# the netherlands (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover the netherlands. Page: Feed: --- ## [Freckleton air disaster-23 August 1944](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/23/freckleton-air-disaster-23-august-1944/) _2026-08-23 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ The Freckleton air disaster remains one of the most devastating aviation tragedies of the Second World War—not because it was the result of enemy action, but because a catastrophic accident brought the dangers of wartime aviation directly into the heart of a peaceful Lancashire village. On Wednesday, 23 August 1944, an American B-24 Liberator bomber \[…\] ## [Porajmos—The Roma Holocaust](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/23/porajmos-the-roma-holocaust/) _2026-08-23 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ On 15 November 1943, Himmler ordered that Romani and “part-Romanies” were to be put “on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps.” Between 1933 and 1945, Roma and Sinti in Europe were targets of Nazi persecution. The Nazi regime, building on long-held prejudices, viewed Roma as “a-socials” (outside “normal” society) and as \[…\] ## [Forgotten Hero—Ernst Sillem](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/23/forgotten-hero-ernst-sillem/) _2026-08-23 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ After setting up this blog a few years ago, I am amazed that I still come across stories of heroes I had never heard of before. Ernst Sillim was born in 1923, the first of five children. Shortly before that, his father, Albert, a stockbroker, and his mother, Annie, moved from Amsterdam to a house \[…\] ## [The murder of Captain Brownscombe](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/22/the-murder-of-captain-brownscombe-3/) _2026-08-22 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Captain Brian Brownscombe was murdered by a Nazi officer after being taken prisoner.Brian “Basher” Brownscombe was a son of Herbert Henry and Edith May Brownscombe of Watchet, Somerset.He served with 181 Airlanding Field Ambulance. The medical officer had been awarded the George Cross after keeping a wounded soldier afloat for five hours, following the disastrous Sicily \[…\] ## [Jewish Kielce](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/22/jewish-kielce/) _2026-08-22 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Jews began to live in Kielce in an approved legal status in the mid 1800s. They had a decent life except for violent pogroms, the last in 1918. A few Jews left to prestate Israel, and a few went to the USA, but most stayed because they had hope the situation would resolve. No Gentile \[…\] ## [French troops in Co Mayo,Ireland](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/22/french-troops-in-co-mayoireland-2/) _2026-08-22 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ One of the most extraordinary episodes in Irish history saw a French naval flotilla sail to the Northern coast of Mayo in 1798 to help Ireland in its long fight to break with Britain. The 1789 French Revolution had been a huge source of inspiration for Irish nationalists and in the wake of the second \[…\] ## [Friday Full-Length: Colour Haze, Chopping Machine](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/colour-haze-chopping-machine-in-full/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ The prevailing narrative around Chopping Machine — which starts with the sound of… wait for it… a machine, chopping — is that it’s not indicative of the band that Munich’s Colour Haze would become. Its sound, not unlike its cover art, is darker, more aggressive at points and more obscure genre-wise, its lineup is different, and it lacks \[…\] ## [Mojave Experience 2027: Corrosion of Conformity, Black Moon Cult & earthlings? Added to Lineup](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/mojave-experience-2027-coc-black-moon-cult-earthlings-adds/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Hard to get more desert-weirdo than earthlings?, but the lineup for Mojave Experience 2027 has shown multiple times over at this point that as much as the experience is about place, the musical reach is less limited to landscape. That is to say, Corrosion of Conformity are many things, and generational heavy rock pioneers among them, but \[…\] ## [Planet Desert Rock Weekend VII Adds Rezn, ASG & Fostermother to Lineup](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/planet-desert-rock-weekend-vii-rezn-asg-fostermother/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Some comings and goings in this announcement from Planet Desert Rock Weekend VII, with Australia’s Child and Italy’s Black Rainbows being unable to make the trip to Las Vegas but Rezn, ASG and Fostermother stepping in to fill those gaps. I don’t know the reasons for the dropoffs, but between logistics and visa expenses, time \[…\] ## [Stinking Lizaveta Premiere “Stinkface”; Call for Fan Stinkface Video Submissions](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/stinking-lizaveta-cassandra-prophet-of-doom-stinkface-premiere/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Don’t worry, they put extra stank on it to help the cause. “Stinkface” (premiering below) is the lead single from the 10th Stinking Lizaveta album, Cassandra, Prophet of Doom, which is set to release in less than a month, on Sept. 16 in continued collaboration with SRA Records. To celebrate the outing and maybe just \[…\] ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/57mDUIWJZSQL) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol: Ca$h Grab LP Out Oct. 23; Title-Track