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Literature / Re: Chimamanda Adichie Blasts Elnathan John, A Writer From Kaduna In New Interview by ibro360(m): 10:36pm On Mar 21, 2015 |
this chimamanda thinks she's a goddess |
Agriculture / Re: A Nairalander With Girrafe In Kano Zoo(photos) by ibro360(m): 10:31pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
itstpia99:i think dats true because av never seen a giraffe in kano zoo before |
Education / Re: 10 Words Nigerians Use That Are Not In The Dictionary by ibro360(m): 12:35pm On Feb 18, 2015 |
na dis same english dey cause confusion for our constitution |
Politics / Re: Stealing Same As Corruption, Lawyers Tell Jonathan by ibro360(m): 1:36pm On Feb 14, 2015 |
amakufrancis:what have he transformed with d 6 yrs he had and d excess crude fund |
Foreign Affairs / The Jew Who Got Job Offer From The Nazis by ibro360(m): 7:21am On Jan 21, 2015 |
The Jew who got a job offer from the Nazis By Lucy Wallis BBC News 20 January 2015 Magazine Before World War Two 170,000 Jews lived in Vienna - by the end there were just 6,000. One of those who fled the Nazis was Freddie Knoller - now 93, he survived a Gestapo interrogation, Auschwitz and a death march in sub-zero temperatures. "I saw two civilians coming towards me. Each one had a hat on and a long black leather coat, and I recognised them immediately, this must be two people from the Gestapo," says Freddie Knoller. It was July 1943. Twenty-two-year-old Knoller, had managed to obtain false papers and get work in occupied Paris introducing Nazi soldiers to the nightclubs and brothels of the red light district. But that day he was arrested and taken to Gestapo headquarters. In a large room with a portrait of Adolf Hitler hanging on the wall, one of the officers interrogated him. "While he was talking, I saw on his desk a plaster head of a human being and he saw me looking at it and he said, 'Oh this plaster head, that's the head of a Jew, because we were taught how to recognise Jews by the structure of their head,'" says Knoller. "With that he got up from his desk, went behind me and he took my head between his two hands, tracing it. I'm not ashamed to say I wet my pants because I was so sure I would now be recognised as a Jew. "He said, 'Oh yes, I can see you come from a good German background and I think you should be joining our organisation as an interpreter, you will be earning a lot of money and finally you will be working with your own people.' "I felt so amazed, laughing [to] myself… 'Wow what an adventure to be able to get away from the Gestapo, and they want me to work with them.'" But it was a job offer that Knoller had no intention of accepting. He quickly made himself scarce. This was the third time he had found himself under Nazi occupation. The first, he had to leave his home in Vienna as a 17-year-old in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Germany in the Anschluss. His parents sent him to stay with friends in Belgium where they thought he would be safe, but when Hitler invaded the country in 1940, Knoller had to flee for a second time. He chose to go to France. "I read in these naughty books all about Paris, about Montmartre, about the Moulin Rouge with the half-naked dancers on the stage and this is where I wanted to go," he says. But things went wrong almost immediately. He was arrested at the French border for having a German passport and was interned in a camp for France's enemies in May 1940. After the Nazis invaded France a month later, he managed to escape and finally made his way to the bright lights of Paris. But his run-in with the Gestapo made him realise it was too dangerous for him to stay there. Instead of taking up their job offer, he turned to a friend for help and was introduced to the leader of the French Resistance. He went to live in the mountains near the town of Figeac in southern France, fighting the occupying German soldiers. "It was a great joy for me to fight my enemies instead of earning money from them," says Knoller. He learned how to shoot a gun and wire up explosives to derail an enemy troop train. "Our leader… made sure that whenever we put explosives on to the railway line, we hid it with leaves, grass, so it shouldn't be noticed immediately. Then