Pages of History Pod

The Holocaust is one of the most misunderstood periods of history. Dig more deeply into the Holocaust, other pivotal pieces of history, and great literature.

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@Mooniter @TPostMillennial My thought EXACTLY.

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@AuschwitzMuseum If none of the other offers works out, I have recording equipment as well as a master's degree in Holocaust and genocide studies and know some German. I've been to Poland, etc., on Holocaust education travels. The pronunciations would not be completely foreign.

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@firefighter89 As you should. 😁😄

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@D_Winkelman @GopherHole True blue Husker here. You're absolutely 💯. Sad but true.

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August 27, 1942–Holocaust: First day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians.
1943–WWII: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
1943–WWII: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes the village of Vorizia in Crete.

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August 27, 1916 – WWI: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
1918 – Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only WWI battle fought on American soil.

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August 25, 2017-Burmese military genocide of the Rohingya, a religious and ethnic minority in Burma. Thousands were killed. Over 700,000 were forced to seek safety in neighboring countries as refugees. Approximately 600,000 Rohingya remaining in Burma face ongoing genocide risk.

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August 24, 1941–Holocaust: Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
WWII: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.

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August 24, 1914–WWI: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
1929–2nd day of 2-day Hebron massacre during Palestine riots: Arab attacks on Jewish community in Hebron in British Mandate result in deaths of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee.

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August 23, 1944–WWII: Marseille isliberated by the Allied forces; King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.

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August 23, 1939–WWII: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania are divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence".
1942-Battle of Stalingrad begins.

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August 23, 1914–WWI: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army; Japan declares war on Germany.

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August 22, 1941 – World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
1942 – Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
1944 – World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.

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August 18, 1963-James Meredith became the first Black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

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August 18, 1933 – The Volksempfänger is first presented to the German public at a radio exhibition; the presiding Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, delivers an accompanying speech heralding the radio as the ‘eighth great power’.

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August 18, 1914-President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.
1920-The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.

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August 17, 1945-Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.
1998-US Pres. Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" w/M. Lewinsky; on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship.

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August 16, 1940-Pioneering "Bloid for Britain" program sending blood plasma for WWII wounded from the US, headed by Charles R. Drew, officially begins in Britain.
1943-Bulgarian Tsar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler.
1944-2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise, Normandy.

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August 15, 1944–WWII: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
1945–Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in WWII; Korea gains independence from Japan.
1973–Vietnam: The USAF bombing of Cambodia ends.

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1848 - The Oregon Territory was created.
1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.
1948 - The Summer Olympics in London ended; they were the first Olympic games held since 1936.