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The incredible "Haavara Agreement" between Nazis and Zionists

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The Haavara Agreement - see transcript of Circular 54/1933 of the Reich Ministry of Finance, August 28, 1933 below - was an official contract between the Third Reich authority and Zionist Authority... published 8 months ago

1 comment    education politics history

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Harry Dexter White: the man behind Bretton Woods, the World Bank and the IMF was a Soviet Spy

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Harry Dexter White (1892 – 1948) was an American economist and senior U.S. Treasury department official. He was a primary mover behind the Bretton Woods Conference, the formations of the World Bank and... published 15 months ago

0 comments    business politics history

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FDR, (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) my exploited father-in-law by Col. Curtis Dall

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Dall, who was married to Franklin Roosevelt's daughter Anna, spent many nights at the White House and often guided FDR around in his wheelchair. He was also a partner at a Wall Street brokerage. Dall... published 14 months ago

0 comments    finance politics history

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THE HITLER I KNEW: A Young Girl’s Memoirs of WW II in Germany

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If you're like me and always wonder how people could have fallen into the trap of Hitlerism, this book is interesting as a direct testimony of a real person who has been endoctrined by Nazism. I regret that at... published 10 months ago

0 comments    education history book

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The Bretton Woods Monetary Conference in 1944

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The first United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, from July 1 to July 22, 1944, established the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (now... published 15 months ago

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Goebbels and Nostradamus: fool the people with Prophecies

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In 1940, Krafft was summoned to Berlin by Goebbels to look through the prophesies of Nostradamus and translate any of them that could be used as propaganda against the Allies. It was felt that these, if... published 14 months ago

3 comments    education politics religion

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Reichstag Fire: the day after which Hitler's dictatorship began

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Excerpt from Encyclopedia Britannica 1987: On Feb. 28, 1933, the day after the burning of the Reichstag (parliament) in Berlin, Hitler's dictatorship began with the enactment of a decree "for the... published 15 months ago

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