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For the Russians, it's more fun to destroy than to build...
December 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For the Russians, it's more fun to destroy than to build...
#Trump #Wilders #Putin #Orban etc etc.
Een zestiende-eeuwse tiener die de macht van tirannen ontrafelt
www.trouw.nl/recensies/ee...
Een zestiende-eeuwse tiener die de macht van tirannen ontrafelt
www.trouw.nl/recensies/ee...
Een zestiende-eeuwse tiener die de macht van tirannen ontrafelt
Etienne de la BoétieDe vrijwillige onderwerpingVert. Tatjana DaanAthenaeum; 72 blz. € 16,99★★★
www.trouw.nl
December 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
#Trump #Wilders #Putin #Orban etc etc.
Een zestiende-eeuwse tiener die de macht van tirannen ontrafelt
www.trouw.nl/recensies/ee...
Een zestiende-eeuwse tiener die de macht van tirannen ontrafelt
www.trouw.nl/recensies/ee...
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16 December 1888 | A Czech Jew, Josef Vrba, was born in Neustupov.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
16 December 1888 | A Czech Jew, Josef Vrba, was born in Neustupov.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 1 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
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God blood and soil nationalism that would make Goebbels proud
Vance: "Why have rents gone down for 4 consecutive months? Because we're starting to get those illegal aliens out of the USA. Those criminals, those gang members, those people that are taking homes that ought by right go the people in this room. It's simple economics."
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
God blood and soil nationalism that would make Goebbels proud
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stel, je wil geen contact meer met je ex, maar hij belt je 160 keer op een avond. Hij stapt opeens in je auto, als je ergens alleen op een parkeerplaats staat. hij staat voor de deur bij je onderduikadres.
de BOOS van deze week gaat over stalking, en we laten alles zien: bit.ly/BOOS-stalkin...
de BOOS van deze week gaat over stalking, en we laten alles zien: bit.ly/BOOS-stalkin...
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
stel, je wil geen contact meer met je ex, maar hij belt je 160 keer op een avond. Hij stapt opeens in je auto, als je ergens alleen op een parkeerplaats staat. hij staat voor de deur bij je onderduikadres.
de BOOS van deze week gaat over stalking, en we laten alles zien: bit.ly/BOOS-stalkin...
de BOOS van deze week gaat over stalking, en we laten alles zien: bit.ly/BOOS-stalkin...
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16 December 1878 | A Pole, Jan Brzeski, was born in Jasło. A doctor.
In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941.
No. 24516
He perished in the camp on 11 March 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941.
No. 24516
He perished in the camp on 11 March 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
16 December 1878 | A Pole, Jan Brzeski, was born in Jasło. A doctor.
In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941.
No. 24516
He perished in the camp on 11 March 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941.
No. 24516
He perished in the camp on 11 March 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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Russia has stationed two army corps (around 350-360,000 Russian soldiers) in Belarus, CDU politician Roderich Kiesewetter said.
In an interview with ntv, he said this is causing concern in the West, especially in the Baltic states.
In an interview with ntv, he said this is causing concern in the West, especially in the Baltic states.
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Russia has stationed two army corps (around 350-360,000 Russian soldiers) in Belarus, CDU politician Roderich Kiesewetter said.
In an interview with ntv, he said this is causing concern in the West, especially in the Baltic states.
In an interview with ntv, he said this is causing concern in the West, especially in the Baltic states.
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16 December 1923 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Zkerman, was born in Sosnowiec.
In #Auschwitz from 31 October 1941.
No. 22355
He perished in the camp on 18 December 1941.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
In #Auschwitz from 31 October 1941.
No. 22355
He perished in the camp on 18 December 1941.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
16 December 1923 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Zkerman, was born in Sosnowiec.
In #Auschwitz from 31 October 1941.
No. 22355
He perished in the camp on 18 December 1941.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
In #Auschwitz from 31 October 1941.
No. 22355
He perished in the camp on 18 December 1941.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
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Победа Украине!
Verzoek van de Russische tv-propagandist Vladimir Solovjov via Telegram: of jullie de beelden van de door Oekraïne opgeblazen duikboot, die aangemeerd lag in de Zwarte Zeehaven van Novorossiejsk, alstublieft niet - hij schrijft: niet - willen delen. 👉 t.me/SolovievLive...
December 16, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Победа Украине!
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15 December 1914 | Czech Jewish woman Gizela Rutarová was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
15 December 1914 | Czech Jewish woman Gizela Rutarová was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Alex Kleytman, an 87-year-old Ukrainian immigrant from Odesa and Holocaust survivor, was killed during a Hanukkah festival at Bondi Beach in Sydney
He had also survived Russian terror in Siberia. He died while trying to protect his wife euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/15/h...