he told us that we should go and observe, but quite far away, what is going to happen, up in the hills. "The train came, we heard the explosion, we saw the first engine topple over on the side and the whole thing just collapsed, but we ran away immediately back to our resistance group. I must say it was wonderful." Knoller (far left) with his brothers and parents - he did not learn the fate of his mother and father until 1995 He soon fell in love with a beautiful local girl called Jacqueline. But after an argument, she betrayed him to the Gendarmes. They burned his body with cigarettes to find out more about his resistance group and when he could not stand the pain any more, Knoller revealed his true identity and was handed over to the Gestapo. It was September 1943 and the Nazis had finally caught up with him. Knoller was sent to Auschwitz where he was imprisoned until the war was nearly over. He worked in temperatures as low as -25C carrying four stone (25kg) cement bags in the camp and was forced to run with them - he was whipped if he was too slow. "From time to time we were told to line up in front of the SS and told to walk," says Knoller. "The SS either said to us go left or go right. I put my chest out and I smiled at them, more or less to say, 'I'm OK to continue working.' I wasn't meek at all about it because I knew if you were ever taken on the left hand side they would gas us." In January 1945, as Russian troops approached, Auschwitz was evacuated. Knoller and most of the other prisoners were sent on a 31-mile (50km) death march in the freezing cold to the town of Gleiwitz. "We walked on that big road on ice and snow and some people just collapsed of the freezing cold in our thin clothes," says Knoller. "As soon as people could not walk any more the Germans, who surrounded us, shot them. Some people ran away into the woods, the Germans killed them." Almost 60,000 prisoners from Auschwitz were forced on death marches and more than 15,000 people died. "I walked and walked without caring what happened to anybody else. We saw people being killed, but it didn't affect me. I'm still walking and I'm still alive, that's the only thought that I had," says Knoller. As the German army retreated, camps near the eastern front were evacuated and prisoners sent westwards Those who survived were loaded on to trains and sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany, where Knoller remained until liberation by British troops on 15 April 1945. By the end of the war he weighed just over six stone (41kg). Afterwards, Knoller travelled to the US and was reunited with his two brothers. He met his British wife Freda there and the couple moved to London. For 30 years Knoller was unable to speak about his experience of the Holocaust, but he was finally persuaded to do so by his children. It was not until 1995 that Knoller learned the fate of his parents. They had been deported from Vienna in 1942, and by a strange coincidence were in Auschwitz at the same time as he was, but they were killed in 1944. "I'm proud to have fought for my life, and proud to be able to tell the world what has happened," says Knoller. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: 10 Most Expensive Cultures To Marry From In Nigeria by ibro360(m): 10:23pm On Jan 07, 2015 |
No wonder they have lots of old single sisters 2 Likes |
Education / 30 Facts About Africa by ibro360(m): 7:54pm On Dec 23, 2014 |
HISTORY 101 30 FACTS I BET YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT AFRICA 1. Gambia has only one university. 2. Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s only Spanish- speaking country. 3. South Africa is the most visited African country. 4. Nigeria has the richest Black people in Africa. 5. Samuel Eto’o is the highest paid Footballer of all time, he received about £350,000 weekly in Russia in 2011. 6. A person from Botswana is called a Motswana, the plural is Batswana. 7. A person from Lesotho is called a Mosotho. 8. A person from Niger is called a Nigerien. A person from Burkina Faso is called a Burkinabe. 9. Nigeria has won more football cups than England. 10. Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the world’s most educated President with 7 degrees, two of them are Masters. 