I often hear people say 'that teenagers never had it as hard as they do now'. In a time where my generation failed to equip these teenagers with the resilience to deal with adversity, it is the absolute wrong message to sent out. In this post there will be small bios of teenagers who were murdered this day 84 years ago.

During my interview with Liz Elsby, Holocaust Educator at Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem, we discussed freelance illustration, design and art direction. We also talked a bit about her work with Yad Vashem, but mainly about the current situation in Israel and her experience.

I watched "Guardians of the Galaxy-Volume 3" last night, and this song was featured prominently in one of the scenes in the movie. I had forgotten what great song it is. "We Care a Lot" is a song by American rock band Faith No More. There are three versions of the song, all of which have been officially released over three different albums.

The title is taken from a letter written by Marcel Nadjari ,a Jewish-Greek survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau. Marcel was a member of the Sonderkommando in Birkenau from May 1944 to November 1944. The letter is an eye witness account of his experiences as a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz Birkenau. He had the task of of removing dead bodies from the gas chambers.

Space-tourism is the buzzword nowadays. It seems like some of earth richest men are desperately trying to leave this planet. I have no issues with space travel, far from it, if I would be offered a place on one of those rockets. I would grab that chance with both hands and feet. But I do think that there is still so much to explore here, on the 3rd rock from the sun.

Music is not just a few notes strung together to create a tune, often accompanied by lyrics. Music is much more then that. It is therapy. It gives hope where there is despair. It gives joy where there is grief. It can transport you back to the days of yore, when time was complicated. It gives you an outlet to voice an opinion in a creative way.

The career of Michael Lee Aday aka Meat Loaf, has been a turbulent one, to used an understatement. It went from filling huge stadiums with adore fans, to barely getting people to see him perform in small community halls in Ireland, and back to stadiums. His most iconic song though has to be "Paradise by the Dashboard light" written by Jim Steinman.

Hamas terrorist abducting a man during the Re'im music festival massacre that left at least 360 people dead and others taken hostage 1096 Days of Darkness It’s been 1096—two years of nights that never end.The sun still rises,but for too many, it doesn’t shine. October 7—a date carved into hearts,a wound that doesn’t close.The world moved on,

On the morning of October 6, 1943, the mountain village of Kali Sykia fell completely silent. The men had vanished into the ravines; only the women, children, and the elderly remained. By nightfall, thirteen people were dead—trapped inside their own homes as the wood was barricaded from the outside and set alight. Twelve were women, including one eight months pregnant; the thirteenth was a bedridden old man.

On the 6th anniversary of the death od Eddie van Halen "Best of Both Worlds" is a song by Van Halen, released in 1986 on their album 5150, the first album featuring Sammy Hagar as the band's lead vocalist after the departure of David Lee Roth. The song became a defining track of the "Van Hagar" era, characterized by a shift in the band’s musical direction that blended hard rock with more mainstream, pop-oriented sounds.

A blog by my good friend Grant Gochin. Lithuania’s Genocide Centre never examined the judgment it used to defend a Holocaust collaborator. Now it is a European partner teaching source criticism. Vladimir Putin justified his invasion of Ukraine by claiming to protect people from genocide. On 16 March 2022 the International Court of Justice ordered Russia to suspend its military operations.

One of the most cruelest crimes committed by the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII, was the Bataan Death March. It was a march in the Philippines of some 66 miles (106 km) that 76,000 prisoners of war (66,000 Filipinos, 10,000 Americans) were forced to take, by the Japanese military to endure in April 1942, during the early stages of World War II.

The Jarrow March of October 1936 remains one of the most poignant and defining symbols of Great Britain’s Interwar economic crisis. Undertaken during the height of the Great Depression, this 300-mile pilgrimage from the post-industrial town of Jarrow in North East England to the Houses of Parliament in London was not an ideological uprising, but a disciplined, dignified petition for the right to work.

The discovery of the Karl Höcker album—a collection of personal photographs documenting the social lives of Auschwitz SS officers—provides a chilling juxtaposition to the atrocities committed at the Nazi concentration and extermination camp. These images, often depicting lighthearted moments of camaraderie, leisure, and relaxation, offer a stark contrast to the brutality occurring just miles away. Höcker, an SS officer and adjutant to the commandant of Auschwitz compiled these images during the latter half of 1944, one of the most deadly periods at the camp.