He had also survived Russian terror in Siberia. He died while trying to protect his wife euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/15/h...
He survived Holocaust and Soviet terror. At 87, Ukrainian immigrant was killed protecting his wife from antisemitic attack in Sydney
Hatred found him again after 80 years.
euromaidanpress.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Alex Kleytman, an 87-year-old Ukrainian immigrant from Odesa and Holocaust survivor, was killed during a Hanukkah festival at Bondi Beach in Sydney
He had also survived Russian terror in Siberia. He died while trying to protect his wife euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/15/h...
He had also survived Russian terror in Siberia. He died while trying to protect his wife euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/15/h...
Quote for today's negotiations:
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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'The frontline is everywhere," warned new UK MI6 chief Blaise Metreweli today. Highlighting a wave of inter-connected threats to western democracies, she added: "We are now operating in a space between peace and war.”
Britain’s new female MI6 chief wants to do things differently
Blaise Metreweli roved widely in her first speech as boss of Britain’s foreign intelligence service — implicitly suggesting China needs to be handled differently to the “aggressive, expansionist and revisionist” Russia.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
'The frontline is everywhere," warned new UK MI6 chief Blaise Metreweli today. Highlighting a wave of inter-connected threats to western democracies, she added: "We are now operating in a space between peace and war.”
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15 December 1860 | A Jewish woman, Charlotte Ellenbogen, was born in a village of Dezser near Trenčín (then Austro-Hungary, today Slovakia). During the war she lived in Nove Zamky.
In June 1944 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz camp.
In June 1944 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz camp.
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
15 December 1860 | A Jewish woman, Charlotte Ellenbogen, was born in a village of Dezser near Trenčín (then Austro-Hungary, today Slovakia). During the war she lived in Nove Zamky.
In June 1944 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz camp.
In June 1944 she was murdered in a gas chamber at the #Auschwitz camp.
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When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
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14 December 1903 | A Polish Jew, Bezalel Zucker, was born in Leżajsk. A merchant.
In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25366
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25366
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
December 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
14 December 1903 | A Polish Jew, Bezalel Zucker, was born in Leżajsk. A merchant.
In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25366
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25366
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
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Ukrainian troops are advancing in and around Kupiansk, ISW reports. Russia lost Radkivka, but its milbloggers keep denying Ukraine’s confirmed progress.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/14/i...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/14/i...
ISW: Ukrainian troops continue advancing within and near Kupiansk
New footage geolocates advances in central Kupiansk and near Petropavlivka, with clearance operations ongoing.
euromaidanpress.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ukrainian troops are advancing in and around Kupiansk, ISW reports. Russia lost Radkivka, but its milbloggers keep denying Ukraine’s confirmed progress.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/14/i...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/14/i...
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"I have lived through a great deal of terrible evil in my life -the Holocaust&repressions.I made it my duty to outlive Putin."
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"I have lived through a great deal of terrible evil in my life -the Holocaust&repressions.I made it my duty to outlive Putin."
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
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14 December 1921 | A Pole, Henryk Hampel, was born in Warsaw. An optician.
In #Auschwitz from 1 February 1941.
No. 9905
He perished in the camp on 20 April 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 1 February 1941.
No. 9905
He perished in the camp on 20 April 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
14 December 1921 | A Pole, Henryk Hampel, was born in Warsaw. An optician.
In #Auschwitz from 1 February 1941.
No. 9905
He perished in the camp on 20 April 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 1 February 1941.
No. 9905
He perished in the camp on 20 April 1942.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
❗️🇷🇺Russian GRU hackers attacked 🇺🇸US critical infrastructure — a grand jury indictment in California has been unsealed.
They carried out attacks on an airport in Missouri, water supply systems in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, a meat processing plant in California,
They carried out attacks on an airport in Missouri, water supply systems in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, a meat processing plant in California,
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Don't reward the aggressor #Putin for bad behavior. You #Trump know better than anyone that that won't help.
Odesa heeft een totale energie Blackout. De stad zit volledig zonder elektriciteit, zonder warm water en verwarming voor meer dan een miljoen inwoners.
Rusland heeft 100% van de energie-infrastructuur van Odessa vernietigd. Alle onderstations zijn vernietigd. Een oorlogsmisdaad.
Rusland heeft 100% van de energie-infrastructuur van Odessa vernietigd. Alle onderstations zijn vernietigd. Een oorlogsmisdaad.
December 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
December 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM