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Santa in the Healdsburg-Tribune-18-DEC-1937

September 24, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

1937 Santa Claus around the world – yikes!

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, History, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: 1937, Fascism, German, Italy, Japan, Nazi Germany, Political Cartoon, Russia, Santa Claus, Spain

Victor Klemperer

September 10, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From WIKIPEDIA – Victor Klemperer (9 October 1881 – 11 February 1960) was a German scholar who also became known as a diarist. His journals, published in Germany in 1995, detailed his life under the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the German Democratic Republic.   Well known works include Lingua Tertii Imperii, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, History, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: diarist, Nazi Germany, Propaganda, Third Reich, Victor Klemperer, Weimar

‘Mr Radio Philips’ helped thousands flee the Nazis

September 26, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the Guardian/Observer Sept. 26, 2021: Unsung hero: how ‘Mr Radio Philips’ helped thousands flee the Nazis In June 1940, a Dutch salesman, acting as a consul in Lithuania, issued Jewish refugees with pseudo visas to escape Europe. His remarkable story is only now being told.

Posted in: Antique Radio, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: Chiune Sugihara, consul, Curaçao, Curaçao visa, diplomat, Dutch, Holocaust, Jan Zwartendijk, Jews, Kaunas, Lithuania, Nazi Germany, Philips, Red Army, Soviet Union, visas

Opinion: The Man Who Predicted Nazi Germany

December 7, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

John Maynard Keynes foresaw the chaos that would follow from the Versailles peace treaty.,by Jonathan Kirshner, New York Times, Dec 7, 2019.

Posted in: Faits Divers, Finanace, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Austen Chamberlain, David Lloyd George, Europe, Fascism, France, Georges Clemenceau, Germany, John Maynard Keynes, Lloyd George, Nazi Germany, Paris Peace Conference, Prime Minister Lloyd George, United States, Versailles, Woodrow Wilson

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