The Budy Massacre of October 5–6, 1942, remains one of the lesser-known atrocities of the Auschwitz concentration camp complex. Within the women’s penal company (Frauenstrafkompanie) at the Budy subcamp, approximately ninety French-Jewish women were beaten to death by SS guards and prisoner functionaries. This blog reconstructs the event, examines its causes and aftermath, and situates it within the broader framework of Nazi camp violence and gendered terror.

Still so profoundly sad that Dolores died so young, This is one of their best songs, although there is no such thing as a bad Cranberries song. The song was written in response to the death of Johnathan Ball, 3, and Tim Parry, 12, who had been killed in the IRA bombing in Warrington, northwest England, when two devices hidden in litter bins were detonated.

I have written about the bombing of Geleen before, but since today is the 84th anniversary, I thought it a good idea to revisit that awful day. Geleen is a town in the southeast part of the Netherlands. It used to be a mining town. Although the Bombing of Geleen was a devastating event, I only learned about it a few years ago.

The Edelweiss Pirates, or Edelweißpiraten, were a group of loosely organized German youth who stood in open defiance of the Nazi regime during the Third Reich. They played a unique if often overlooked, role in resisting Nazi authority, fighting against conformity, and supporting anti-fascist efforts. Although they were not as coordinated or ideologically unified as other resistance groups, the Edelweiss Pirates demonstrated courage and nonconformity in one of the darkest periods of history.

Fascism, a political ideology that rose to prominence in Europe during the early 20th century, left deep imprints on the history of several countries, from Mussolini’s Italy to Hitler’s Germany and Franco’s Spain. In Ireland, however, fascism remained a relatively marginal movement, confined to small groups and figures that never gained mass political support. Yet, Irish fascism was a significant part of the political landscape during the interwar period, influenced by European trends and shaped by Ireland's own nationalist struggles and Catholic conservatism.

"Indians" is a song by Anthrax, one of the pioneering bands of the thrash metal genre. It was released in 1987 as part of their third album, Among the Living, which is considered one of their most influential and successful records. Here’s an overview of the song: 1. Song Theme and Lyrics "Indians" is a politically charged song that addresses the historical mistreatment of Native Americans.

On August 16 ,1933 Hermann Göring announced he would put an end to the unbearable torture and suffering in animal experiments. He also threatened that he would commit to concentration camps those who still thought they could continue to treat animals as inanimate property. He decried the “cruel”experiments of unfeeling scientists whose animals were operated on, burned, or fro-zen without anesthetics.

World War II was a global conflict that tested the limits of human resilience, innovation, and ingenuity. In addition to the millions of soldiers, civilians, and military machinery involved, a vast array of animals played indispensable roles throughout the war. From dogs and horses to pigeons and even reindeer, animals were employed for various purposes, often in ways that profoundly impacted the outcome of battles and campaigns.

Never Again are two words that are easily said. Though, do we mean them? Or are we just saying them to make ourselves feel better? Recently, I was called a "genocide junkie." I didn't judge the person who said it; I could understand where they were coming from. But I disagree—they are wrong. I write extensively about the Holocaust, but those posts don't give me a high.

Ten-year-old Elvis, second from right and wearing glasses, with talent show winners On October 3, 1945, a ten-year-old boy from Tupelo, Mississippi, stepped onto a stage and, standing on a chair so that he could reach the microphone, sang a song about a faithful dog. His name was Elvis Presley. Before Elvis Presley became the undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll, he was just a shy teenager from Tupelo, Mississippi, with a guitar and a dream.

Dr. Johann Paul Kremer was a German physician and professor of anatomy who became infamously known for his role as an SS physician at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust. Born on December 26, 1883, in Stellberg, Germany, Kremer was highly educated and had a background in medicine and anatomy, working as a professor at the University of Münster. However, his career took a dark turn when, during World War II, he was assigned to serve at Auschwitz, where he participated in some of the most horrific aspects of the Nazi genocide.

