Forgotten History.

. Philogelos (Greek: Φιλόγελως, meaning “Lover of Laughter”) is the title of the oldest surviving joke book in the world. It is a collection of roughly 260 jokes, preserved in Greek and traditionally attributed to Hierocles and Philagrios, probably compiled around the 4th century AD, although many of the jokes are considerably older. Here are just a few of them. An intellectual, falling sick,…

There are some lives that are difficult to describe without resorting to words such as hero, martyr, or saint. Maximilian Kolbe is certainly one of them. Yet I use the word martyr reluctantly, not because the word is inappropriate, but because it can sometimes carry connotations that obscure the extraordinary nature of what Kolbe actually did. He did not die while attempting to destroy another…

The Buchenwald Trial was a war crime trial conducted by the United States Army as a court-martial in Dachau, then part of the American occupation zone. It took place from 11 April to 14 August 1947. On 14 August 1947, the Buchenwald main trial United States of America vs. Josias Prince of Waldeck et al. ended. All 31 accused were found guilty of war crimes in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp…

Following the Hiroshima bombing on August 6, the Soviet declaration of war and the Nagasaki bombing on August 9, the Emperor’s speech was broadcast at noon Japan Standard Time on August 15, 1945, and did reference the atomic bombs as a reason for the surrender. The broadcast was recorded a day earlier but was broadcast on August 15 at noon. Below is the translated transcript of the…

I know that in recent months I have done several sexually themed blogs. But they were all in a historical context, as this one will be. The blog will contain a depiction of the female genitalia. As the title suggests, a part of this blog will relate to medical science during the Third Reich. Thus the involvement of the Nazi regime, that could have affected sexual pleasure for generations to…

Throughout history, we have gone through several eras, and I believe we have now arrived at the era of hypocrisy. If we ever need a prominent example, it is the continuous praise of the merits of the musical The Greatest Showman. Some people often use the song “This is Me” to validate an inclusive society.They are often also the same people who demand that statues of historical figures with a…

Education is often seen as a human right and it really should be, but so often it is a privilege taken away from many. Moshe Flinker was a teenager born in the Hague, in the Netherlands on October 9, 1926. He had a particular talent for language,he studied eight languages including Hebrew. The language he used to write his diary. Now I could write a lot about Moshe , about his life in the Hague…

​Toby Gotesman Schneier is an American Expressionist artist best known for her unique ability to transform objects, people, scenes, & events into jarring and provocative works of art. Her compassion for the human condition, and tenacious belief in a higher power, are conspicuous throughout the work and noted frequently. Her art evokes a poignant sense of nostalgia and sentiment, even a longing…

Your piece is strong, but it can be improved by tightening the prose, removing a few factual overstatements, and adopting a more neutral historical tone. For example, phrases such as “held orders to shoot anyone attempting to cross” are an oversimplification for 13 August itself, and attributing the “Wall of Shame” label as a general description rather than a Western nickname is more accurate.…

It is nearly impossible to quantify the number of people being killed during the Holocaust, I personally think the estimated number of 1.5 million children is too low. The one thing that can be quantified accurately is the value put on life. For a family of 5 it would be 37.50 guilders ,or the 2022 equivalent of $250. That is the price that was paid to the Column Henneicke, for the betrayal of…

The Paralympic Games, a major international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, have a rich and inspiring history rooted in the aftermath of World War II. The origin of the Paralympics can be traced back to the efforts of Dr. Ludwig Guttmann, a neurologist at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England. Early Beginnings: Stoke Mandeville Games Dr. Guttmann, a Jewish…

On this day 21 years ago, I escorted my wife to the maternity hospital in Limerick. Our beautiful baby girl was born that day. Although I did not like James Blunt’s song “You’re Beautiful” prior to that moment, when it played on the radio in the maternity hospital room at the exact second she was born, that song suddenly became a magical masterpiece.

Love’s gone, the sky went blackThe hate that started long ago is backI hear the silence in the airSpeak up no one dares Like shattered hearts that won’t repairWe count the names, we say the prayersThe world moved on, or so it seemsNow we’re caught inside the hateful screams Wake me up when October ends The echoes won’t release their holdToo many stories left untoldA photograph, a quiet roomA…

The Thing, also known as The Great Seal Bug, was a passive covert listening device, developed in the Soviet Union and planted in the study of the US Ambassador in Moscow, hidden inside a wooden carving of the Great Seal of the United States. It is called a passive device as it does not have its own power source. Instead it is acivated by a strong electromagnetic signal from outside. The device…

As the title might suggest I was trying to find some poetic sentences to describe this picture. But I couldn’t,because the more I looked at the picture the less sense it made. In fact it made no sense to me at all. What is the sense of keeping all these shoes? Were they meant as trophies? Of all the attire that one possesses , the shoes are the most personal items.Looking at my own feet, I am a…

Jan Ruschkewitz, just a name of a young boy. A young bot born in the Hague in the Netherlands. 23 years after the international peace palace was established. A palace that was suppose to safeguard your peace. In the picture you are about 2 or 3, but your peace would soon be destroyed. Jan Ruschkewitz, just a name of a young boy, a boy who could have been anything. You were born 28 days before my…