Streaming](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/rickshaw-billies-burger-patrol-cash-grab-release/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ At long last, the album announcement and release date. Austin, Texas, bashers Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol have done well holding momentum over from 2024’s Big Dumb Riffs (review here) through touring and, starting earlier this year, eeking out singles even as the follow-up, titled Ca$h Grab, was still coming together. With the posting of the \[…\] ## [Early Moods to Release Ready for the Grave Sept. 18](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/21/early-moods-ready-for-the-grave-release/) _2026-08-21 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Not to be a nerd or anything, but a third record from L.A.’s Early Moods is a thing I’ve been looking forward to since the first one. The trad-leaning five-piece have torched decades and captured classic-style glories all the while, and with the significant time they’ve spent on the road behind them, they have yet \[…\] ## [From the Attic : The Great Drought of 1947-49: Documentary and Facts](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/21/from-the-attic-the-great-drought-of-1947-49-documentary-and-facts/) _2026-08-21 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Many people have claimed that we had endured summers as worst as what we have experienced so far this year. I had an opportunity to fact check to determine whether the information is correct, both through YouTube and other online and primary sources, but also with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). This is what \[…\] ## [Enslaved to Release New Album Mið Oct. 30](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/20/enslaved-mid-release/) _2026-08-20 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Okay, look. I’m not trying to cast aspersions or talk smack about either the band or the label here. If you’ve read this site for any length of time, you know I have a tremendous and long-standing respect for Norwegian progressive black metal forefathers Enslaved, and truth be told I’m very much looking forward to \[…\] ## [Black Feather Fuzz Premiere Fuzzy Catharsis EP in Full; Out Tomorow](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/20/black-feather-fuzz-fuzzy-catharsis-review-premiere/) _2026-08-20 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ It’s a new day for Brazil’s Black Feather Fuzz, who trace their origins back 15 years to 2011 and tomorrow release their five-song EP, Fuzzy Catharsis, as their first outing under a new name. It’s pretty close to their own moniker, which was Black Feather Klan — and surely the cultural connotations of starting ‘clan’ \[…\] ## [Acid Rooster to Release Live at Fuzz Club Festival 2025 Oct. 9](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/20/acid-rooster-live-at-fuzz-club-festival-2025-release/) _2026-08-20 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Ahead of a new studio full-length slated for Spring 2027, German fuzzonauts Acid Rooster are releasing their live album, Live at Fuzz Club Festival 2025, on Oct. 9 through — you guessed it — Fuzz Club Records. Right now, for those so inclined and of suitably expanded mind, the vibe-heavy single “Irrlichter” is streaming at the bottom of \[…\] ## [My Sleeping Karma Open-Air All-Dayer to Feature Rotor, Daily Thompson and More](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/20/my-sleeping-karma-open-air-lineup/) _2026-08-20 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ To follow-up on their ‘Karma Haze’ tour last year alongside Colour Haze, Aschaffenburg, Germany’s My Sleeping Karma are hosting a hometown open-air all-dayer on Sept. 12 with Rotor, Daily Thompson, Lucid Void, Abzug and Noisy Valet rounding out the bill. I don’t know if you call this Aschaffenburg Open Air, MSK Open Air, or just \[…\] ## [Never was so much owed by so many to so few](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/20/never-was-so-much-owed-by-so-many-to-so-few/) _2026-08-20 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Churchill’s speech commonly known as “The Few” was delivered in the House of Commons on 20 August 1940, during the Battle of Britain. It is formally associated with his speech on “The First Year of the War.” The famous line about “the Few” referred principally to the RAF fighter pilots, although Churchill also deliberately paid \[…\] ## [Holocaust Suicides—The Forgotten Victims](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/20/holocaust-suicides-the-forgotten-victims/) _2026-08-20 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Suicide: A Difficult but Important Topic in the Context of the Holocaust Suicide can be a controversial topic, but in the context of the Holocaust, I believe it’s an important subject to address. I’ve said before that I don’t believe the often-cited number of six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust is entirely accurate. I \[…\] ## [All is Fair in Love & War: Sex during World War I](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/20/all-is-fair-in-love-war-sex-during-world-war-i/) _2026-08-20 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ It should come as little surprise that away from the carnage of the Western Front, soldiers sought solace in whatever pleasures they could find. Amid the chaos of the First World War, the harsh realities of trench warfare often fueled desires as primal as the will to survive. During the bloodiest phases of the war, \[…\] ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rZI6gQrOJmXZ) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [Codex