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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Black Ribbon

Black Ribbon Day

Today (August 23rd) is Black Ribbon Day. It is the day the European Union, Georgia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States remembers the Men, Women and Children murdered by both the Nazis and the Communists. The date was chosen because it was when the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between the German Nazis and the Soviet Communists was signed in 1939.

The Nazis murdered 24,826,424 Men, Women and Children (Non-Military Civilians) from 1933-1945.

That number also includes those in Targeted Groups that the Nazis specifically went after:

Jews: 6 Million Men, Women and Children;

Non-Jewish Polish Civilians: 3 Million Men, Women and Children

People with Disabilities: 270,000 Men, Women and Children (doesn’t include the 375,000 Disabled who were Forcibly Sterilized)

Roma and Sinti (Gypsies): 500,000- 1.5 Million Men, Women and Children

Jehovah's Witnesses: 5,000 Men, Women and Children

Homosexuals: 9,000 Men and Women in Concentration Camps (Doesn’t include the 50,000 Men and Women held in Regular Prisons)

The Communists murdered 149,469,610 Men, Women and Children (Non-Military Civilians) Worldwide since 1917 and the Communists in China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos and North Korea continue murdering Innocent People.

We should also remember the Ukrainian Men, Women and Children being murdered by the Russian Nazi Zs since 2022.

Saturday, August 15, 2026

81: Fronts

81: All Fronts

2026 is the 81^st Anniversary of the end of World War 2.

The United States is the only country that fought in every single Theater of World War 2.

The US fought from December 7, 1941 until August 14, 1945.

16,112,566 Americans served in the United States Armed Forces, with 291,557 killed and 671,278 wounded.

130,201 Americans became Prisoners of War, of whom 116,129 returned home after the War.

19,000 American Civilians (Men, Women and Children) were interned by either the Germans or the Japanese during World War 2 (1941-1945.)

5,000 American Civilians were interned by the Germans and 14,000 American Civilians were interned by the Japanese.

The US fought in the Atlantic Ocean Theater from 1941-1945 (US Occupied Iceland; US Occupied Greenland, Sank German U-Boats; Sent US Troop Ships to Europe with Soldiers, Weapons and Supplies, etc.)

The US Fought in the Caribbean Theater from 1941-1945 (Sank German U-Boats, Protected Shipping and Raw Materials, built American Bases on Non-American Islands, Protected Dutch Curacao and Aruba Oil from German Attacks, Len Lease, etc.)

The US Fought in the North American Theater from 1941-1945 (Sank German U-Boats off the coast of the US – Torpedo Alley; Protected Shipping Troops and Raw Materials; Stopped German Attacks on the US under Operation Pastorius , Stopped Japanese Attacks on the US – along the West Coast and The Aleutian Islands of Alaska which were occupied by the Japanese from 1942-1943, Won the Battle of the Saint Lawrence, Lend Lease, etc.)

The US Fought in the Latin American Theater from 1941-1945 (Sank German U-Boats, Built American Bases on Non-American Countries, Carried out Espionage on the Germans, Lend Lease, etc.)

The US Fought in the Western European Theater from 1941-1945 (Lend Lease, Sent Undercover Agents of the Office of Strategic Services to German-Occupied Territory, Bombed Germany, D-Day Landings in northern France, Liberation of France, Operation Market Garden, The Battle of the Bulge, Crossing the Rhine River into Germany, Meeting with the Soviets at the Elbe River, the Liberation of Concentration Camps, etc.)

The US Fought in the Eastern European Theater from 1941-1945 (Lend Lease, Sent Arctic Conveys to supply the USSR, Warsaw Airlift, etc.)

The US Fought in the Mediterranean Theater from 1942-1945 (Sent Conveys to break the Siege of Malta, Invasion of Sicily, Invasion of the rest of Italy, Invasion of southern France, Battle of Anzio, Liberation of Rome, etc.)

The US Fought in the North Africa Theater from 1942-1945 (Operation Torch – Invasion of Morocco and Tunisia, etc.)

