A Tale of Two Albums

In my research sometimes I discover things on my way to looking up other items. The other day I discovered the stories and photos of two albums. Both contained photographs of people at Auschwitz in 1944. One was an album of SS guards, officers, and women, all relaxing...

The Green Book

The other day my wife and I went to go see the movie “The Green Book.” It was in the dollar theater by this time (you know, the kind of theater where you bring your own chair..yes we are cheapskates). Anyway, we were surprised to see the place fill up with...

Executed Without A Trial

Recently I came across a horrible story from our nation’s past. At first I wondered if it were really true (so much on the internet is myth, you know). But the more I looked it up, the more the story was confirmed. In 1891 Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana...

The Fifth Column

In 1936, Spanish Nationalist (fascist) general Emelio Mola said that he had four columns of troops attacking the Spanish Republican (communist) forces trapped inside Madrid. Then he added that there was a “fifth column” within the city, sympathizing with...

Aktion T-4

From October of 1939 until the end of the war in Europe in 1945, the National Socialists in Germany enacted a government program called “Aktion T-4”. Medical doctors were used by the national government to quietly dispatch all the people the socialists in...