Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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@mn5 said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Get a load of that! At least he knows his station...
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Two men not to be forgotten:
At the heart of the story is Zwartendijk and the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who improvised an improbable escape route from Lithuania to the Japanese port of Tsuruga and beyond. Over 10 frantic days in the summer of 1940, the two men issued “visas” to 2,139 people. Researchers estimate 6,000 to 10,000 may have escaped, as women and children often travelled on male relatives’ documents.
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Yet, long after the war, when the scale of the Holocaust was well known, Zwartendijk was never feted. In 1964, he was even reprimanded by the Dutch foreign ministry after a newspaper report about the mysterious “Angel of Curaçao” emerged. Brokken suggests that Zwartendijk’s heroism may have shamed his contemporaries.
Zwartendijk was furious about the reprimand, but he was tormented by not knowing how many had escaped on his Curaçao visas. In later years, in failing health, he never stopped asking what became of the people who had stood before him in that light-brown panelled office in Kaunas. His son thinks his father feared none had made it beyond Siberia. “He must have thought that most of these people perished. He must have been worried that he sent them to their deaths.”
In 1976, researchers assessed that 95% of Jewish refugees with Zwartendijk’s papers survived the war. The news arrived at the Zwartendijk house the day after Jan’s funeral.
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Partial quotes from:
Unsung hero: how ‘Mr Radio Philips’ helped thousands flee the Nazis
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Thanks for posting that - some people are truly astonishing human beings.
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@daffy-jaffy perhaps I rolled out of bed the wrong way today, but what's amazing about that? Other than the belief he has that no good deed should go unheard of on the internet?
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Pull-quote:
“ The “horrible” smelling vehicle needed to immediately be sent for detailing, the dealership claimed. Damages were estimated at $1,300. “
Short-list candidate for Headline of the Year:
Used car dealership reports woman masturbating in Jeep
This beater may have some problems under the hood. Police in Pensacola, Fla., were called to Bob Tyler Toyota last week after a customer looking at a green 2010 Jeep Wrangler was taken aback by a f…
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@machpants wheel it off to the 'glades!
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@dogmeat said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Highlights the difference between a gator and a saltie.
Man holding a chicken
Gator - Look at that nice man holding my chicken dinner
Croc - Look at that nice chicken garnish with my dinnerWhy'd no one help him
so much this
i saw a video the other day of guys stand-up paddle boarding in teh 'glades. Gator floated over and i shat myself thinking i was watching a snuff film. The guy sort of pushed it away with his paddle and it agreed, and floated off
The salty would have eaten the board as well.
evil fluffybunnies
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@mariner4life ha I saw that...I'd have gone all Lisa Carrington if I saw that; later 'gator!
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I reckon this is a real rabbit hole for Aucklanders of a certain age but interesting for anyone with more than a passing interest in the city's development.
Of course I could be wrong. Wouldn't be the first time (today)
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