The US Fought in the African Theater from 1942-1945 (Lend Lease, Protected against German Attacks, Shipped Raw Materials, etc.)

The US Fought in the Middle East Theater from 1942-1945 (Lend Lease, Sent Materials and Men to British Mandatory of Palestine, Protected Egypt, etc.)

The US Fought in the Antarctic Theater from 1942-1945 (Operation Tabarin, etc.)

The US Fought in the Australia/New Zealand Theater from 1941-1945 (Lend Lease, Protected against Japanese Invasion, Built US Bases, etc.)

The US Fought in the Pacific Theater from 1941-1945 (Fought the Japanese Island-To Island, The American Territories of the Philippines and Guam were Occupied by the Japanese from 1942-1945, Bombed Japan including the Doolittle Raid, Battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, Battle of Guadalcanal, Sank Japanese Subs, Burma Campaign, Battle of Saipan, Liberation of the Philippines, Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa, Dropped Atomic Bombs, etc.)

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Forced Laborer

After World War 2 ended in 1945 there were 11 Million Displaced People in Europe.

(A 14-year-old Ukrainian Forced Laborer repairs damaged motor vehicles in a Berlin Workshop of the German Wehrmacht. January 1945.)

Most were used as Forced Laborers by the Germans from 1939-1945.

During the War the Germans abducted 15 Million Non-Jewish Men, Women and Children from 20 German-Occupied Countries across Europe and used them for Forced Labor for the German War Effort inside Germany.

During the War the Germans abducted 7 Million Non-Jewish Men, Women and Children from Poland and the Soviet Union (Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians, etc.) aged 10-70 calling them Ostarbeiter or Eastern Workers sent them to Germany and treated them more harshly than Forced Laborers from any other Country.

During the War the Germans abducted (under the Codename: Heuaktion or Hay Operation) 50,000 Non-Jewish Polish and Ukrainian Children aged 10 to 14 years old and used them as Forced Labor for the German War Effort in Germany.

Of the 3 Million Soviet Prisoners of War captured by the Germans during the War 200,000 were used as Forced Laborers in Germany. The rest were sent to die in Death and Concentration Camps.

During the War the Germans abducted 34,140 Non-Jewish Women from across German-Occupied Europe and forced them to serve as Sex Slaves for German Soldiers.

During the War the Germans used Vernichtung durch Arbeit or Extermination Through Work on Millions of Jewish Men, Women and Children in Ghettos, Concentration Camps and Death Camps. The exact number of Jewish Forced Laborers is unknown.

Helping the Displaced Persons:

In 1943, while the War was still going on, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was created to help return the Millions of Jewish and Non-Jewish Displaced Persons across Europe.

The International Refugee Organization (IRO), a temporary organization of the UN, was founded in April 1946 and took over the functions of UNRRA.

The IRO dissolved itself in 1952.

Returning the Displaced Persons by the UNRRA and the IPO:

5.2 Million Soviet Civilians and Soviet Prisoners-Of-War were repatriated to the Soviet Union.

Every single Soviet Men, Women and Child that was used as Forced Labor in Germany along with Millions who were used as Forced Labor in German-Occupied Soviet Union were treated as Criminals by the Soviet Government with most going from a German Concentration or Death Camp to a Soviet Gulag for years.

The United States stopped Forced Repatriation of Soviet Citizens to the USSR in October 1945.

1.6 Million Polish Men, Women and Children went back to Poland.

1.5 Million French Men, Women and Children went back to France.

900,000 Italian Men, Women and Children went back to Italy.

300,000 Czechoslovak Men, Women and Children went back to Czechoslovakia.

300,000 Dutch Men, Women and Children went back to the Netherlands.

300,000 Hungarian Men, Women and Children went back to Hungary.

Millions more Displaced Persons went back to their Home Country on their Own.

Millions of Displaced Persons could not or did not want to return to their Home Countries (mainly because of the new Soviet-Backed Communist Governments there.)

300,000 of Jewish Displaced Persons could not or did not want to return to their Home Countries.

