понедельник, 21 декабря 2015 г.

Salaam Aruch – Greek Jew. Worked as a stevedore. Passionately fond of Boxing. In 1941, at the age of 17, became the champion of the Balkans in the Middleweight. In 1943, his parents, three younger sisters and brother, together with other Jews from Thessaloniki were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp (from 47 000 of those arrested by Greek Jews will survive only 2 000). His mother and sisters immediately killed in the gas chambers.

One of the officers for their entertainment were recruited from newly arrived prisoners who can participate in Boxing matches, and Aruch became one of them. The choice before him was simple and terrible: if you win, you get a loaf of bread and another few days to support their lives and the lives of their family, but if you lose, you will be killed in the gas chamber. Him as a boxer, not directed at the physical work – he was an accountant. After a while in the gas chamber died of his weakened father. His brother refused to pull out the gold teeth of dead and was shot.

During fights the guards of the camp were arranged by a tote. Salaam has won over 200 fights. All the losers were killed in gas chambers. Knowing this, the boxers fought hard. In 1989, this story was filmed "Triumph of the spirit".

четверг, 17 декабря 2015 г.

In 1942, the controversial actress, Hedy Lamarr patented a secret communication tool, which dynamically changed the broadcast frequency to prevent interception by the enemy. The impetus for the invention was the message fotoplenka 17 September 1940 evacuation ship, which took the lives of 77 children. Already in 1962, this invention was used in the American torpedoes, and today is used in mobile communication and Wi-Fi.

вторник, 15 декабря 2015 г.

     The flag of the United Kingdom has such a complex shape is no coincidence.
       Its history began after the announcement of the Union of England 
       and Scotland in 1603. Flag got by imposing the English flag of
       St.George (red cross on white background) on the Scottish flag of
       St. Andrew (white diagonal cross on a blue background).
       When in 1801 the Kingdom of Ireland joined, put the flag of
       St. Patrick (red diagonal cross on white background). 
       It is worth noting that some Welsh appeal put it on the whole web 
       and its symbol — the red dragon, but that would be unlikely.

четверг, 10 декабря 2015 г.

   In the First world war pigeon post was widely used by all warring countries. In some of them, the marine, she was used on military ships. Particularly notable birds for merit were awarded orders and medals. Moreover, in the British army the homing pigeon number 888 was awarded the rank of Colonel. When he died, he was buried with all the honors, put in the funeral of military high ranks.

понедельник, 7 декабря 2015 г.

The only justified on the first the Auschwitz trial in 1947, was Dr. Hans münch. He was a member of the NSDAP and the SS, but was the only employee of Auschwitz, who did not participate in the division of the incoming prisoners to work, experiment and "suicide." Although münch conducted experiments on prisoners, he tried to resort to various tricks to stretch the experiences for as long as possible, and to cause harm as little as possible. Thus he saved many lives as test subjects, which could not bring any benefit, sent to the gas chambers.
The most numerous ethnic group in the USA are descendants of Germans. The total number of people who believed their German roots completely, or half, is about 60 million people. This figure is comparable to the population of Germany is about 82 million.

среда, 2 декабря 2015 г.

                 Coca-Cola was invented by pharmacist John Pemberton
                 consisted of Coca leaves and Cola nuts, was patented as a medicinal remedy 
            for nervous disorders and sold in pharmacies.