11. Al-Ahly of Egypt is the richest club in Africa. 12. Didier Drogba is Chelsea’s highest goal scorer in European competition. 13. Johannesburg, South Africa is the most visited city in Africa. 14. Zinedine Zidane wanted to play for Algeria, but the selector rejected him, saying they are already many players like him in the team. 15. President Jacob Zuma was once a referee in prison. 16. President Robert Mugabe was jailed for 11 years for fighting for freedom. 17. President Robert Mugabe is Africa’s oldest Head of State and the world’s second oldest Head of State. He was born 1924. 18. The Seychellois are the most educated Africans. Seychelles’ literacy rates (Adult: 92% , Youth: 99%) Zimbabwe is 2nd (Adult: 91.2%, Youth: 99%). 19. Rwanda is a better country for gender equality than England and USA. 20.Somalia got its first ATM on October 7, 2014. 21. South Africa has the most Grammy Award winners in Africa. 22. Ethiopia has the most airports in Africa. 23. Ethiopia’s economy is growing faster than China's. 24. Eritrea’s President, Isaiah Afwerki is the least richest President in Africa. 25. Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country, it has existed for over 3,000 years without being colonised. 26. Haile Selassie 1 was the 225th and last Emperor of Ethiopia. 27. Nigeria has the most monarchs in the world. 28. Angola has more Portuguese speakers than Portugal. 29. President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has ruled Angola since 1979. 30. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest serving Head of State. He has ruled Equatorial Guinea since August 3, 1979 when he overthrew his uncle, Francisco Nguema. His son, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue is his Vice President and will succeed him |
Politics / Re: Buhari’s First Speech After The Military Coup Of 31st December 1983 by ibro360(m): 7:10pm On Dec 23, 2014 |
hayoakins:guy ur eye dey see too much |
Business / Re: Breaking!!! Prepare For AUSTERITY - FG by ibro360(m): 8:47pm On Nov 17, 2014 |
when there was oil excess fund we did nt hear any thing but nw dat there is a decline they are telling us to prepare because nw our suffering will continue 1 Like |
Nairaland / General / Re: Pregnant Woman Dies After Marathon Sex With Strange Lover by ibro360(m): 9:32pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
Vivipop:You dnt knw 9ja police mayb d tortured d dead woman till she confess 1 Like |
NYSC / Re: Printing Of NYSC Call Up Letters by ibro360(m): 12:08am On Oct 30, 2014 |
NYSC SITE IS BACK |
Politics / Re: Chief Diepreye Solomon Peters Alamieyeseigha (DSP) Son Dies In Dubia by ibro360(m): 7:27am On Oct 14, 2014 |
ba7man:living a diamond life with our stolen money, people like you encourage corruption. 1 Like |
NYSC / Thread For Part Time Degree Graduates 2014 by ibro360(m): 9:36am On Aug 04, 2014 |
pls anybody with information about 2014 graduates from part time degree programmes NYSC EXCLUSION CERTIFICATE. |
Culture / Re: Which Is The Easiest Nigerian Language To Learn? by ibro360(m): 10:11pm On Jan 04, 2014 |
broken english |
Family / Wole Soyinka's Daughter Dies by ibro360(m): 11:30pm On Dec 29, 2013 |
Nobel Laureate Soyinka’s Daughter Dies Dec, 29 2013, 3:12PM — siteadmin By SaharaReporters, New York Iyetade Soyinka, a daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has died. Ms. Soyinka, who was born June 6, 1965, died at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital where she was being treated for an undisclosed ailment. The death was disclosed in a statement signed by Jahman Anikulapo, an aide to Mr. Soyinka, one of the world’s foremost dramatists and winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in literature. The statement noted that the late Iyetade Soyinka was a student at the Staff School and Queens School, Ibadan before she studied Medicine at the University of Ibadan. Mr. Anikulapo’s statement described the deceased as “affable, intelligent and sometimes capricious,” adding that she “struggled with her health in recent years.” Despite her health woes, the late Iyetade Soyinka “greeted every day with a smile and doted on her two children.” The statement, which was issued on behalf of the deceased’s family, revealed that Ms. Soyinka “took ill quite suddenly and passed away while being treated at UCH, Ibadan. “Iyetade leaves behind two children, both parents, numerous siblings, nieces and nephews.” No funeral arrangements were announced in the statement. SaharaReporters was unable to reach Professor Soyinka before press time. |
