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Category Archives: Syria
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Where exactly is the line between the Near East, the Middle East and the Far East? I am so old-school, when I am in a remote location, I miss newspapers more than the internet. I have never received as many … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Colombia, Food, Germany, Macedonia, Maps, Politics, Syria, Terrorism, Travel, USA
Tagged Cartagena, CouchSurfing, Georgia, India, ISIS, Middle East, Tinder
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If you have doubts about humanity, listen to this podcast about a hospital in Israel treating wounded and sick Syrians. I wouldn’t have thought that many people read articles as long as the one about my decision to return to … Continue reading
Sean Spicer explains Gas Chambers
Pro tip: if you want to make historical comparisons, read a bit about history before you do so. Saying about Hitler that “he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing” displays … Continue reading
Posted in France, History, Holocaust, Military, Politics, Syria, US election 2016, USA, World War II
Tagged Buchenwald, Hitler, Nazis, Sean Spicer
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How Social Media made the World better
Two cities walk into a bar. Says Srebrenica: “I was so unlucky that my massacre already took place in 1995. A few years later, and the internet would have saved us. My people could have alerted the world about the … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Facebook, History, Human Rights, Media, Military, Politics, Serbia, Syria, Technology, Travel
Tagged Aleppo, internet, Srebrenica, Twitter
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When Donald Trump praises his pick for Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis, as “the closest thing to General George Patton we have”, does he refer to the mistreatment of soldiers or to Patton’s antisemitism? After my story about the Peruvian girl, … Continue reading
Easily Confused (60) Dehumanization
Dehumanization of Jews in Nazi propaganda: (Source: Der Giftpilz by Ernst Hiemer, published in Germany in 1938.) Dehumanization of Syrian refugees by Donald Trump: All that reading of Nazi literature really left its mark.
Posted in Elections, History, Holocaust, Politics, Syria, US election 2016, USA
Tagged Donald Trump, Nazis, refugees
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How far can you get by train?
One of my readers wrote that he had been wondering how far he could get if he took his local commuter train and continued traveling with no other means of transport than the railway. As a train enthusiast, I couldn’t stop thinking about … Continue reading
