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  • They Shall not Grow Old is the most authentic presentation of life in the trenches I have seen. 

    They Shall not Grow Old is the most authentic presentation of life in the trenches I have seen. 

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    Jackson’s use of recorded  interviews with vetetans alongside  computer enhanced archival footage of the War forces the viewer to witness the horror faced by those men. Shrapnel, bullets, explosions, mud, maggots, and rats were a part of daily life. It showed the War for what if was, a senselessv conflict…

  • Crazy Moment In Middle Age

    Crazy Moment In Middle Age

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    Let’s be real for a moment: the Middle Ages were a wild time, especially when it came to medicine. I mean, we’re talking about a period where if you had hemorrhoids, you weren’t just handed some soothing cream and sent on your way. Oh no, you were in for a…

  •  To all medical staff whether civilian and or military my deepest respect to all professionals.

     To all medical staff whether civilian and or military my deepest respect to all professionals.

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    This 2015 iconic photo was taken by a paramedic in front of a hospital in California. It shows an ER doctor who stepped outside to cry for a moment after losing a 19-year-old patient. Minutes later, he walked back inside with his head held high, and continued on to his…

  • A HISTORICAL FACT OF DAILY LIFE THAT MOST PEOPLE WON’T BELIEVE ACTUALLY HAPPENED 

    A HISTORICAL FACT OF DAILY LIFE THAT MOST PEOPLE WON’T BELIEVE ACTUALLY HAPPENED 

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    Let’s be real for a moment: the Middle Ages were a wild time, especially when it came to medicine. I mean, we’re talking about a period where if you had haemorrhoids (piles), you weren’t just handed some soothing cream and sent on your way. Oh no! You were in for…

  • “The nameless, little slave girl never screamed throughout the ordeal”

    “The nameless, little slave girl never screamed throughout the ordeal”

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    There have been so many unspeakable deeds of monstrous evil committed throughout history. But, there is a handful of crimes that defy imagination, let alone belief. Sometimes a story can be so disturbing that even retelling of the events that had taken place long ago could be deeply traumatizing. However…

  • Five shocking Nazi experiments conducted that horrified the world

    Five shocking Nazi experiments conducted that horrified the world

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    During World War II, the Nazi regime, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, conducted numerous horrific and unethical experiments on human subjects. These experiments were carried out by various individuals, including doctors and scientists, in concentration camps and other facilities. While it is important to note that there were many…

  • On 27 May 1942, 168 prisoners were shot at the execution wall in the courtyard of Block 11 in Auschwitz I. 

    On 27 May 1942, 168 prisoners were shot at the execution wall in the courtyard of Block 11 in Auschwitz I. 

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    They belonged to the group of Poles were arrested by Germans on 16 April 1942 in the Artists’ Cafe in Krakow and deported to Auschwitz on 24 and 25 April.  The prisoners were taken to the courtyard four at a time and shot. The following sentence was uttered: “For the…

  • The Reason Why Hamas Refused To Surrender To Isreali

    The Reason Why Hamas Refused To Surrender To Isreali

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    The reason that rational people would surrender is to save their own lives and the lives of non combatants. But Hamas are not a group of rational actors, despite what the masses of university students who support these murderers, rapists and torturers by calling them a “resistance” organization. These fools…

  • De Loys’s ape

    De Loys’s ape

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    Louis François Fernand Hector de Loys (1892–1935) was a Swiss oil geologist. He is remembered today for the claim that he discovered a previously unknown primate, De Loys’s ape, during a 1920 oil survey expedition in Venezuela. The identity of the animal he photographed has long been established with considerable confidence to be a spider…

  • Poland Women naked, before their execution

    Poland Women naked, before their execution

    December 11, 2024

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    David

    Among the millions of photographs that are related to Nazi death camps, only four depict the actual process of mass killing perpetrated at the gas chambers in Auschwitz-Birkenau. They show a completely different perspective, which makes them unique when dealing with visual material of the Holocaust and the Holocaust as…

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