Car Talk / Re: What DIYs (Do It Yourself ) Have You Done On Your Car Or Plan To Do? by ibro360(m): 10:23pm On Dec 29, 2013 |
Piyke:tnx alot all d answers to ur questions are yes, i will try to get d o-ring. |
Car Talk / Re: What DIYs (Do It Yourself ) Have You Done On Your Car Or Plan To Do? by ibro360(m): 9:50pm On Dec 27, 2013 |
Piyke:pls wer can i get d o-ring of honda accord 2005 V6,the power steering pump makes a whining noise every morning and d fluid reservior hav small bubbles. |
Car Talk / Re: What DIYs (Do It Yourself ) Have You Done On Your Car Or Plan To Do? by ibro360(m): 9:44pm On Dec 27, 2013 |
1.honda civic brake master cylinder re-kit 2.adding of extra speakers. 3.bleeding of golf 3 brake system. 4.making all 4 wheels of golf 3 brake active,because d back brakes wer blocked wit nails by road side mechanics. 5.changing of oil and filters. 6.removing and washing of fuel tank. |
Business / Re: SURE-P Training: Free Solar Panel Training For Gradiates And Non-graduates by ibro360(m): 9:56am On Dec 20, 2013 |
tnx alot i stay in kano, where n when would the trainning be |
Business / Egg Hatching/incubation Business by ibro360(m): 11:45am On Dec 19, 2013 |
pls anybody into egg hatching business,pls share your experience,tips and suggestions . |
Romance / Re: Silly Things Guys Do by ibro360(m): 5:24pm On Dec 18, 2013 |
Ms_Steph: the 1 i hate is guys who piss on the road. u will just be walking and u just jam dem urinating. cant u just hide and do thatwetin carry your eye go there cnt u see n shut up or hide your eye |
Romance / Re: How To Approach A Girl On The First Day? by ibro360(m): 9:59pm On Dec 12, 2013 |
@op first of all look 4 money (i mean get productive)n i bet u d rest is history @girls i dnt mean an insult but we no u all like good things n only money can buy dem. |
Literature / Re: My Complicated Love Story With My School Mum by ibro360(m): 11:23am On Dec 12, 2013 |
@prince e b lyk say i hear u say u dy 4 kano |
Car Talk / Re: What DIYs (Do It Yourself ) Have You Done On Your Car Or Plan To Do? by ibro360(m): 10:03pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
ZIM DRILL:tnx my power steering is so soft but makes alot of noise i drain n replace it wit abro transmission fluid it d noise stopped for a while n continued |
Literature / Re: My Complicated Love Story With My School Mum by ibro360(m): 9:46pm On Dec 09, 2013 |
360prince: . Ibro how things na?prince na u try pass. |
Literature / Re: My Complicated Love Story With My School Mum by ibro360(m): 9:44pm On Dec 09, 2013 |
360prince: . Ibro how things na?prince na u try pass |
Car Talk / Re: What DIYs (Do It Yourself ) Have You Done On Your Car Or Plan To Do? by ibro360(m): 11:57am On Dec 09, 2013 |
Piyke: This Saturday I was able to pick up the rest of my items for my upcoming DIY (Coolant flush and Power Steering rebuild). Here are some picspls how do i rebuild power steering pump as i plan on doing such for my golf 3. |
Literature / Re: My Complicated Love Story With My School Mum by ibro360(m): 11:40am On Dec 09, 2013 |
super story |
Politics / Re: Boko-Haram Attacks Air-Force Base In Maiduguri by ibro360(m): 3:28pm On Dec 02, 2013 |
like i av always said if boko haram is an islamic or terrorist group it would av been history bt because i believe govt has a hand in it dats y dis group still exist.How long did it take Nigeria to win d biafran civil and y is boko haram so difficult to conquer,my fellow Nigerian read between d lines i believe dia is more to boko haram than dia religious propaganda... |
Islam for Muslims / Re: How To Wake Up For Fajr by ibro360(m): 2:42pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
jzk |
Celebrities / Re: Usman Dantata & Rukky Indimi's Wedding (Pictures) by ibro360(m): 11:13pm On Nov 10, 2013 |
gluv01: They both look like a great couple. Billionaire couple, money marry money . That's why I'm still waiting for Dangote's son to proposesorry dangote dnt hv a son jst daughters |
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