11th November 2011
Matthew Porter Giant 2008
Reblogged From hydeordie
Notes: 651
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht-the night of broken glass
This post is a memorial for the people who suffered the night of November 9th-10th 1938 across Austria. It has been recognized as an instigator of World War 2. The Nazi party burned and ransacked Jewish homes and synagogues, burning books and important religious artifacts. Smashing all Jewish small businesses and shops on the street
A true turn point in our history, and should never be forgotten.
This photo is of the Ohel Yaakov Shul synagogue in Munich.
Bombing of Barcelona
Spanish Civil War
1936-1939
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In such a night, when every louder wind
Is to its distant cavern safe confined;
And only gentle Zephyr fans his wings,
And lonely Philomel, still waking, sings;
Or from some tree, famed for the owl’s delight,
She, hollowing clear, directs the wanderer right:
In such a night, when passing clouds give place,
Or thinly veil the heavens’ mysterious face;
When in some river, overhung with green,
The waving moon and trembling leaves are seen;
When freshened grass now bears itself upright,
And makes cool banks to pleasing rest invite,
Whence springs the woodbind, and the bramble-rose,
And where the sleepy cowslip sheltered grows;
Whilst now a paler hue the foxglove takes,
Yet checkers still with red the dusky brakes:
When scattered glow-worms, but in twilight fine,
Show trivial beauties watch their hour to shine;
Whilst Salisbury stands the test of every light,
In perfect charms, and perfect virtue bright:
When odors, which declined repelling day,
Through temperate air uninterrupted stray;
When darkened groves their softest shadows wear,
And falling waters we distinctly hear;
When through the gloom more venerable shows
Some ancient fabric, awful in repose,
While sunburnt hills their swarthy looks conceal,
And swelling haycocks thicken up the vale:
When the loosed horse now, as his pasture leads,
Comes slowly grazing through the adjoining meads,
Whose stealing pace, and lengthened shade we fear,
Till torn-up forage in his teeth we hear:
When nibbling sheep at large pursue their food,
And unmolested kine rechew the cud;
When curlews cry beneath the village walls,
And to her straggling brood the partridge calls;
Their shortlived jubilee the creatures keep,
Which but endures, whilst tyrant man does sleep;
When a sedate content the spirit feels,
And no fierce light disturbs, whilst it reveals;
But silent musings urge the mind to seek
Something, too high for syllables to speaks;
Till the free soul to a composedness charmed,
Finding the elements of rage disarmed,
O’er all below a solemn quiet grown,
Joys in the inferior world, and thinks it like her own:
In such a night let me abroad remain,
Till morning breaks, and all’s confused again;
Our cares, our toils, our clamors are renewed,
Or pleasures, seldom reached, again pursued.
Anne Finch
Lady Macbeth - John Henry Fuseli
1784inspiring scene
In 1941 Charles Portal of the British Air Staff advocated that entire cities and towns should be bombed. Portal claimed that this would quickly bring about the collapse of civilian morale in Germany. Air Marshall Arthur Harris agreed and when he became head of RAF Bomber Command in February 1942, he introduced a policy of area bombing (known in Germany as terror bombing) where entire cities and towns were targeted.
One tactic used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Air Force was the creation of firestorms. This was achieved by dropping incendary bombs, filled with highly combustible chemicals such as magnesium, phosphorus or petroleum jelly (napalm), in clusters over a specific target. After the area caught fire, the air above the bombed area, become extremely hot and rose rapidly. Cold air then rushed in at ground level from the outside and people were sucked into the fire.
In 1945, Arthur Harris decided to create a firestorm in the medieval city of Dresden. He considered it a good target as it had not been attacked during the war and was virtually undefended by anti-aircraft guns. The population of the city was now far greater than the normal 650,000 due to the large numbers of refugees fleeing from the advancing Red Army.
On the 13th February 1945, 773 Avro Lancasters bombed Dresden. During the next two days the USAAF sent over 527 heavy bombers to follow up the RAF attack. Dresden was nearly totally destroyed. As a result of the firestorm it was afterwards impossible to count the number of victims. Recent research suggest that 35,000 were killed but some German sources have argued that it was over 100,000.
Personally, I think after thoroughly researching the bombings on Dresden in my studies I found that it was extremely unjust of the RAF and USAAF. The war was practically over, and area bombing was something the UK had been a victim of, not a participant.
Just remember, the victor always writes history. Thats the reason we don’t hear much about these inhuman acts of violence committed by the “good guys.” It is too easy for the allies to point fingers at the Nazi party or the Red Army. (despite the fact they were an allied force)
Anyone have any opinions on the bombings that they would like to share?
I know its not really related to my blog but a group of true musical prodigy’s
Kill people
Burn shit
Fuck school
Alexey Titarenko Photography
City
Alexey Titarenko
paris
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- Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i
- Aperture: f/7.1
- Exposure: 1/4000th
- Focal Length: 55mm
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Pavel Petrovich Sokolov-Skalia
Russian, 1899-1961
On Berlin’s “Avenue of Victories”, May 12, 1945
Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
