On October 3, Germany celebrates its Unification Day (Tag der Deutschen Einheit). This day back in 1990 brought a happy and a very significant event on the world political scene. The symbol of the Cold War - the Berlin Wall - was torn down, and East Germans could freely face the world. To have a better understanding of what actually happened in … [Read more...]
Josef Mengele – the Infamous Nazi Doctor
Some readers may accuse such action to place an article about the person who brought great shame and shadow to German history into the 'Famous People' link. But Dr. Josef Mengele was one of the most infamous persons in German history and everybody must remember his name in order to prevent the horror in a future. He was sent to Auschwitz in 1943 … [Read more...]
Germany Under Hitler and the Nazi
Nationalism is an infantile idea. It is a measles of mankind. --Albert Einstein The stars must have been in a special position above the Austrian town Braunau on April 20, 1889, when Adolf Hitler was born. Neither his father Alois Schickelgruber Hitler whom Adolf hated, nor his mother Klara Poelzl whom he, to the contrary, adored, could foresee … [Read more...]
Baron von Steuben
How about getting couple of centuries back into the colonial America? Let us have a look at the American struggle for independence and learn about the crucial role of the German General von Steuben in it. Born in Magdeburg, Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben became a soldier at 16 and served under Frederick the Great together with the … [Read more...]
Oskar Schindler
We all know the story of Oskar Schindler from Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning film Schindler's List. Oskar Schindler was a remarkable man who miraculously saved more than 1,200 Jews from the gas chambers. He did what nobody else did in those scary times of death camps and mass murder. He was all that stood between his Jews and the SS and … [Read more...]
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