WWII Updates
Blitzed: Nazi Germany’s methamphetamine addiction
Norman Ohler, an award winning German journalist and author of novels, has written an astonishing historical account that brings to light a previously unmentioned, but pervasive facet of life during the Third Reich. The German book title, Der Totale Rausch“(2015) is a play on Joseph Goebble’s infamous declaration of “total war.” Its title in English is…
Read MoreNazi Victims’ Newly Identified Brain Parts Uncovered at Max Planck Research Institute
August 31, 2016: The Times of Israel reports that brain parts used for research during, and after WWII by Nazi doctors — most likely by the premier neuroscientist, Professor Julius Hallervorden –have been newly uncovered at the Max Planck Institute — formerly the Kaiser Willhelm Society. In the 1980s, some 700 brain preparations were discovered…
Read MoreAuschwitz: 60 Year Anniversary– the Role of IG Farben-Bayer
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz. Elderly Holocaust survivors, former soldiers and world leaders have gathered in Poland to mark the 60th anniversary: “I would like to say to all the people on the Earth: This should never be repeated, ever,”…
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