World War II

Anti-semitism and National Socialism - Moishe Postone

yoshomon — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:58:21 +0000

Anti-Semitism and National Socialism
By Moishe Postone

Wolf, Enno (1903 -1939/1940?)

Battlescarred — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:58:33 +0000

Enno Wolf was on born on 30th August 1903. Little is known about his life. He was a member of the Kassel group of the anarchosyndicalist Free Workers' Union of Germany (FAUD).

Hannibal, Hermann 1898-1963

Battlescarred — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:19:47 +0000

Hermann Hannibal was born on 8 October 1898 in Kassel. Little is known about his private life. He worked as a blacksmith. Between 1919 and 1925 he had 10 criminal convictions, eight of them for theft. He had two children: Franz, born on 4th January 1930, and Ilse, also born in the 1930s.

Berner, Rudolf, 1907-1977

Battlescarred — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:44:46 +0000

Berner, Rudolf (Rube) AKA Frank Tireur

Born on 14 July 1907 in Skövde (West Sweden), Rudolf Berner grew up in a small farmer and working-class family of many children. He attended school and learned painting and crafts.

1945: US responses to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Steven. — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:30:30 +0000

"...the greatest thing in history."
- Harry S. Truman
President of the United States during the Atomic Bombing

"It always appeared to us that, atomic bomb or no atomic bomb, the Japanese were already on the verge of collapse."
- General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
Commanding General of the U.S. Army
Air Forces Under President Truman

The Ninety-third Division - Black US soldiers' struggles in World War II - Nelson Peery

Ret Marut — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:38:39 +0000

Schwab, Alexander aka Sachs, 1887 -1943

Battlescarred — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:39:02 +0000

Born on the 5th July 1887, at Stuttgart, Alexander Schwab was the son of a choir master. He studied at the Universities of Rostock, Jena, Heidelberg and Freiburg in philosophy, ancient languages, political economy and sociology. He was a member of the Free Students movement.

Failla, Alfonso, 1906-1986

Battlescarred — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:02:07 +0000

Alfonso Failla was born in Siracusa, Sicily on 30th July 1906. He was drawn to the anarchist movement and was heavily involved in the activity of the movement.

Domaschi, Giovanni, 1891-1945

Battlescarred — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:54:42 +0000

Giovanni Domaschi was born on 30th December 1891 at Verona, the son of poor peasants.

They were never able to feed their eight children adequately, and three of them died young.

His hard life alerted him at an early age to social injustice and he began to see that the world was divided into two camps, the rich and the poor, those who rule and those who produce wealth.

1942: Luxembourg post office strike

catch — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:21:37 +0000

George Kieffer was born in 1950, the son of Michel Kieffer, a technician of the Telephone Department of the Luxembourg Post Office, who was active with his wife in the Resistance during the Second World War. Following the death of his father, George, who now lives in England, transferred the former's collection of papers, documents and medals to the Second World War Experience Centre.