German Reparations After the War:

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (1951) signed by West Germany and 23 National and International Jewish Organizations.

$90 Billion US Dollars have been given to Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Relatives since 1952.

Jewish Holocaust Survivors living in the Soviet Union or behind the Iron Curtain could not receive any money until 1992.

The Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany (1952) signed West Germany and Israel.

Israel has received $97.21Billion US Dollars since 1952.

The London Agreement (1953) signed by West Germany and covered Belgium, Canada, Ceylon, Denmark, France, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Pakistan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia.

The USSR and other Communist Countries (including East Germany) refused to be involved.

It included Debt from World War 1, the 1920s, the 1930s and World War 2.

On October 3, 2010, the last Debt Payment of 69.9 Million Euros was made.

The Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" (2000) a project of the German Federal Government and 6,500 Companies of the German Industry Foundation Initiative was established to give Reparations to Jewish and Non-Jewish Forced Laborers.

$11.8 Million US Dollars were given to Forced Laborers (mostly from the Former Soviet Union: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia who were forbidden to receive any Reparations from 1945-1991) from 2000-2007.

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Klaus Langer

Klaus Langer

Klaus Langer was born on April 12, 1924 in Gleiwitz, Germany (Present Day Gliwice, Poland.)

His Parents were Erich and Rose Langer.

In 1936 they left Gleiwitz and moved to Essen.

He began his Diary after his Bar Mitzvah in March 1937 and recorded the unfolding discrimination against the Jews of his town in the 1930s.

He wrote about his and his Family attempt to flee Nazi Germany following Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) when the Germans carried out an Anti-Jewish Pogrom in Germany and Austria on November 9-10, 1938.

The Germans destroyed 1,400 Synagogues and 7,000 Jewish Businesses.

The Germans forced all the Jews to pay the “Judenvermögensabgabe” (Jewish Capital Levy) for the damage done during the Pogrom.

All Jewish Insurance Money went to the Germans as did the Equivalent of $7 Billion US Dollars in 2026 Money paid by the Individual Jews themselves.

The Germans murdered 2,000 Jews.

The Germans arrested 30,000 Jewish Men and sent them to Concentration Camps (including Klaus’ Father.)

Klaus Langer’s Diary:

November 28, 1938

On November 23, Father came home and immediately began to work on the emigration process. The only two countries to which Father’s pension could be transferred were Chile and Palestine. By his calculation, his income would not be enough to make a living in Palestine and the question then arose whether he would be able to supplement his pension. There was also them question whether the Nazis would continue to send his pension abroad. As an amateur musician it was almost impossible to make a living in Palestine because of the many other Jewish musicians who had emigrated there. In Chile the situation was somewhat better and it would have been possible to live there on the pension … Father had to give up hope for emigrating to Argentina. He is now hoping to get a business license for Palestine. It would be best if we could all go to Palestine.

December 14, 1938

According to the new law, Jews are allowed to take only essentials with them when they emigrate. The new regulation requires rehabilitation to the German Government for the destruction caused over Kristallnacht.

December 19, 1938

Regarding the emigration of my Parents I have the following to report. First came two refusals from Argentina for lack of letters of credit. We don’t have an affidavit for the US. India requires firm employment. Father is now trying to go to the Peru and Uruguay Consulates. However nothing further.

January 5, 1939,

My Parents had to all but give up hope for South America. However, India is still an open possibility. Their chances for emigrating to the US also are very slim because they have a very high waiting number – 25,000.

Note:

Klaus Langer was able to flee Nazi Germany on September 2, 1939 (the day World War 2 started) for Neutral Denmark.

He emigrated to British Mandatory Palestine (Present Day Israel) in January 1940 (before the German Invasion of Denmark in April 1940.)

His Parents were not able to leave Germany.

His Mother died on September 8, 1941.

His Father was deported on April 21, 1942 to the Izbica Libelska Work Camp in German-Occupied Poland where he was later sent to the Death Camps and murdered.

