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Democracy, rationality, environment, history, #Holocaust #History 🇪🇺
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Every band has a lead singer 😉

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Spoke with Mark Carney to congratulate him on his election. It was the perfect opportunity to reaffirm the strength of the 🇪🇺🇨🇦 bond and the many opportunities that lie ahead. We discussed how to build on the success of CETA and agreed to explore deeper cooperation on defence and economic security.

submitted 28 days ago • 67 comments

Why should we not forget the Holocaust? 🧵 1/n Because it was one of the most horrific crimes in human history. Because it was committed by one of the most advanced countries in the world, disproving the idea that more advanced societies are inherently more moral than less advanced societies.

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

On May 4, 1940, Rudolf Höss was appointed commander of Auschwitz. That’s it.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

In 1928 Mátyás Seiber (born #OTD in 1905) became director of the jazz department at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt offering the first academic jazz courses. It was closed by the Nazis in 1933 so Seiber left Germany eventually settling in London. en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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Why should we not forget the Holocaust? 🧵 1/n Because it was one of the most horrific crimes in human history. Because it was committed by one of the most advanced countries in the world, disproving the idea that more advanced societies are inherently more moral than less advanced societies.

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

Thank you for sharing your truth, Airyn ❤️ You have our support.

submitted 29 days ago • 34 comments

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submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Deborah Maarsen (83) overleefde drie concentratiekampen: "Mij krijg je er niet onder"

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May 3, 1942 All Jews aged 6 years and older in the Netherlands were required to wear a yellow hexagonal star on their clothing 🧵 1/n The Star of David was introduced almost everywhere in the Nazi Empire. How did this introduction of the Star of David work? As of the 1940s,

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