Posts by CitizenWald@historians.social
(DIR) Post #AuEUxtrtj135N1CZBw by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-05-18T21:07:47Z
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Here, a classic 1964 recording of The Red Poppies on Monte CassinoCzerwone Maki na Monte Cassino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc_6LHp82uA&list=RDPc_6LHp82uA&start_radio=18/9
(DIR) Post #AuEUxzeIEVjPIYsmoq by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-05-18T21:07:52Z
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An ironic by-product of Monte Cassino: Walter M. Miller, Jr., who took part in the US bombing 85 years ago, wrote a classic sci-fi novel about an apocalyptic post-nuclear war world that resembled the post-Roman monastic world of St. Benedicthttps://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/science-fiction-classic-still-smolders9/9
(DIR) Post #AuKuUirlJc0Cbee5Ls by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-05-22T00:47:32Z
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49 degrees (9.4 C), rare spring Nor'easter on way: 50 mph (22.4 m/s) winds, 20 hours of cold rainSo, a gin & tonic just doesn't seem the right reward for marking papers & yard workA Burnt Fuselage it is, then!Created by "the wild man of aviation"https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/4912/burnt-fuselage1/3
(DIR) Post #AuKuUjuHRjbvpkpbuq by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-05-22T00:47:37Z
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As long as we're on the subject of the dangers of early 20th-century aviation and burnt fuselages, I of course have to share this classic piece of World War I sheet #music (details in alt text)#aviation #WWI2/3
(DIR) Post #AuKuUkw5cUeV1egZNI by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-05-22T00:47:43Z
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Early air battles: 2 compelling book illustrations by #Czech #Jewish artist Georg Jilovský. Producing art for Austria-Hungary during #WWI did not help him during the #Holocaust. He survived Auschwitz, but his sons died there & his wife died of the consequences of imprisonment3/3
(DIR) Post #AvAFkYVTjR2n7G8gsa by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-06-15T18:05:24Z
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11 June 1942: Nazi Prague Illustrated Newsletter describes the mourning ceremonies and transition following the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. It insists: the Czech people reject the London criminals--referring the the exile government of Edvard Beneš & its British hosts1/3
(DIR) Post #AvAFkeGSKCamyP9mIS by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-06-15T18:05:31Z
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In 1942, too, a tyrannical regime was reeling from blows by elusive attackers.The Nazis identified the assassins of Reinhard Heydrich as Czechoslovak paratroopers trained by British SOE but had no idea where to find them. Display of items found at the scene, offer of a reward2/3
(DIR) Post #AvAFkkEC9WLhT893bc by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-06-15T18:05:37Z
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Nazi propaganda, 15 June 1942: Beneš is the Killer of the Czech Nation As vicious reprisals continue in the wake of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovak paratroopers, the occupation press urges the population to blame the exile government in London.3/3
(DIR) Post #Ax6uMEDXWGSPP8YqZc by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-08-13T00:36:05Z
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I am the master of all I survey.What? Oh. Why yes, that includes you, which is why I do not even deign to glance in your direction.Now leave be alone with my thoughts. I'll call you when I need something.
(DIR) Post #Ax6y9jmTFv3dLgCPeC by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-08-13T01:18:56Z
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@futurebird I'm sure he thinks so
(DIR) Post #AxbyKt8soUhhT6l0pU by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-08-28T00:16:58Z
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@futurebird I was struck by something odd in the accent, too, and could not put my finger on it--thought maybe it was the influence of time in the US
(DIR) Post #AyvK7ZWTKhsrIQ55MW by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-10-06T03:44:20Z
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5 October 1842 One of the greatest too-little-recognized days in the history of western civilization:#Czech and #German citizen-owned brewery in Pilsen (Plzeň) gives the world the gift of clear, unfiltered, unpasteurized Lager: Pilsner #beerhttps://english.radio.cz/underground-tour-pilsner-urquell-brewers-worlds-first-pale-lager-81484251/51/7
(DIR) Post #AyvK7fPbR9xDYqugUK by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-10-06T03:44:26Z
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Celebrating the anniversary of the first batch of Pilsner Urquell, 5 October 1842.I had the pleasure of visiting the brewery, taking a tour, and having a nice lunch there in the late communist era.If I cannot go to #Prague, let the Prague beer garden come to me!2/7
(DIR) Post #AyvK7m12srTC2iTfgO by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-10-06T03:44:32Z
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To be sure, some of the origins of #Pilsner #beer are clouded by urban legendhttp://www.beerculture.org/2012/09/19/on-the-founding-of-pilsner-urquell-mistakes/but the bottom line remains: Pilsner Urquell is among the world's greatest beers, and the originator of one of the world's greatest beer typesNa zdraví!3/7
(DIR) Post #AyvK7rMV0WbMchYNJg by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-10-06T03:44:38Z
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Admittedly, as any #Czech will tell you, fresh #Pilsner Urquell, fresh from "the tank" (z tanku) tastes far better than the bottled stuff we get over hereBut I will take what I can get and dream of better times#beer #Czechia #Czechoslovakia3/54/7
(DIR) Post #AyvK7xPYW4bzNv1tui by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-10-06T03:44:43Z
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Of course, the #Czechs gave us more than great beer#Czechia #Czechoslovakia #hockey #sportsI'll be most of you did not know that #Czechoslovakia was an early #hockey power in the 20th century (I did, because my father taught me well)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team5/7
(DIR) Post #AyvK83jyz2W510dIaO by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-10-06T03:44:49Z
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Naturally & regrettably, the #Nazis tried to appropriate & make the most of #Pilsner #beer: for the centennial, in the darkest days of the #occupation, following the brutal reprisals after the assassination of Reichsprotektor" Reinhard Heydrich by #Czechoslovak paratroopers6/7
(DIR) Post #AyvK8AB92xoCyzO4ky by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-10-06T03:44:55Z
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As if the #Nazi desecration of Pilsner were not enough:After centuries of cloudy, nasty beer, Plzeň in 1842 gave the world a clear, crisp lager--yet today, Americans celebrate vile "hazy" & "juicy" brewsHegel claimed, ‘reason rules the world." I beg to differ. I despair7/7
(DIR) Post #AzaewCiLrFgVtFPnoO by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-10-26T01:47:58Z
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101 years ago: 24 Oct. 1924: #Polish Novel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz died in Switzerland in 1916. In 1924, as his body was brought home to #Poland, ceremonies were held along the way Invitation & ticket to the memorial in the National #Museum, #Prague#Czechia #Czechoslovakia
(DIR) Post #AzeSA1lquwQ6MVJ8eO by CitizenWald@historians.social
2025-10-28T00:41:43Z
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#Boston Omni Parker House renovation: From garish past to serene presenthttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/lifestyle/omni-parker-house-renovation/?event=event12Everyone talks about Malcolm X waiting tables there--but how many know that Ho Chi Minh worked as a baker? Glad this story included that. Did he bake a Boston Creme Pie?