The World Of History And Past Events

Book Burnings in Germany, 1933 On May 10, 1933, university students in 34 university towns across Germany burned over 25,000 books. The works of Jewish authors like Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud went up in flames alongside blacklisted American authors such as Ernest Hemingway and Helen Keller, while students gave the Nazi salute. In Berlin 40,000 people gathered to hear German Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels give a speech in Berlin's Opera Square. He declared "the era of extreme Jewish intellectualism is now at an end. ... The future German man will not just be a man of books, but a man of character. It is to this end that we want to educate you. ... And thus you do well in this midnight hour to commit to the flames the evil spirit of the past." Radio stations broadcast the Berlin speeches, songs, and ceremonial incantations to countless German listeners. Widespread newspaper coverage called the "Action against the Un-German S

'Rapists' are stripped naked and paraded through the streets as women slap them after 'attacking a 17-year-old girl' in India Two men accused of raping a 17-year-old girl were paraded naked through the streets with their hands tied behind their backs as women slapped them.  The pair were led through the streets of Yingkiong in far northeastern India by an angry mob before they were handed over to local police. 'It seems the public did such a thing before handing the two to the police,' Police Deputy Inspector General John Neihlaia said. He said the teenage victim agreed to go out with one of the men after befriending him on social media, but claimed he and three of his friends raped her. After they were finished the men allegedly dropped her home about 2am and the brave girl went to the police the next morning. 'Meanwhile, the victim's relatives and neighbours caught two of the accused and handed them over to the police,' Inspector General Neih

The Rape of the Sabine Women also known as the Abduction of the Sabine Women or the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women, was an incident in Roman mythology in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region. Full story According to Roman historian Livy, the abduction of Sabine women occurred in the early history of Rome shortly after its founding in the mid-8th century BC and was perpetrated by Romulus and his predominantly male followers; it is said that after the foundation of the city, the population consisted solely of Latins and other Italic people, in particular male bandits. With Rome growing at such a steady rate in comparison to its neighbors, Romulus became concerned with maintaining the city's strength. His main concern was that with few women inhabitants there would be no chance of sustaining the city's population, without which Rome might not last longer than a generation.  On the advice of the Senate, the Romans then

Man chops off his own penis in West Bengal North 24 Paraganas : A man in West Bengal’s North 24 Paraganas district allegedly chopped off his own penis in his bathroom on Wednesday. Man chops off his own penis Shyamal Munda, a resident of Bangaon in North 24 Paraganas district, went to the bathroom and chopped off his own penis with a vegetable knife without any specified reason. His family members immediately took him to Bangaon sub-divisional hospital from where he was referred to Kolkata. Nirmal Munda, the brother of the injured said, ”I did not return home in the morning today. After returning home, I saw pool of blood in and around the bathroom of the house. I immediately went and asked my mother. But she could not give any answer. So I ran to my brother’s room and saw pool of blood there too.” ”My brother told me that he had cut his penis and threw it in the forest near the house. Then I saw blood on the vegetable cutting knife. I took him to Bangaon sub-divisional hospi

A NAKED WOMAN SUNBATHING CAUSES A CAR CRASH Earlier this week, a woman in Vienna, Austria was sunbathing nude by hanging halfway out her third story apartment window to get some sun on her butt. ...Naturally that distracted some people driving by including two guys who got into a car accident...see comment for details By the time the cops got there the woman had gone back inside.