The wisdom of being kind to every soul you meet and the knowledge to realize when you need to rise up like the minotaur or ancient sea witch that you are and curse a mfkrs entire existence on this mortal coil and beyond the gates of oblivion

“For us children, living in an attic was normal,” remembered Louise Lawrence-Israëls. Louise was only six months old when the attic became her entire world. Learn how Louise’s family survived the Holocaust in hiding, today at 1 p.m. ET.

This story now in the Times. “Under previous German law, gender reassignment required two separate supporting opinions from medical specialists. In Nov, however, the last govt self-determination act reduced the threshold to simply signing a form at a local registry office.”/

3/3 On April 10, 1943, all twelve Jewish patients of 's Heeren Loo were rounded up. 2 nurses accompanied them to Westerbork. On the way, they sang songs to reassure them: “They had no idea that they were leaving for good, let alone what awaited them.”

I just returned from an overnight camping experience in the West Bank, where 200 Palestinians and Israelis came together for an evening of dialogue and connection. The truth is, most on both sides are still too hurt, hardened, or hopeless to join such a space. The violence and

August 21, 1944 | The #Auschwitz Combat Group sends a communication to be published in the #London press refuting the thesis that only criminals and felons are incarcerated in concentration camps.

Auschwitz I site. The house located at the edge of the camp was taken over by the SS and turned into the villa of the commandant. Rudolf Höss lived there with his wife Hedwig and their four children: Klaus, Heidetraut, Inge-Brigitt, and Hans. His fifth child, Annegret, was born

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not a trend. It’s not a way to make your coffee shop look cool on Instagram. It’s not a fashion accessory. It’s not a cool rebellion phase or a way to appear smarter or more virtuous to your friends and followers. It is my life. Israelis

Phyllis "Pippa" Latour MBE (8 April 1921 – 7 October 2023) Aged just 23, this absolute legend was parachuted solo into Normandy on 1 May 1944 as an agent and wireless operator for the Special Operations Executive. In an area crawling with German troops, especially after D-Day,

Made a complaint to this lot several months ago. Standard response. Then nothing. The pension is useful yeah 👍🏻 The customer service however is appalling 😡

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"Fighters named in the Israeli military intelligence database accounted for just 17% of the total, which indicates that 83% of the dead were civilians." So, wait, we're assuming that 83% of the casualties reported by the Gaza Health Ministry are civilians because only 17% are

The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht is Number 1 Kindle best seller in Gender Studies. 🤣 Butler's latest, published around the same time? 29th in that category, since you ask.

I’m so glad the person responsible for this racist outrage against CHILDREN has been taken into custody (on charges related to religious discrimination- but we all know that antisemitism is hatred of ethnic Jews, whether religious or not).

Excellent piece by Julie Bindel informed by good sense and realism. Rates of recidivism amongst sex offenders are incredibly high, treatment programmes rarely work, and the priority should be public protection

Today is my birthday 🎂. This year was amazing, except that I lost my mother-in-law. I wish to myself to celebrate my next birthday in free and peaceful Ukraine. Thank you all for being here and supporting Ukrainian art ❤️

I have suggested some questions to the panel interviewing new chairs to various SG bodies next week. The interviews were planned before recent events at the National Library for Scotland.

August 22, 1933 | Jewish people are banned from public pools throughout all #Germany.

Some single-sex spaces and services are valid, useful, meaningful and sometimes *utterly vital*. For women AND men, in differing ways. Not always and everywhere but sometimes and in some places. My work is for boys & young men. Unapologetically. Enthusiastically. Resolutely.

Every abusive man belongs to at least one group - a family, a religion, a class, a claimed identity - that his victim will be accused of unfairly smearing / shaming / singling out by pointing out he's an abusive man, same as all the others