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HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN FRANKFURT The tragedy of the Jews in Frankfurt was not unique to Germany but it did not make much difference for the victims of the Holocaust who were ghettoized, persecuted, and killed in Frankfurt Am Main between 1933 and 1945. In this detailed article, I investigate the his...

DNIPROPETROVSK 1941-1943: OCCUPATION AND THE HOLOCAUST As a Ukrainian and WWII enthusiast, I have always planned to write a detailed article about my native city of Dnipro, formerly known by its Soviet name Dnipropetrovsk. In this exhaustingly long material of 15 000 words , I discuss the history o...

GERMAN CEMETERY NEAR KYIV: DEATH OF WEHRMACHT IN UKRAINE 1941-1944 For a Ukrainian, writing and sharing articles, particularly about Ukraine and its history in WW2 is notedly important to me. The history of Wehrmacht war efforts, occupation, and death on Ukrainian soil in 1941-1944 is generally not...

BYKIVNIA GRAVES: THE FOURTH KATYN OUTSIDE KYIV As a Ukrainian, I am proud to share this new WW2-related material. Many history enthusiasts know about Katyn, but only a few know about other killing sites used to eliminate Polish POWs in the Spring of 1940 by the murderous Soviet Regime. In this deta...

ALFRED ROSENBERG IN KYIV: NAZI COLONIALISM IN UKRAINE As a Ukrainian myself, I am always enthusiastic about sharing WW2-related information about the history of the country during both Communist and Nazi occupation. In this detailed 15 000-word article I researched the issue of German colonialism i...

SPANIARDS IN MAUTHAUSEN: ALMERIA MEMORIAL The fate of the Spanish Jews as well as of tens of thousands of Spanish refugees is generally omitted in the historical narration of WWII. It took me two years to visit Almeria and its ‘Monumento a las Víctimas Almerienses de Mauthausen’ after a journey to ...

HITLER: THE RISE OF EVIL’: MOVIE VS REALITY I am delighted to share the final material from my WWII-related 2019 trip to Berlin and Prague. A detailed 10 000-word historical journey across all main locations of ‘Hitler: The Rise of Evil’. In continuation to ‘Schindler’s list’ and ‘The Pianist’, I i...