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Although her family traced their origins to Cesare, one of the four founders of an isolated mountain village in Europe, Alcina lived elsewhere. In the aftermath of World War II and the abolition of the nobility, Dimitrescu returned to her family's former lands, which had fallen under the control of a neopagan cult worshipping the Black God ...
Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Мария Васильевна Октябрьская; 16 August 1905 – 15 March 1944) was a Soviet tank driver and mechanic who fought on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany during World War II. After her husband was killed fighting in 1941, Oktyabrskaya sold her possessions to donate a tank for ...
German atrocities in German-occupied Poland 1939–1945. The Black Book of Poland (21–24). The Michniów massacre is a massacre that occurred on 12–13 July 1943 in the village of Michniów during German occupation of Poland when approximately 204 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by German Ordnungspolizei and Schutzstaffel.
Gassed with her husband Max Sluizer and children Miriam Sluizer and Abel Juda Sluizer Petr Ginz: February 1, 1928: September 28, 1944: 16 Jewish Writer. Esperantist. Ala Gertner [16] [17] March 12, 1912: January 5, 1945: 32 Jewish Smuggled gunpowder into the camp to help the Sonderkommando blow up Crematorium IV during an October 7, 1944 revolt ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
Sinéad O'Connor’s final wishes for her children have been revealed.. The singer, who died at age 56 in July 2023, is survived by three children. At the time of her death, O’Connor’s estate ...
Lena Derriecott was born on January 27, 1923, in Washington, Georgia. [3] She was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by her mother and aunt after her parents divorced.. Her mother worked as a caterer for a synagogue and grew vegetables to support their community during tough times
Among the approximately one million foreign volunteers and conscripts who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II were ethnic Belgians, Czechs, Dutch, Finns, Danes, French, Hungarians, Norwegians, Poles, [1] Portuguese, Swedes, [2] Swiss along with people from Great Britain, Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Balkans. [3]