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Enjoying

Eating And Enjoying

Having a Baguette Sandwich and some Wine along the Seine River in Paris, France.

Having some Bangers and Mash (Sausage and Mashed Potatoes) with a Pale Ale along the River Thames in London, England.

Having some Shashlik (Shish-Kabab) and YarPivo sitting on a park bench by the Volga River in Yaroslavl, Russia.

Having a Currywurst and a Pilsener while sitting along the Rhein River in Germany.

Having some Chicken Kyiv and some Arsenal along the Dnieper River in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Having a Cheeseburger and an IPA along the Potomac River in Washington DC.

Having Minc and Tatties (Beef and Potatoes) and a Scotch Ale along Loch Lomond in Scotland.

Having some Cevapcici and some Ozujsko by the Adriatic Sea in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Having some Schnitzel and a Goldstar Dark at the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Having some Moussaka and a KEO along the Mediterranean Sea in Limassol, Cyprus.

A good drink, some tasty food and a nice body of water is all I need.

Note: I have done all of these.

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Years Unchanged

The United States of America will be 250 years old on July 4, 2026.

It is one of the oldest Countries in the World (that has remained unchanged - i.e. a Republic for that whole time.)

I know it is Controversial, but I believe a Country’s age doesn’t depend on only when it was First Founded, but when the Last Major Government Restructuring Occurred.

Example: Some People may think that Germany is 155 years old (since it was Unified in 1871), but I consider Germany to be 77 years old (when West Germany was created in 1949) and not 36 years old (when West Germany and East Germany reunited in 1990) because the Current Germany is a continuation of West Germany with the eastern part added to it.

Here are some other Countries and how old they are.

Armenia is 35 years old (Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.)

Australia is 30 years old (The Australia Acts from the United Kingdom in 1986.)

Austria is 71 years old (The Neutrality Act in 1955.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina is 34 years old (Independence from Yugoslavia in 1992.)

Brazil is 204 years old (Independence from Portugal in 1822.)

Canada is 44 years old (Patriation from the United Kingdom in 1982.)

China is 77 years old (Establishment of the Communist People’s Republic in 1949.)

Cuba is 67 years old (Establishment of Communist Cuba in 1959.)

Denmark is 1,061 years old (Unification in 965.)

Egypt is 73 years old (when the Republic declared in 1953.)

France is 68 years old (when the 5^th French Republic was declared in 1958.)

Germany is 77 years old (when West Germany was created in 1949.)

Greece is 52 years old (when the 3^rd Hellenic Republic was declared in 1974.)

India is 76 years old (when the Republic was declared in 1950.)

Iran is 47 years old (when the Islamic Republic was declared in 1979.)

Ireland is 77 years old (when the Republic was declared in 1949.)

Israel is 78 years old (Independence from the United Kingdom in 1948.)

Itay is 80 years old (when the Republic was declared in 1946.)

Japan is 79 years old (when the Empire of Japan ended in 1947.)

Latvia is 35 years old (Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.)

Liechtenstein is 160 years old (Separation from the German Confederation in 1866.)

Malta is 52 years old (when the Republic was declared in 1974.)

Mexico is 106 years old (the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1920.)

Monaco is 24 years old (the Franco-Monégasque Treaty of 2002.)

The Netherlands is 211 years old (when the Kingdom was established in 1815.)

New Zealand is 39 years old (the Constitution Act of 1987 from the United Kingdom.)

Poland is 37 years old (when the 3^rd Republic was declared in 1989.)

Russia is 35 years old (when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.)

South Africa is 65 years old (when the Republic was declared in 1961.)

Spain is 48 years old (when Democracy was restored in 1978.)

Switzerland is 178 years old (when Confederation happened in 1848.)

Ukraine is 35 years old (Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.)

The United Kingdom is 104 years old (when the Act of Union of Great Briain and Northern Ireland was created in 1922.)

Vatican City is 97 years old (when the Lateran Treaty was signed in 1929.)

Vietnam is 50 years old (when South Vietnam was reunited with North Vietnam in 1976.)

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Eat And Enjoy