Serafini European Tour Starts Sept. 2](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/19/codex-serafini-euro-tour/) _2026-08-19 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Heralding last Fall’s full-length, Mother, Give Your Children Sanity (review here), UK weirdopsych troupe Codex Serafini are set to embark on a round of mainland Euro tour dates starting Sept. 2 in Hamburg. They’ll mostly be in Germany and France, which is often how it goes, but are also set to make forays into Switzerland, \[…\] ## [Neurosis, Emma Ruth Rundle and More to Play Roadburn 2027](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/19/roadburn-2027-neurosis-emma-ruth-rundle/) _2026-08-19 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Having already played Fire in the Mountains this summer and announced a limited selection of live dates, for the Fall, post-metal innovators Neurosis will return to Roadburn 2027 next Spring in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The band and festival are long associated, have journeyed together across years where the band has curated (2010; killer) and celebrated \[…\] ## [Eddy Kahn](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/19/eddy-kahn/) _2026-08-19 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Not every Dutch Jewish person who died during the Second World War was a victim of the Holocaust. Some Jewish Dutchmen died as combatants while serving alongside Allied forces and fighting against Nazi Germany. Their deaths occurred on the battlefield, rather than as a result of Nazi persecution and extermination policies. On 19 August 1944,the \[…\] ## [Khan Announce Fall 2026 UK & European Tour](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/19/khan-fall-2026-euro-tour/) _2026-08-19 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ The upcoming Fall European tour for Khan not only sees the Melbourne-based three-piece continuing to support their massive 2025 two-songer full-length That Fair and Warlike Form // Return to Dust (review here) and partners them with Skin Thief, for whom the Euro run represents new turf, but it ties together previously announced appearances at Stoomfest and Desertfest Belgium 2026. And \[…\] ## [Vulture Neck Premiere “Raining Fire, Raining Stones”; Self-Titled Debut Out Sept. 4](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/19/vulture-neck-self-titled-review-premiere/) _2026-08-19 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Vulture Neck release their self-titled debut full-length on Sept. 4. The Stockholm-based trio offer seven songs on the 37-minute long-player, and meet heavy rock methodologies and tones with darker currents of metal and a raw progressivism in the construction. What does any of that mean? Well, they have fuzz and, broadly speaking, are riff led. \[…\] ## [Saint Lawrence: The Martyr Who Faced the Flames with Courage](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/19/saint-lawrence-the-martyr-who-faced-the-flames-with-courage/) _2026-08-19 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Few stories from the early Christian Church are as striking as that of Saint Lawrence, a Roman deacon whose courage, generosity, and extraordinary composure in the face of death made him one of Christianity’s most celebrated martyrs. His story has been remembered for almost two thousand years, not only because of the brutality of his \[…\] ## [The 1934 German Head of State Referendum: A Pivotal Moment in Nazi Consolidation of Power](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/19/the-1934-german-head-of-state-referendum-a-pivotal-moment-in-nazi-consolidation-of-power/) _2026-08-19 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ The 1934 German head-of-state referendum, held on August 19, stands as a crucial moment in the Nazi regime’s consolidation of power. Following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg on August 2, 1934, Adolf Hitler sought to solidify his grip on Germany by merging the offices of President and Chancellor, thus assuming the title of \[…\] ## [The Dutch in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/19/the-dutch-in-the-sonderkommando-of-auschwitz/) _2026-08-19 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Before I go into the main story, I just want to point out the most disturbing aspect of the picture above. At the very front is a lady carrying a baby. We know now what her fate would have been. It is a disturbing sight on an old photograph, so just imagine how disturbing this \[…\] ## [They Hadn’t Seen or Heard Anything Related to Nazi Crimes](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/19/they-hadnt-seen-or-heard-anything-related-to-nazi-crimes/) _2026-08-19 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Victor L. Wegard was a war crimes investigator on the personal staff of Gen. George S. Patton, in North Africa and Sicily. He participated in the liberation of the Flossenberg concentration camp, collected evidence against suspected war criminals and worked on a team assigned to defend alleged war criminals during the Dachau war crimes trials \[…\] ## [HUFR Fest II Adds Denver Showcase Pre-Show w/ Cobranoid and More](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/18/hufr-fest-ii-pre-show/) _2026-08-18 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ So, in addition to the addition of the four-band lineup for the pre-party on May 13 — ‘The Denver Showcase,’ as it’s labeled below — and the badass bill for the rest of the days as has been so far revealed, HUFR Fest II announced this past week that it’s running a poster contest for \[…\] ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jJWgNxfxezjC) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Iron Jinn to Release Zeitgeist on the Run Sept. 19](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/18/iron-jinn-zeitgeist-on-the-run-release/) _2026-08-18 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Netherlands-based dark heavy progressive rockers Iron Jinn have announced their new album, Zeitgeist on the Run, playing off Paul McCartney and continuing the Louise Te Poele artwork theme from their recent 18-minute premiered-here single “The Futurist.” The record will be out Sept. 19, released at a show in Nijmegen with zZz, and preorders are up now for those \[…\] ## [Review & Full Album Premiere: Celophys, Neanderthal](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/18/celophys-neanderthal-review-full-premiere/) _2026-08-18 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Ukrainian solo outfit Celophys will release its sixth album, Neanderthal, this Friday, Aug. 21, through Robustfellow Productions. The band operates with Oleksandr Beregovyi as its lone denizen, and was last heard from with 2022’s Wulong, though “Paleo Dub,” which closes here, was also issued as a standalone single in 2025 and while four years matches \[…\] ## [Kamp Amersfoort: A Place of Suffering and Memory](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/18/kamp-amersfoort-a-place-of-suffering-and-memory/) _2026-08-18 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Kamp Amersfoort, officially known as Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort, was one of the main Nazi transit and penal camps in the Netherlands during the Second World War. Situated near the city of Amersfoort, it operated between 1941 and 1945 and held more than 35,000 prisoners. Although not as large or infamous as Westerbork or Vught, Kamp \[…\] ## [Karl Amadeus Hartmann— Protesting Against the Nazi Regime Through Music](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/18/karl-amadeus-hartmann-protesting-against-the-nazi-regime-through-music/) _2026-08-18 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Karl Amadeus Hartmann.was born on 2 August 1905 in Munich and came into contact with art and music at an early stage. He studied trombone and composition at the Staatliche Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich from 1924 to 1929. He hated Nazism and Hitler and anything that ranked extreme socialism and communism. A fellow composer, \[…\] ## [Domkraft to Release Night Songs Nov. 20; “Void Runner” Video Posted](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/18/domkraft-night-songs-release/) _2026-08-18 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ It’s kind of astonishing how identifiable Domkraft‘s sound has become over the last decade. There’s no doubt who you’re listening to in the new single “Void Runner,” even as the Swedish trio lean into atmospherics, adjusting the balance of impact and ambience that has made their records to-date so spaciously crushing while furthering the songwriting \[…\] ## [The Bleu Police](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/18/the-bleu-police/) _2026-08-18 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ The one thing I can be sure of after posting this blog is that my contact details will be checked a lot, especially by the likes of the “‘Polish League Against Defamation,” and will probably be followed with threats. Unfortunately, there are groups in Poland who will go to great lengths to get any bit \[…\] ## [Heineken’s 1964 Effort to Build Homes with Beer Bottles: A Vision of Sustainability and Innovation](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/18/heinekens-1964-effort-to-build-homes-with-beer-bottles-a-vision-of-sustainability-and-innovation/) _2026-08-18 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ In 1964, Heineken, one of the world’s most renowned beer companies, ventured into a groundbreaking project that fused sustainability, innovation, and corporate social responsibility. This initiative, led by Heineken’s visionary chairman Alfred “Freddy” Heineken, sought to address two pressing global issues: housing shortages in underprivileged regions and the environmental problem of waste from… ## [Noor Inayat Khan: Forgotten World War II Hero—Murdered at Dachau](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/18/noor-inayat-khan-forgotten-world-war-ii-hero-murdered-at-dachau/) _2026-08-18 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of Indian royalty and a British special agent, is remembered for her extraordinary bravery during World War II. Born in 1914 in Moscow to an Indian Sufi mystic father, Hazrat Inayat Khan, and an American mother, Noor was raised in a spiritual and intellectual household. Her early life was marked \[…\] ## [Materializer East Coast Tour Starts Aug. 26](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/17/materializer-east-coast-tour/) _2026-08-17 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Materializer is the two-piece of guitarist/vocalist Conner Poole and drummer Chris Poole, brothers who up until last year were bandmates in the trio The Swell Fellas. If you caught wind of that band’s 2024 swansong LP, Residuum Unknown (review here), you probably already know that the moniker didn’t really suit the album’s heavy and post-metallic atmospheres, \[…\] ## [Constance Tomb Announce November European Tour Dates](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/17/constance-tomb-euro-tour/) _2026-08-17 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ About a month ago, Washington heavy post-punk rockers Constance Tomb let it be