"Over the Hills and Far Away" is a song by Northern Irish musician Gary Moore, released in December 1986 by 10 Records as the first single from his sixth solo album Wild Frontier. The song peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart,[but was most successful in the Nordic countries, topping the charts in Finland and Norway. The song features The Chieftains, who also appear in the video.Moore performed the song with the group at the TV show celebrating their 25th anniversary in 1988.

The Lingiades massacre (also spelled Ligiades or Lyngiades) was a brutal war crime committed by Nazi German troops against the civilian population of the mountain village of Lingiades in northwestern Greece. On Sunday, October 3, 1943, German soldiers entered the village and murdered its inhabitants, leaving behind a scene of devastation that would become one of the most harrowing episodes of the German occupation of Greece.

On October 18,2026, I interviewed Tal Hartuv. She as an artist and also works as a guide and educator with Yad Vahem.She was brutally attacked by two Hamas terrorists disguised as Israeli police in 2010 while on a hike in the hills of Jerusalem with her Christian-American friend, Kristine Luken.Ms Hartuv and her friend were then attacked by the two men with machetes.

I fondly remember watching It Ain't Half Hot Mum when I was a young boy. It was a British sitcom about a Royal Artillery concert party based in Deolali in British India. The soldiers would often put on shows where they would be dressed up as women. I never realized that this was quite common, not only with the British troops but also with the US Army.

The Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, beginning in 1940, marked a dark chapter in British history, as these small territories—Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark—became the only British lands occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. Though the Channel Islands’ geographical proximity to mainland Europe made their defense difficult, the way local British authorities responded to the occupation, particularly in relation to the persecution and deportation of Jews, remains a deeply controversial issue.

This is probably my favourite Rock song of the 21st century. It is often associated with 9/11 and it became symbolic after Hurricane Katrina, where it was dedicated to victims of the disaster. It was released on June 13, 2005, as the fourth single from Green Day's seventh studio album, "American Idiot". The song was written by front man Billie Joe Armstrong about his father Andrew, who passed away in 1982 when Billie Joe was 10 years old.

Your killing me did not stop your hate. Hate is like a disease, a cancer—it eats at you bit by bit, and the more you hate, the sicker you get. Hate is like a tumour in your head. It drives you insane up to the point that you don't even realize anymore that killing an 8-month-old baby is an act of depravity.

Just before Christmas 2011, I lost sight in my right eye. The retina had become detached, but after two operations, the sight could not be saved, in fact, my eye shrunk dramatically, and I now have a glass shell with an eye painted on it in front of the remainder of my eye. In November 2014, the retina in my left eye also became detached, so I faced going blind.

The 1936 Berlin were probably the biggest propaganda tool ever to be created by the Nazi regime, but I won't go into the details of the actual games. I will focus on 3 people of Jewish descent. Two who survived the war and one who did a few days after the games. In 1935 teh Nazis had introduced the Nuremberg Laws.One of the consequences of these laws was that the Jewish people no longer were allowed to participate in social activities together with 'Aryan' people.

It is said that a picture paints a thousand words , and it does, but that also means that sometimes a picture is just to horrible to look at it, for just a glimpse can evoke a thousand emotions. There are so many images of the Holocaust which are just to gruesome to view, However sometimes just the words of victims can have a deeper emotional impact that lasts.

As you can see I renamed October to ROCKTOBER- Throughout the month I shall be posting classic Rock songs and the stories behind them. Starting with Deep Purple's "Child in Time" It is the 3rd track on the a side of Deep Purple's classic 1970 album "Deep Purple in Rock" Deep Purple's Ian Gillan has said that "Child in Time" is based on It's a Beautiful Day's psychedelic song "Bombay Calling".

Philip Wallage was born in Groningen on 12 July 1927. He was murdered at Sobibor on 26 March 1943. He was 15 years old upon his death. Rosalien Wallage was born in Groningen on 15 May 1932. She was murdered at Sobibor on 26 March 1943. She reached 10 years of age. Elisabeth Wallage was born in Groningen on 2 October 1935.

