#1943

***TW: The Holocaust***As tonight marks the beginning of Yom HaShoah, I want to make a thread appreciating what I call the two main types of Jewish resistance that occurred during
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Q's last post talked said the FIFTH COLUMN. I just found out what they meant by it. Time to dive in!Be prepared to have your mind scrambled, and your heart
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Yesterday I popped into a quiet corner of the #NewForest Crown Lands that looks like it hasn’t changed in a thousand years. Well, almost. Why's that dirty great piece of
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Time to start a film festival y'all! Only old Hollywood classics. I am also linking articles with more information by @BlondeAtTheFilm! She is a fellow fan!RT this thread and follow
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I'm watching part 1 of Exterminate All the Brutes, and I think the thing that is hitting me is that... Colonialism isn't over. It has never been over. We may
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"On September 5, 1942, United States Navy Petty Officer First Class Charles Jackson French, of Omaha Nebraska, swam through the night for 6 - 8 hours pulling a raft of
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2020 is 75 years since the end of the World War II. To mark it on social media, share your family’s story. Here’s mine #OneInAMillionMy grandparents USAF T/Sgt George
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It is really great to see every1 is concerned abt decrease in GDP GROWTH to -23%.Can we all just go to 1 step ahead and hv a serious discussion abt
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Pfc Alex M. Penkala was born Aug 30, 1924, in South Bend, Indiana. His parents, Mary and John, moved to the U.S from Poland in 1907. He was the 10th
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#YomHashoah #WeRememberMy Uncle Marek, his wife Rokhl, & kids Awigdor & Riwke. Deported from the Lodz Ghetto, 1942 and gassed at Chelmno the same day. #YomHaShoah #WeRememberMy Uncle Chajm. Deported
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Hey, remember the time that George Patton tried to cover up a war crime that was partially the result of his own rhetoric : "We will get thename of killers
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1. In the U.S., today is V-J Day, commemorating the victory over Imperial Japan in 1945. I'd like to remember the American, Filipino, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, British, Fijian, Papuan,
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One of the most exciting projects at NASM is the scanning of color photos from WW2, which really make that time come alive in a powerful way.Here's a thread of
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Hey I know we're all supposed to be like "hmmm hmmm maybe COVID isn't as lethal as we thought"but for recent weeks, deaths in western Europe were kind of super
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You know who else liked universal day care? Americans during WWII.https://twitter.com/marshablackburn/status/1387581118933778434 In 1943, The Lanham Act allocated the modern equivalent of one billion dollars in government funds towards dayc
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In small-town Louisiana, it was still cool in 1926 to arrest "idle negroes" who weren't working for local white farmers. Once their labor force was captive, farmers would bail them
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