Author: Jan Huisman
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Vienna Philharmonic withdraws honorary awards for top-nazi’s after 68 years
The world famous Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has posthumously declined six nazi-leaders their honorary awards. Among them are Arthur Seyss-Inquart and Baldur von Schirach. Historian Oliver Rathkolb investigated the history of the Vienna Philharmonic during the war. He concluded that the Viennese music ensemble enthusiastically embraced the nazi regime. After the ‘Anschluss’ of 1938, the unification…
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American post-war policy created conditions for Kim-dynastie to become all powerful
Last week, the new Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed his uncle, who was accused of betraying the “warmest paternal love” by his 30-year-old nephew. Kim Jong Un’s Uncle was likely a threat to his supreme command. His execution was a result of a power struggle of the inner circle of North Korea’s ruling family. The origins of this notorious and all-powerful dynasty, that…
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These are the last days of paper money. A historical survey
Some eschatological thinkers expect that the end of the world is nigh as soon as paper money isn’t used anymore. If that’s true, the last judgement is upon us. Last week, the Bank of England, the central bank of the United Kingdom, announced plans to start printing money on polymer. This thin and flexible plastic…
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The earliest pet-cats came from China
Approximately 5.400 years ago the first cats were domesticated in North China. That is about thousand years earlier than the first pet-cats in Egypt appeared. Chinese archaeologists made this conclusion after the analyzed cat-bones that were found in the Shaanxi Province in China. These first house-cats were smaller than modern cars. Scientists believe that cats were living along humans because the…
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Neanderthal-DNA found in 65% of modern Asians
The Neanderthal-genome is published, which makes it possible to do a wide range of research on comparative evolution.Researchers prooved the interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals already. Now, compartive tests show that 65% of modern Asians share a DNA-chromosome with Neanderthals. The chromosome is related to UV-light adaptation. This particular DNA-chromosome however left the DNA-genome during…
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Read Alfred Rosenberg’s diary online
It was quite a media-buzz when the American government announced that the diary of Alfred Rosenberg was found. Rosenberg, one of the top-nazi’s from Hitler’s Third Reich, was responsible for many of the criminals conducted by Germany. Speculations about the content of his long-lost diary were abundant, and DisputedPast went along with them. As it…
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Today is Willy Brandt’s 100th birthday
As mayor of West Berlin, as Foreign Minister and as Chancellor of Germany, Willy Brandt (1913-1992) changed the Federal Republic of Germany (BDR) like no other politician. Brandt was born in Lübeck on the 18th of December 1913 as an illegitimate child by the name of Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm. The name under which he…