30 May 1926 | A Czech Jewish boy, Valtr Hirsch, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 30 September 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
29 May 1896 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helena Meislová, was born.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from the ghetto in #Theresienstad on 6 September 1943 together with her husband Ota and their daughters: Vlasta and Helena. None of them survived.
25 May 1933 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sara Knoop, was born in Amsterdam.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 27 January 1944 and was murdered in a gas chamber right after the selection made by SS doctors.
24 May 1942 | Dutch Jewish boy, Barend Elburg, was born in Groningen.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
The Castle of Rocca Calascio in central Italy is older than most modern nation states.
Construction began in the 10th century.
That makes this castle older than the Inca Empire. Older than the Aztec Empire. Older than the United States, Italy itself, Germany, and France. It was already three centuries old when Marco Polo set out for China. It was already four centuries old when Columbus sailed for the Americas.
And it is the highest fortress in the Apennines...
It sits 1,460 meters above sea level on a windswept ridge of the Gran Sasso massif. Built exclusively for military purposes, it began as a single watchtower, raised at the highest point of a lookout system that controlled the surrounding territory. From its summit, fire and torch signals could be relayed to other castles across the surrounding mountains, a slow optical telegraph stretched across the Abruzzo.
In the 13th century, a walled courtyard was added, with four cylindrical towers at the corners and a taller keep at the center. The lower half of the castle was built with massive blocks of white limestone, the upper half with smaller stones. Up close, you can see the seam where the centuries change.
In November 1461, an earthquake struck the region of L'Aquila and tore through the fortress. The town below was rebuilt. The castle was not. Its inhabitants drifted away across the next four hundred years...
What survives is the silhouette. Four white towers and a keep, alone on a ridge above the clouds, visible for miles in every direction.
It is so cinematic that Hollywood filmed Ladyhawke there in 1985, The Name of the Rose in 1986, and The American in 2010.
But you do not need a film to feel it. You climb the path from the village. The wind picks up. The towers come into view. You stand in front of stones that were laid before half of the world's countries existed, on a peak so high that the world below disappears. And for a moment, you understand why human beings have always built things on mountaintops...
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Die zwei ersten Interviewten sind regelmäßig auf judenfeindlichen Kundgebungen in #Berlin und leidenschaftlich in ihrem Hass.
Bitte seht euch das👇🏼an. Danke. #FreeBerlinFromHamas
28 April 1930 | A Czech Jewish girl, Hana Becková, was born in Prague.
Deported from #Theresienstadt to #Auschwitz on 15 May 1944. Registered in the camp. She did not survive.
Der Mausebaer👇🏼ist etwas einfältig und glaubt tatsächlich, dass es nicht creepy ist, eine fremde Frau auf der Straße ungefragt zu fotografieren 😎. #b0105
Peitschen, Steinigung, Ehrenmord - das fordern arabischsprachige Männer auf der Sonnenallee vor laufender Kamera. Leider ist das kein Einzelfall.
Es sollte selbstverständlich sein, dass man nicht in Deutschland leben kann und gleichzeitig fordern, dass die Scharia über den deutschen Gesetzen stehen soll.
Zu den ersten Opfern dieser radikalen islamistischen Ideologie zählen immer die Juden. Doch sie betrifft nicht nur "die anderen". Sie betrifft uns alle in Deutschland.
Es ist eine der größten Bedrohungen für eine freie, demokratische Gesellschaft. Und sie breitet sich aus, nicht nur in Neukölln.
28 April 1943 | A French Jewish girl, Michèle Levy, was born in Paris.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 20 December 1943 in a transport of 850 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 505 people murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Legende Rob Gronkowski wird in die Patriots Hall of Fame aufgenommen. Tom Brady kam 2024 in die Hall of Fame des Teams, 2025 war es Julian Edelman.
Rob Gronkowski wurde 2010 von den New England Patriots gedraftet und entwickelte sich sofort zu einem der dominantesten Tight Ends der NFL. In seiner 11-jährigen Karriere fing er 621 Pässe für 9.286 Yards und 92 Touchdowns, gewann vier Super Bowls und stellte zahlreiche Tight-End-Rekorde auf.
Jedes Jahr wählen die Fans, welcher Spieler in die Hall of Fame der Patriots einziehen wird. In die NFL Hall of Fame kann er es 2027 schaffen.
Kommunisten👇🏼, wie sie durch Argumente und Lösungsvorschläge…. Och, nee! Kommunisten, die eine Frau stalken, das Bild ins Internet stellen und jetzt in Ruhe zuschauen, ob jemand sie bald killt.
Kann man machen, aber dann ist man halt erbärmlich. #hater#b0105#r1mb