Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated in the annexed Polish land during World War II. Auschwitz I was first constructed to hold Polish political prisoners who first arrived in May 1940. Plans for the total eradication of the Jewish population of Europe, eleven…
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1. There is an island in Australia named Rottnest Island that is full of miniature kangaroos called ‘quokkas.’
We all tend to focus on the evil men in the world and forget some of the truly evil women that have lived. I hope to correct that with this list. Here we have not just serial killers, but other utterly despicable women who have caused tragedy in many people's lives. So, without further ado,
1. In 1569, a Dutchman named Dirk Willems was jailed for his devotion to being an Anabaptist. He escaped from prison but when the guard pursuing him fell through the ice, Willems turned around to save the guard. He was then recaptured, tortured, and killed.
Haunting images of Auschwitz prisoners taken as they entered the camp have been rendered in colour in time for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by Soviet troops.
1. Gay male victims of the Holocaust, who wore the downward-facing pink triangle, were still considered to be criminals when they were freed from concentration camps. They were often sent back to prison to serve out their terms.
A 90-year-old woman who was instrumental in Auschwitz prisoner abuse is finally preparing to meet just punishment.
During WWII, thousands of combatants were taken prisoner by their opponents. To help Allied troops who had been captured and to get the best possible
Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand became founders of the Voice of the Martyrs. Richard Wurmbrand was born on March 24, 1909 in Bucharest, Romania. His father died when he was nine and the family returning home from Istanbul, where they had lived a short time. As an adolescent, he was sent to study Marxism in Moscow, became a Comintern {Communist International} […]
Jewish women and children, who have been selected for death, walk in a line towards the gas chambers in a horrifying image published in a new book.
The surprising story of Christopher Havens's journey to becoming a published academic author.
Haunting images of Auschwitz prisoners taken as they entered the camp have been rendered in colour in time for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by Soviet troops.
Gaze at one hundred years of people knitting.
1. When Weird Al Yankovic asked Kurt Cobain to parody 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Kurt asked him if it would be about food, and Al said it would be about how no one could understand his lyrics. Kurt found that extremely funny, and said absolutely.
Haunting images of Auschwitz prisoners taken as they entered the camp have been rendered in colour in time for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by Soviet troops.
New book features testimonials from women who survived the horrors and heinous medical experiments suffered by prisoners at the hands of the Nazis at Ravensbruck concentration camp
You don't need horror movies and ghost stories, real life is scary enough!
Rudolf Hess was Adolf Hitter’s Deputy. In 1941 just before the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Hess secretly flew alone to Great Britain to hold peace talks, suggesting Nazi Germany would wit…
1. In 2013, a prisoner named Dagens Nyheter in Sweden escaped “because he had a toothache and wanted to go to the dentist.” He broke out of prison, visited the dentist, and turned himself back in where he received an extra day to his month-long sentence as punishment.
Haunting images of Auschwitz prisoners taken as they entered the camp have been rendered in colour in time for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by Soviet troops.
Insights on identity and the aberrations of authority from the most notorious psychology experiment ever conducted.
Calaboose had been part of the English language for almost a century when John S. Farmer included the term in his 1889 book Americanisms—Old & New, defining it as 'the common gaol or prison.' Farmer
1. In Canada, there is a prisoner known as “the Unknown Person” who has been imprisoned since 2013 because he refuses to identify himself. This puts him in a bizarre state of limbo: Until Canadian officials know his identity and nationality, they cannot deport him; until they can deport him, they don’t want to release him.
1. Gay male victims of the Holocaust, who wore the downward-facing pink triangle, were still considered to be criminals when they were freed from concentration camps. They were often sent back to prison to serve out their terms.
