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added 2007 Sat Jun 9 17:18:07 by populist
"the White Rose" was the name taken by a small group of university students in Munich, Germany, during World War II. Along with their professor, contributors, and volunteers, members of the White Rose, in a series of six leaflets, bravely denounced Nazism, the war, and their widespread acceptance by German society.
added 2007 Wed Jun 6 16:53:11 by populist
To all of you who gave your all in WWII, our gratitude for your service; our thanks for the protection of our rights from those who wished an end to them. Because this was the beginning of the beginning of the end of the Nazi horror, I thought I would share with you a review of a very special and unique book concerning those and the post-war years
added 2007 Fri Apr 27 23:28:27 by Alexia
She's 78 years old, but for Lee Young-soo, life as she knew it ended at age 15 -- when the Japanese government forced her to become a sex slave for its military members during World War II. "I was abducted at age 15 by the Japanese Imperial Army," she said. "I was put on a Japanese naval ship. There were 300 military men there and five girls, including myself." Lee is among a dwindling number of "comfort women" still alive. The term "comfort woman" is used to describe the thousands of girls and women whom Japan forced into sex slavery before and during World War II.
added 2007 Fri Mar 30 20:13:44 by pwinn
The Airmen were a unit of African-American pilots who performed heroically during World War II, some 15-20 years before the civil rights movement would begin a slow, painful process of ending segregation and breaking down racial inequities.
added 2007 Fri Mar 16 20:59:23 by Fedquip
Hearty collection of WWII cartoons drawn by our friend Dr. Suess.
added 2007 Sat Mar 3 21:31:39 by bostonusa2020
Complete with an aerodrome, railway line, barracks, dungeons, laboratories, operating rooms, crematoria, cinema, bar and Shinto temple, it rivalled for size the Nazis' infamous death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. 3,000 to 12,000 men, women and children were murdered in Unit 731. But the atrocities committed there were physically far worse than in t
added 2007 Wed Feb 14 23:01:49 by unknown user
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added 2007 Sun Jan 14 5:36:17 by PaganGodess
Italy has sentenced 10 former members of the Nazi SS to life imprisonment for their role in the worst World War II massacre on Italian soil, reports say.
added 2007 Tue Jan 9 3:30:07 by oleblue
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added 2006 Sat Dec 9 20:30:37 by grinsell
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added 2006 Wed Aug 16 14:20:45 by Karina
We passed the illustrious landmark sometime last night.