known that the basic tracks for their new album, which is revealed to be called Exploding Head in the tour announcement that follows here, were done. Band founder/principal songwriter Tony Reed (Mos Generator, late of Pentagram, etc.) had already assembled a live trio and they’ve been doing \[…\] ## [Reached the age of 9 years](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/17/reached-the-age-of-9-years/) _2026-08-17 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ “Reached the age of 9 years” may seem like a very matter of fact and brutal title , but the brutal honesty is many of the 1.5 million children murdered during the Holocaust did not even reach that age. Reached the age of 9 years should never be said of any child as the age \[…\] ## [The Ribeye Brothers to Release Shipmates of Sound Oct. 30; “Not Today” Streaming](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/17/the-ribeye-brothers-shipmates-of-sound-release/) _2026-08-17 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ Set to release Oct. 30 according to The Ribeye Brothers‘ Bandcamp page, the band’s new album, Shipmates of Sound, is also slated to be their final outing, arriving as it will more than a year after the passing of frontman Tim Cronin. Cronin, of whom Red Bank, New Jersey, should almost certainly be erecting a \[…\] ## [Psalm Premiere “Pain” From Split LP w/ Erosions](https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2026/08/17/psalm-erosions-split-review-premiere/) _2026-08-17 · JJ Koczan · The Obelisk_ The vinyl for the new split LP between Freepoint, Illinois’ Erosions and Las Vegas’ Psalm is due in October as the first release through new Denver-based imprint Space Goat Records. The LP, manageable at 33 minutes and maybe a little punk for the shorter runtime, does not shy away from its sense of worship, whether \[…\] ## [A Murdered Family](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/17/a-murdered-family-2/) _2026-08-17 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ The photograph above is of Gezina de Leeuwe-de Jong with her four children. I presume the photo was taken by her husband and the father of the children, Louis de Leeuw. I reckon that’s why he is not in the picture. He was a son of Barend de Leeuwe and Sientje van Minden. He married \[…\] ## [Billy Fiske: The American Who Died for Britain](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/17/billy-fiske-the-american-who-died-for-britain/) _2026-08-17 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ On 17 August 1940, as the Battle of Britain raged above southern England, Pilot Officer William Meade Lindsley “Billy” Fiske III died in a hospital in Chichester. He was just 29 years old. An American citizen serving in the Royal Air Force, Fiske had been badly burned when his Hawker Hurricane was hit by German \[…\] ## [The Testimonies of Eva Galer (nee Vogel)](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/17/the-testimonies-of-eva-galer-nee-vogel/) _2026-08-17 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Eva was born on 1 January 1924, in Oleszyce, Poland, a small community where over half of the people were Jews. She had seven siblings, and she was the oldest. Her father, was a wealthy merchant and head of the Oleszyce Jewish community. He had an international business that distributed religious articles, including Torahs and \[…\] ## [I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman- Oh wait, you mean that Woman?](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/17/i-did-not-have-sexual-relations-with-that-woman-oh-wait-you-mean-that-woman/) _2026-08-17 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ In the great annals of American history, there are certain dates that echo across the decades: July 4, 1776; December 7, 1941; July 20, 1969. And then, of course, January 26, 1998 — the day President Bill Clinton stood before the nation, wagged his finger at the camera, and gave us the immortal line: “I \[…\] ## [The Limerick Soviet of 1919: Bread, Bullets, and Workers’ Power](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/16/the-limerick-soviet-of-1919-bread-bullets-and-workers-power/) _2026-08-16 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ In the spring of 1919, as the Irish War of Independence was beginning to spread across the island, an extraordinary and largely anomalous episode in revolutionary history unfolded in the mid-west of Ireland. For two weeks, from 14 to 27 April, Limerick was effectively governed not by the British authorities or the newly established Dáil \[ \] ## [Music! Whatever Happened?](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/16/music-whatever-happened/) _2026-08-16 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ Now, I don t want to sound like an old fogey or make the mistake my parents made by dismissing my music taste. There has always been a generational divide in musical taste, but no one can deny that the current popular music lacks quality compared to the music from days of yore. Without even listening \[ \] ## [Squadron Leader Phil Lamason and the KLB Club: A Testament to Bravery, Leadership, and Resilience](https://dirkdeklein.net/2026/08/16/squadron-leader-phil-lamason-and-the-klb-club-a-testament-to-bravery-leadership-and-resilience/) _2026-08-16 · dirkdeklein · History of Sorts_ The photo above is the gate at Buchenwald Concentration Camp. The phrase on the gate says Jedem Das Seine which is the literal German translation of the Latin phrase suum cuique, meaning to each his own or to each what he deserves. Buchenwald was a concentration camp established on Ettersberg Hill near Weimar, Germany, in \[ \]