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The emperor has no clothes
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« on: September 17, 2018, 06:56:24 AM »

I thought this an interesting story.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/freddie-oversteegen-dutch-resistance-fighter-who-killed-nazis-through-seduction-dies-at-92/2018/09/16/7876eade-b9b7-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html?utm_term=.c3e99fdf1306
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« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2018, 07:01:13 AM »

Would make a great movie.  cooldude
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The emperor has no clothes
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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2018, 07:30:04 AM »

Would make a great movie.  cooldude
They said it had been, but I didn’t remember it.

I guess it was a Dutch film.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_with_the_Red_Hair
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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2018, 07:48:49 AM »

             Starting as a teen ager! Talk about Stepping up to protect Your Country! And she was Not the Only young lady doing that. The term that comes to mu mind? One Tough Broad!  cooldude Also comes to my mind she Was in FACT eliminating lucifers henchmen. RIDE SAFE.
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« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2018, 08:18:11 AM »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Pilecki

Fought the Nazis

Interesting cause of death

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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2018, 09:17:21 AM »

That is a very interesting story.  Thanks for posting that link.
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« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2018, 04:10:33 PM »

Foundation for the Righteous supports these aging heroes.

link  https://jfr.org/

I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my death I would rather feel joy, than fear.
— Pilecki after the announcement of the death sentence,

Been proud to support this group for most of my life.  A debt that can never be adequately repaid
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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2018, 08:57:41 AM »

Anyone who would volunteer to go to Auschwitz has to have a huge set of brass ones.  It never ceases to amaze me what some humans can endure.
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« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2018, 05:57:33 PM »

I had a Dutch resistance fighter as a patient some 35 years ago when i first went into practice...he swam in the swamps a lot to avoid the Nazi's..tough guy..an interesting historical read
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