[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[BroJoeK]

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December 18, 1942:

• "When Jewish forced laborers at Kruszyna, Poland, refuse to board trucks, more than 100 of them are shot.

• "British Ambassador to the Vatican Francis d'Arcy Osborne asserts that Pope Pius XII "does not see that his silence is highly damning to the Holy See."*

• Late 1942: :Nineteen members of a Belorussian partisan group led by Tuvia Bielski are ambushed and killed by German soldiers"

"Even as conditions worsened within the Warsaw Ghetto, its intellectuals and artists, some seeking to perpetuate Hebrew and others Yiddish, struggled to keep culture alive.
Writer, poet, and publisher Aaron Luboshitzki was a leader in the effort to further Hebrew literature.
During a prolific career, he wrote textbooks, articles, poems, and plays, and established several publishing houses.
He was killed by the Nazis in Warsaw in 1942."

"A scene from the Nazi documentary film Between Vistula and Rhine shows members of the SS engaged in a deportation operation in Warsaw.
Notice that the image portrays the soldiers going about their duties calmly.
The tremendous brutality that accompanied the roundups was not part of the propaganda films produced by the Nazis.
The elimination of Polish Jewry was presented as a relocation operation, not programmatic genocide."

* This is a historical starting point for any discussions of alllegations about "Hitler's Pope".
From here scholars look backwards and forwards for other evidence that the Pope was "soft on Nazism."
In reality, the Pope faced Sophie's Choice times millions, and judged that public silence was necessary to save lives.

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[freedumb2003]

The Desert Fox, finally out-foxed.

Rommel and Patton — ancient warriors in a modern struggle.

Did they ever battle directly? I can’t seem to find definitive references...

[GeronL]

Nice one on the Brits in Africa. Couldn’t happen to a better German enemy ;P

So... they discovered a new comet? Should I ping SunkenCiv? I mean..er... send him a telegram? heh