Whittington during the battle for Buna Station.Silk had returned from Libya after being captured for

SG

GREENESJ333

Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, WHAT IS WRONG WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ?Essentially four things. 1) 1. The attitude of “GO ALONG TO GET ALONG” - an attitude that gives the power,

Sarah Benichou

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Puisqu'on parle MLF, retour sur un symbole féministe qui n'existait pas en 1970 mais qui prend de plus en plus de place dans le mouvement actuel.En bleu de travail, bandana