Three years ago, my phone went off in the middle of the night
Three years ago, my phone went off in the middle of the night. I looked and it was Katie, and I answered like any mom of a college student would:…
Something changed in Mav’s eyes
Something changed in Mav’s eyes—something his parents will never forget.One moment, their 6-year-old little boy was trying to stand on his own for the first time in weeks.The next, his…
The Germans invaded Ukraine in 1941
The Germans invaded Ukraine in 1941, and they began to order Jews to the ghettos. Esther Stermer, the matriarch of her family, refused to bring her family into the ghettos.…
American troops detested the SS during World
American troops detested the SS during World War 2 to an extent even greater than how much they resented the regular German Army (Wehrmacht). It was not a war-time bias,…
Yesterday was supposed to be Holly’s 44th infusion
Yesterday was supposed to be Holly’s 44th infusion, but she has been very unwell since her surgery at the start of December, so it was decided she wasn’t well enough…
The near crash of British Airways flight 5390
On the 10th of June 1990, a mid-air drama unfolded in the skies over England after an explosive decompression rocked British Airways flight 5390. As the plane climbed toward cruising…
How did European countries save their gold from Hitler during World War II?
I used to read a lot about World War 2 when I was younger, but today a lot of people just forget that it was not just the soldiers fighting.…
Patrizia Scifo.
He constantly beat and tortured her. Once, he even forced her to play Russian roulette with a loaded pistol. Patrizia Scifo had fallen in love with this man when she…
Death by oral sex.
Former French President Félix Faure suffered a fatal stroke while receiving oral sex from his mistress. It must have been a strange sight for the staff of the Élysée Palace.…
Were the Jewish Sonderkommando prisoners in the Holocaust victims, collaborators, or both?
Sonderkommando were the Jewish prisoners who were indeed the tragic victims of the holocaust despite the fact that they were also compelled to perform gruesome tasks. They were left with…