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On this day in 1927, a Jewish girl was born in Warsaw. Living in France she was interned in Pithiviers with her mother before being deported to Auschwitz on the 3 Aug 1942 where they perished. Her name was Esther Korenbaum
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#BookerPrize #1980
A good read, dark yet funny at times.
#BookSky
March 12, 1945, Anne Frank known for her diary is murdered in the Belsen concentration camp at age 15.
Some believe her death was in February.
'Cyber criminals have secretly hijacked more than 14,000 devices worldwide in order to carry out attacks that are almost impossible to protect against security'
www.the-independent.com/tech/securit...
I'll be happier when I don't have his face in my wallet.
Just cancel the monarchy
Perhaps too many 😳
My 10th book in March
7 interrelated and intriguing short stories. #Readtheworld #BookSky #Guatemala #138
Daily Mail Headline: Pupils' drawings could be blasphemous under Islamic law, Labour councils tell schools - while music and dance classes may go against the teachings of Islam
Oh boy! What a headline...
Ask yourself:
"What am I being asked to believe?"
"Who am I being told to blame?"
Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on.
Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵
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Another excellent #BookerPrize book. An interesting and insightful story of life in South Africa at the time #1983
#Booksky
I'm trying to #ReadTheWorld.
Can anyone suggest authors who were born in #Brunei #CentralAfricanRepublic or #Guinea
#BookSky
Memories
Image thanks to PinkVilla Memories are funny things, each of us has them. They are things that come up when families get together and we’ve been getting together quite a bit over the last few weeks. My memory is poor however and I am often shocked at how much people can remember that I…
"Britain’s voting system encourages the belief that complex social conflicts can be settled not by compromise, but by conquest."
Completely right. It's never been more clear that no one party can speak for the whole country.
That's why we need PR 👇
#readtheworld #BookSky #137
#Mozambique
Short but very sweet
Black and white portrait of a young man, facing slightly to the right, wearing a jacket and a tie.
10 March 1922 | A Czech Jew, Kurt Fantl, was born in Karlovy Vary.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 29 September 1944. He perished in Dachau on 23 February 1945.
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Deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA
"Many people vote all their lives without electing anyone."
Great to see this in the Islington Tribune!
#ReadTheWorld #136 #Philippines
One of the most creative and inventive books I have ever read.
#BookSky
Bad take. UBI is unconditional access to resources. It says, "I trust you. Show me what you can do." It is the power to refuse until the pay is right. It is the freedom to choose paid or unpaid work. It fosters community and societal participation.
And ending survival fear is a psychological need.
#readtheworld #Philippines
#135 in my quest to #ReadTheWorld #Benin
I understood the first half of this book but got a bit lost in the second half. My French isn't good enough 🥺
#BookSky
Newcastle Central Station in 1963
We need one global time
Two really enjoyable games.
A simple story, beautifully told.
#BookerPrize #1984
💥 Professor Vernon Bogdanor writes for @financialtimes.com:
"An electoral system should do two things: ensure that the majority rules and that significant minorities are adequately represented.
First Past the Post achieves neither."
Country 17: Palestine
Men in the Sun and other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani
#readtheworld
A monochrome ‘spot the mistake’ scene featuring a postman cycling along a lane besides a half timbered thatched cottage
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes?
From Treasure magazine, 1965
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
Just awful