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My student submitted the most disturbing “Living History” project I’ve ever seen 

By reddit user gretelcat

One of my least favorite parts about being a middle school history teacher is the bullshit “Living History” assignments we give at the end of every school year. Kids are supposed to sit with their grandparents and video tape, voice record, or transcribe their oldest memories for posterity (and for an easy way to bring up their GPA).

One of Germany’s greatest unsolved murder mysteries is the bizarre case of Günther Stoll, a case otherwise known as YOGTZE-Fall.

Stoll was an ordinary, unemployed food technician from Anzhausen in Germany. Well, maybe he was a little paranoid. He believed he was being stalked, and often talked about “them,” telling his wife that eventually “they” were going to kill him. But no one ever knew who “they” were. As the story goes, on the evening of October 25, 1984, while sitting quietly in his bedroom, Stoll unexpectedly jumped out of his chair and exclaimed, “I’ve got it!”

His wife watched, confused, as Stoll grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled down six letters: YOGTZE. The “G” may have been a “6,” but he immediately crossed the letters out, anyway.

Afterwards, he left the house. He jumped into his Volkswagen Golf. Fast forward about hours later, around 3:00 a.m. Two truck drivers discovered Stoll’s Volkswagen in a ditch off Autobahn A 45. It was wrecked. They pulled over to assist and notified the police using a nearby emergency telephone. What they found at the scene was Günther Stoll, still in his car, completely naked and barely conscious. Stoll died before reaching the hospital.

An investigation into his death revealed that Günther Stoll had not died from the car accident. Instead, he had been run over by a different car at another location. Whoever did this had run Stoll over with a separate vehicle, then put him back into the passenger side of his Volkswagen and drove it into the ditch where the truck drivers had found it.

We live in a culture that not only blames sexual assault victims but also tells potential victims, especially women, that it is their duty to make sure they are not assaulted. It’s wrong and change begins by awareness. Spread the message.

Here’s an article on why people victim blame and what we can do to stop it

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Copper Moon is a collection of handmade items all inspired by nature. An array of gemstones, crystals, metalwork and triangle shelves all made consciously with love.

Its artist reminds us that she’s always enjoying crafting with different metals and wood. She tells us, “I began working with copper items first making copper trees adorned with different gemstones and selling them at local craft fairs and then I quickly moved onto my Triangle wooden shelves that are all cut by hand which gives them a rustic and loved feel to them. They have always reminded me of majestic mountains standing beautifully tall.”

Find them in their Etsy shop.

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