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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