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A Dark Chapter in Human History.
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The systematic massacre of innocent children under 10 is an unbearable tragedy that will forever leave a scar on humanity. Children rounded up for deportation to the Chełmno death camp, September 1942. When men from the SS entered the Łódź Ghetto to take away all the young Jewish children, the…
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The capture of brave Russian officer Rosinski
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This is a shocking image and I apologize in advance for sharing it, but here’s one that truly got to me… in Belarus, 1918, after WWI had already ended, the brave Russian officer Rosinski was captured by the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks tortured the captain, likely to get information out of the man,…
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Burning Victims to Death: Still a Common Practice
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The ISIS video of a Jordanian pilot being burned to death prompted denunciations over this unique form of savagery. How unique is it really? The latest ISIS atrocity – releasing a video of a captured Jordanian fighter pilot being burned alive – prompted substantial discussion yesterday about this particular form of savagery.…
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1915: The Crumbling Of An Empire, And The Massacre That Ensued
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The 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was more than a systematic ethnic purge. It also was a desperate effort to save a once-great empire. As the world prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of what is widely known as the Armenian Genocide, most historians agree that the massacre…
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The green children of Woolpit.
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The green children of Woolpit. Sometime, at the end of the 12th century, Ralph of Coggeshall and William of Newburgh wrote how two children with green skin arrived in the village of Woolpit one summer. Ralph was abbot at Coggeshall monastery and William was a canon in Yorkshire. They tell…
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The Extraordinary – ( Freddy Jackson Ghost)
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The Extraordinary – ( Freddy Jackson Ghost) This is the story of Freddy Jackson Ghost. This intriguing story of a photo, taken in 1919, was first published in 1975 by Sir Victor Goddard, a retired R.A.F. officer. The photo is a group portrait of Goddard’s squadron, which had served in…
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A little but more greek art by the late Peter Connoly. Here its two pieces from myth of Thesseus. The first shows Thesseus killing the minotaur in labyrinth in crete .
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Thesseus is wearing a classic mycenean kilt and boots , while he was a bronze dagger in his right hand . The other piece of art shows Thesseus departing Athens and going to crete . The ship is a classic mycenean/mioan ship . The famous Black sails from the myth…
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This is a bit wicked so please brace yourself…. 😲
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LIFE With Mike the Headless Chicken: Photos of a Famously Tough Fowl No, it’s not the latest eye-popping item from the always entertaining Weekly World News. Instead, it’s an actual headline from the October 22, 1945, issue of LIFE magazine, above an article about … well, a headless chicken: “Beheaded…
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Videos appear to show Israeli soldiers abusing bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees
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In a graphic scene, a group of detainees lie on the ground. Some are naked. An Israeli soldier can be seen stomping on the head of a Palestinian man, who covers his face with his bound hands. TEL AVIV — Several videos have emerged on social media appearing to show…
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On ThisDay 21 September 1942, ‘The Great Deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto’ ended.
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On ThisDay 21 September 1942, ‘The Great Deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto’ ended. During this 2 month period over 265,000 Jews were crammed into sealed freight trains and deported to the Treblinka death camp, where they were murdered. Recalling the Great Deportation, Holocaust survivor Chaim Kaplan recounts in his diary:…