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Olympic Prison

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Caryn

On September 5, 1972, eight members of the Palestinian militant group called Black September secretly entered the Olympic Village in Munich, West Germany. They were disguised as athletes. They broke into the Israeli Olympic team’s quarters, killing two members and … Continue reading →

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Left To Die

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Caryn

Few things can be considered as horrific as the tragedy that happened on April 21, 1930, at an Ohio prison in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State Penitentiary was built in 1834, had a poor reputation from the start. In 1849, … Continue reading →

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Escape from East Berlin

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Caryn

It all happened overnight. The people of East Berlin became prisoners of their government. The government was oppressive, and people wanted to leave. The government could not have that, so walls were put up encircling the city virtually overnight. Continue reading →

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The Avengers

Posted on June 19, 2021 by Caryn

What would you do if your life had been ripped apart by a group of people who really knew nothing about you or your people, but hated you and them anyway. That was the position in which Joseph Harmatz found himself. Born in Rokiškis, Lithuania Continue reading →

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Forced Labor

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Caryn

The Neuengamme concentration camp was established in December 1938, and used by the Nazis as a forced labor camp from December 13, 1938 to May 4, 1945, when it was liberated by British troops. At the time of its liberation, … Continue reading →

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Relief And Guilt

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Caryn

Yesterday was National Holocaust Remembrance Day, I started thinking about all that happened to those poor victims Continue reading →

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Liberated

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Caryn

On April 11, 1945, the American Third Army liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Germany. Buchenwald was a camp that will be judged second only to Auschwitz in the horrors it imposed on its prisoners, but on this day … Continue reading →

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Myths And Mysteries

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Caryn

Sometimes, it has to be accepted that just maybe, something is impossible. Still, when a challenge seems impossible, there is always someone who comes along and proves that it can be done. Alcatraz island, and the prison that is located … Continue reading →

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