A Nazi term for non-Aryan racially 'inferior' people, including Jews and eastern European peoples, among others.
Untermenschen
Fact of the Day
As a young officer, First World War general Douglas 'Butcher' Haig had spoken to Napoleon, with the aid of a medium and a seance.
Quote of the Day
"There will be opened a gateway and a road to a large and excellent science ... into which minds more piercing than mine shall penetrate to recesses still deeper.
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~ Galileo
On This Day
1282 The last native Prince of Wales, Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, died
1688 King James II tried to flee to France during the Glorious Revolution. He was captured but allowed to escape again later that month.
1936 Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry American divorcee and socialite Wallis Simpson.
1941 Germany and Italy declared war on the USA.
1972 Apollo 17 became the last mission to land on the moon.