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Auschwitz concentration camp is etched in history as a place of unimaginable death and suffering, where the Nazi regime mercilessly exterminated at least 1.1 million people during the Holocaust. However, amid this manmade hell on earth, an extraordinary story of life and resistance emerged, thanks to a brave Polish woman named Stanislawa Leszczyńska. During her…
The Kalaidzhi Community’s Bride Market There is a bride market in Bulgaria where young and teenage girls are sold to potential husbands for a negotiated price. This place is originally known as the Gypsy bride market. If anyone visits the town of Stara Zagora in Bulgaria on the first Saturday of Orthodox Christian Lent, they…
Origins and Purpose During the Hitler regime, there was a program called Lebensborn, through which an estimated 20,000 babies were born over 12 years. The Lebensborn program was an experiment in the creation of a strong army. It was the idea of Hitler who wanted to create a superior race in humans. So they started…
Near the end of World War II (1944), a husband, Shoichi Higa, and his wife, Kazuko, were living on the island called Anatahan. They were copra farmers. Japanese lived there. There were islanders who worked the farms, but they all left. Shoichi was worried about his sister in Saipan, so he traveled there, leaving his…
Throughout history, various methods of punishment have been employed to control, intimidate, and inflict suffering upon those accused of crimes or social offenses. Here are some of the most notorious forms of punishment used across different cultures and eras: The Burning at the Stake One of the most horrific forms of punishment across Europe, burning…
Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. His rule was marked by violence, fear, and oppression, leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. Chemical Weapons Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons against his own people, most infamously in the attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988, which…
The military conquests of Genghis Khan are well known. His Mongol cavalry swept across the open steppe taking vast swathes of territory. His armies plowed through China, conquering the central plains and Tibet. From humble beginnings in Mongolia, he created an empire that stretched from the Chinese coast in the east all the way to…
During World War II, the Nazi regime implemented policies that legalized and organized prostitution in military brothels as a means to control soldiers’ sexual behavior and prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This territorial conquest policy had harrowing consequences for the women coerced into sex work. This note focuses on the aspects of sexual violence perpetrated…
Polygamists face a wide variety of stereotypes and assumptions from society. In order to understand the poly lifestyle, it’s important to learn more about it. That includes facts about polygamy as well as learning what’s not true about it. This post contains the top things most people don’t know about all things polygamy. So whether…
Edward Bernays, known as the father of public relations, had a significant influence on American advertising and consumer culture. He believed in the power of propaganda and employed controversial techniques that blurred the lines between effective advertising and brainwashing. Utilizing his uncle Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, Bernays understood how to manipulate the desires and opinions…