Herschel Grynszpan
At the moment I'm reading Hannah Arendt's book "Eichmann in Jerusalem - Ein Bericht von der Banalität des Bösen". This book and all the history described in it is really... well, I am at a loss for words - horrible, unbelievable, sometimes incredibly absurd, but anyway real. I read up on some names that pop up in the text and that's how I stumbled on the story of Herschel Grynszpan. Early Years Herschel Grynszpan was born on March 28th 1921…
Iosseb Bessarionis dse Dschughaschwili aka Stalin
Der spätere sowjetische Diktator Josef Stalin als junger Mann (undatiertes Archivfoto). geboren am 6. Dezember 1878 in Georgien gestorben am 5. März 1953 in Moskau
Georgia State Trooper
in riot gear at a KKK protest in a north Georgia city back in the 80s read more about this picture found via nibblers suppe
10,000 Birds Trapped In the World Trade Center Light Beams
They were thousands of birds, trapped into the beams, confused by the intense light while trying to go over New York City, en route to warmer climates. The birds saw the intense light from the distance and, lacking any other navigational reference in the sky, they went into it.
The scramble for Africa
This year 17 African nations mark 50 years of independence from a resource-hungry Europe.