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The bodies were literally in layers. A police shooter advanced by firing a submachine g*n in the neck of each of the extended people. As soon as they were stripped naked, the Jews were brought in [Babi Yar]. They were channeled through two or three narrow passages, which led to…
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The conditions inside the cattle cars during the Holocaust were horrifying and dehumanizing. The Nazis used these cars to transport large numbers of people, mainly Jews, to concentration camps, extermination camps, and ghettos. The following description provides a graphic and authentic portrayal of the conditions victims endured: The cattle cars…
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Anna Delvey lived the secret and exciting life of a millionaire, mixing within the New York socialite scene. A potential heiress, it was never clear where Anna Delvey was from, but one thing did remain: she suspiciously paid for everything in cash. She would hang out among New York socialites,…
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Between the years of 1850-1900, women were placed in mental institutions for behaving in ways that male society did not agree with. Women during this time period had minimal rights, even concerning their own mental health. Research concluded that many women were admitted for reasons that could be questionable. Since…
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She was so little and exhausted, that she forgot her last name. She lost a whole family; mother, grandmother, elder brother… A special group of skinny girls found her – they were going from apartment to apartment during a terrible blockade winter looking for children whose parents had died or…
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The Vietnamese people worked for little pay and were treated badly, as peasants. The French erased Vietnam from the map and named it IndoChina. Anyone that claimed they were Vietnamese would be jailed. The Vietnamese people worked for little pay and were treated badly, as peasants. The French even introduced…
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Red Army female soldiers did not have a life to envy. The Germans called them “rifle broads.” I believe there was actually a German Directive to kill female soldiers outright, similar to the ‘commando order’. Their fellow Russian male soldiers called them “field mattresses.” The propaganda machine is quick to…
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The event took place on September 20, 1965 in Vietnam. After a US Air Force F105 was hit. The American pilot parachuted to escape but was later captured by Vietnamese guerrillas. The United States faced various challenges in the Vietnam War, contributing to its ultimate withdrawal and loss. Factors include…
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USMC Private Theodore James Miller returns to Coast Guard-manned attack transport USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25) at 1400 Hours after two days of combat on Engebi, Marshall Islands. Engebi was the first of the Eniwetok Atoll to be invaded by American forces. Operation “Fragile” the 1st and 2nd Battalions landed on…
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Wartime sexual violence is rape or other forms of sexual violence committed by combatants during an armed conflict, war, or military occupation often as spoils of war, but sometimes, particularly in ethnic conflict, the phenomenon has broader sociological motives. Wartime sexual v!olence may also include gang rape and rape with objects. It is distinguished from sexual harassment, sexual assaults and rape committed amongst troops in military…