On 30 September 1938, the leaders of Great Britain, France, Italy and Nazi Germany signed the Munich Agreement, handing the Sudetenland—the predominantly German-speaking border regions of Czechoslovakia—to Adolf Hitler's Germany. The Czechoslovaks themselves were not parties to the agreement. It was presented as a settlement intended to prevent another European war. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, returning to London the following day, famously spoke of having secured…

When you look at the picture above, you may just admire the men participating in physical exercise. You may even want to join them. But the picture is of concentration camp Mauthausen. The Mauthausen main camp operated from the time of the Anschluss, when Austria was united with Nazi Germany on 8 August 1938, to 5 May 1945, at the end of the European theatre of Second World War.

Life is only a sequence of events and accidents, often determined when and where you are born. When I was 15, as a young man in the 1980s in the Netherlands, my main interest was girls and trying to get beer. When Elie Wiesel was 15 and a young man in Romania (or then Hungary) in the 1940s, his interest was survival.

On 29 April 29, 1942, the Nazis announced a new law to further humiliate the Dutch Jews. From 3 May, they had to wear an identification mark—a six-pointed yellow Star of David with the word Jood in its centre. The star made it possible to recognize people as Jews on the street. The Nazis wanted to further isolate and single out Jews from the non-Jewish Dutch.

I had a dream last night. Why I had the dream, I don't know, and I am not sure what it means, but it was a sad and beautiful dream, and that's why I am sharing it. The dream was probably triggered by an article I read recently. The article said that the corpses of the murdered were burned in the crematoria.

This blog only contains 2 pictures. A picture of a broken doll and a picture of some children's shoes. Both were called pictures of Auschwitz artifacts, now I know the description is not meant disrespectful and was meant with the best intention and perhaps it is the only way to describe them. But the word artifact has several definitions below are 3 examples and none really get the essence of the objects in the pictures.

Dina Pronicheva (born Dina Mironovna Wasserman) was a Jewish actress at the Kyiv Puppet Theatre and one of the very few people—fewer than 30—who survived the mass executions at the Babi Yar ravine. Her detailed testimony remains one of the most significant eyewitness accounts of the atrocity carried out by the Nazi Einsatzgruppen and local collaborators on September 29–30, 1941, during which over 33,000 Jews were murdered in two days.

This is a fictional letter, but it is a letter I envisage I may have written to Margot, if I had been a friend or schoolmate. Dear Margot, I hope this letter finds you well, though I understand the circumstances surrounding us are far from what any of us could call "well." It is strange to put thoughts down on paper like this, knowing how little freedom we have and how uncertain the future remains for all of us.

On June 23, 1944, a delegation comprising two representatives from the International Red Cross and one from the Danish Red Cross conducted an inspection of Theresienstadt, accompanied by SS First Lieutenant Karl Rahm, the camp commandant, and one of his deputies. During the visit, the delegations were treated to an opera by Jewish composer Hans Krása. The children's opera Brundibár was originally composed by Krása with a libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister in 1938 for a government competition, which was later canceled due to political developments.

Music is not just a series of notes strung together, it is also a tool that can be used for good and bad. Music evokes deep emotions, a bit of music often remains with you in your mind for the rest of your life. The Nazis used music in the concentration camps, not to make life more pleasant, but as a psychological weapon.

When I hear that wind blowAll across the Wicklow mountainsIs it you, I hear a calling?Johnny boy, oh Johnny boy When I look to the westAll across the river ShannonI can still see you smilingJohnny boy, oh Johnny boy When the leaves have turned to brownAnd winter is dueAs I watch the sun go down…

I have written quite extensively about the failure of the Dutch to protect their Jewish neighbors and even resist the Nazi occupiers in general. However, on February 24, 1941, the Dutch communist party called for a nationwide strike to protest against the treatment of Jews as well as the forced labor in Germany. The Communist Party of the Netherlands made illegal by the Germans, printed and spread a call to strike throughout Amsterdam the next morning.

An older Where did you go when the room fell still, Beyond the quiet window sill? Why did the clock keep ticking on, When all your light was suddenly gone? Who will carry the stories now, Or remember the laughter, and tell us how To speak of youth in the past tense, Or make this heavy silence make sense? What do we do with the shared, sweet years,