Good trivia, Elvis!! I loved this show as a kid, and did not know that.
Robert Clary was born Robert Max Widerman. He was held at Ottmuth, and then later at Buchenwald where he was liberated on 4/11/1945. He had 12 members of his immediate family held at Auschwitz, but he was the only one to survive.
In his later years he maintained close friendship with Werner Klemperer, John Banner, and Leon Askin, whose lives were all affected by the Holocaust.
The Holocaust was as devastating to Europe’s Romani (Gypsy) population as to its Jews, and for similar reasons. Data is sketchy, but some estimates have a higher-percentage death rate for the Romani than the Jews. The Roma word for the period is Porajmos, best translated as “Devouring”. However, the term is mostly known and used only by the rare Roma historian, since the cultural background of the people discourages recording their history.
The Manila Massacre was one of several major war crimes committed by the Japanese army against Filipinos during World War II. The Manila Massacre occurred in February 1945, while the Holocaust in Europe was nearing its end. In the Battle of Manila, during lulls in the battle, Japanese soldiers raped Filipino civilian women and tortured the Filipino civilians. The combined death toll of civilians in the Battle of Manila lies between 100,000 and 500,000, and most of those deaths are attributed to massacres by the Japanese.
Great stuff, guys, but rather grim. But war often is…
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Scary as it may sound, the Manila City Hall actually looks like a coffin when viewed from the top, as proven by several aerial shots proliferating in the Internet.
However, the shape is not actually a casket or coffin. Manila City Hall was intentionally designed to resemble a shield of the Knights Templar when viewed from an aerial standpoint. This symbolizes the fact that the country is under the strong influence of the Roman Catholic Church.
I could have added that Howard Caine (Major Hochstetter) was Jewish too.
The classic coffin shape seen in most horror pictures, with the angled sides, is called a “toe pincher”. In America, coffins are most commonly simple rectangles, though.
During its heyday, the Manila City Hall was criticized because of monotony, lack of entrances and the clock tower location. But after years of its continued existence, the critics praise the design for its original intent. As other people may view it as a casket or coffin when seen from an aerial standpoint, it was intentionally formed to look like a shield of the Knights Templar which symbolized that the country is under the influence and protection of the Roman Catholic Church.
One of the landmarks of Hong Kong is the clock tower at the Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Terminal (formerly the Star Ferry) at the tip of the Kowloon peninsula.
One of the landmarks of San Francisco is the Ferry Building at the east end of Market Street. It opened in 1898 and survived the earthquakes of 1906 and 1989. It was the second busiest transit terminal in the world, second only to London’s Charing Cross Station, until the 1930s when the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge was built.
Charing Cross is named for the twelfth and last memorial cross erected by order of Edward I, each one marking the location where the body of his wife Eleanor of Castile rested on its trip from Lincoln, where she died, to London for burial. While the original Charing Cross was destroyed on the orders of Parliament during the Civil War, three of the crosses still survive, at Geddington, Hardingstone, and Waltham Cross.
Crucifixion is a form of slow and painful execution in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead. Christians believe and profess that Jesus the Christ was raised from the dead three days after dying on the cross, and that He still lives today.
Crucifixion in the Philippines is a devotional practice held every Good Friday, and are part of the local observance of Holy Week. Devotees or penitents called magdarame in Kapampangan are willingly crucified in imitation of Jesus Christ’s suffering and death, while other related practices are carrying wooden crosses, crawling on rough pavement, and self-flagellation. Penitents considered these acts to be mortification of the flesh, and undertake these to ask forgiveness for sins, to fulfil a panatà (Filipino, “vow”), or to express gratitude for favours granted.
These customs are strongly discouraged by the Catholic Church in the Philippines, which considers them to be fanatical, superstitious expressions of Folk Catholicism and self-harm contrary to its teachings on the body. The Department of Health meanwhile often insists that participants in the rites should have tetanus shots and that the nails used should be sterilized.
The Philippines is the world’s leading producer of coconuts (the fruit, not the religious fanatical nuts), having produced 19.5 million tons of the fruit in 2010.
It’s not a question of where he grips it! It’s a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
Coconut water is a workable short-term substitute for human blood plasma and was positively tested as emergency intravenous fluid as far back as the ’50s. There’s been at least one documented case where a coconut IV was used in the Solomon Islands to treat a severely dehydrated patient.
The deadliest nightclub fire in history occurred at Boston’s Cocoanut Grove, a former speakeasy, on November 28, 1942, with 492 killed. including cowboy movie star Buck Jones. It was the second-deadliest single-building fire in American history; only the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago had a higher death toll, of 605.
The Peshtigo Fire of 08 Oct 1871 was a forest fire that took place in and around Peshtigo, Wisconsin. It was a firestorm that caused the most deaths by fire in United States history, with estimated deaths of around 1,500 people, possibly as many as 2,500.
The Peshtigo Fire occurred on the same day as the more famous Great Chicago Fire which killed about 300.
British Columbia joined Confederation on July 1, 1871, becoming Canada’s sixth province and extending the country to the Pacific.
Alberta was the next and last province (or territory) to join Canada. Alberta joined the Confederation on 01 Sep 1905.
Blues singer Alberta Hunter, who had been nearly as famous as her contemporaries Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters, left music to work as a hospital nurse. She was discovered in her 80’s by a producer who coaxed her back into the studio and clubs, before she retired permanently.
Hunter Boot Ltd. is a rubber Wellington boot and footwear importer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally known as the North British Rubber Company, the company manufactured vulcanised rubber products for over 150 years.
Besides rubber boots, the company also sells other products such as bags, socks, and other accessories. Historically, they have also been involved in the manufacture of tyres, conveyor belts, combs, golf balls, hot water bottles and rubber flooring.