Wikipedia:


During World War II, German forces occupied Rostov-on-Don, at first from 19/20 November 1941 to 2 December 1941, after attacks by the German First Panzer Army in the Battle of Rostov and then for seven months from 24 July 1942 to 14 February 1943. The town city was of strategic importance as a railway junction and a river port accessing the Caucasus, a region rich in oil and minerals. It took ten years to restore the city from the damage during World War II.

In 1942 up to 30,000 Russian Jews were massacred by the German military in Rostov-on-Don at a site called Zmievskaya Balka.

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🧿 Zmievskaya Balka - It really is a pit.

More Wiki:
The Einsatzkommando and Geheime Feldpolizei initially arrested some 700 people on the grounds that they were Soviet "partisans and party functionaries" and executed about 400 by 2 August 1942.

Although many Jews had fled from Rostov when the city was under the control of the Red Army, about 2,000 remained and the Einsatzkommando began registering them, demanding that they gather at collecting points on 11 August, 1942. Between 11 August and 13 August, the Jewish men of Rostov were marched to Zmievskaya Balka, a ravine outside the city, where they were shot by the Einsatzkommando. The women, children and elderly were gassed in trucks, and their bodies buried in the same ravine.

After the initial massacres, the SS continued to bring thousands of Jews to be killed at Zmievskaya Balka until February 1943, by which time at least 15,000 Jews had been murdered in mass shootings.

🧿 The 4-4 Mine that was discussed in WB Talks 18.

"A MEMORIAL
to the MINE 4-4 BIS

<Requiem>

REMEMBER!

Resting here are the brutally tormented to death by fascists during the war (1941-1943) more than 75 thousand civilians, children, participants in the underground resistance, POWs..."

🧿 This popped up on my feed, thought I would share with all of you.

During both WB Talks 18 and WB Talks 10, I touched upon the history of Yugoslavia during the occupation by Nazis as well as Tito and the Partizan resistance.

Here is a video that discusses it much better than I could.

🧿 Before I came up with the idea to call these interviews 'WB Talks'; I sat down to talk with Darko Todorovski, he is a doctoral student of political science in Russia.

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byjBEHvjPvA

He had been to the Donbass several times in various capacities including as a journalist, and I was fortunate enough to meet him at a closed RT documentary (alternate version for westerners who may be blocked) screening the night I arrived in Moscow.

He is from Macedonia, and he spoke Serbian pretty well, the interview is in Serbian/Macedonian with hardcoded English subnoscripts that took about 8 hours to translate and edit.

We discuss some very important topics, historical and otherwise, including the parallels with the breakup of Yugoslavia. If you have not seen it, I would recommend it as background to the stuff we talk about often with George McMillan III and others.

For anyone trying to understand the real reasons behind this conflict, as well as hear an honest first hand opinion about Russia, the Donbass, and the strife with Ukraine, this is a must see.
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Set aside a half hour and learn something you won't hear everywhere. The first ten minutes is about him, then we get into the serious stuff.

Enjoy.

🧿 Imagine you had water at home for a couple of hours every third day. And had to lug your drinking water with you every day.

That is the daily struggle of people of Donetsk.

🧿 Mosaic - The Liberation of Kiev by the Soviet Army, 1943 - from the Moscow Subway.

🧿DPR Press Center - "Victory will be ours!"

🧿 Regular service will resume shortly - WB

🧿 Cats I met in November have now lived through explosions that were much closer than they had previously experienced.. 🐈‍⬛ 💥

Driving around Petrovsky District of Donetsk on a Saturday afternoon today under US/Ukrop nazi heavy shelling. Two civilian women were killed today when their house was totally destroyed by HIMARS sent and operated by US nazis. 3 more years of war? FUCK THAT. Burn Kiev to the ground, if that don't work, De-nazify London, Paris, and Brussels. WITH FIRE.👊🏻⚡️💥🔥

🧿 Our upcoming guest, Dan Castle (USMC) from "Wild Siberia"on Youtube, just started a Telegram Channel will be starting a telegram channel soon, in the meantime.. enjoy this video of him on Lake Baikal while the interview uploads. 😎

🧿 WB Talks 19 is out! Dan Castle, a former USMC Corporal now lives in Siberia and has a YouTube channel called "Wild Siberia".

We talk about the cold, Afghanistan, Russia, the Donbass and a couple of other topics.

Obligatory Russian Propaganda included.

Subscribe to both YouTube channels if you haven't already and look out for the upcoming second part.

https://youtu.be/PTs3wgypA80

🧿 900 subscribers on TG - Thank you one and all 👍🏻❤️📡

🧿 The next installment of WB is up. Former USMC sapper Dan Castle (from Wild Siberia) joins the WB to talk about MINES!!!!

We also cover some of the seemingly suicidal tactics the Ukrainians are using, and his personal experience of trench warfare.

Rather informative talk if I may say so myself.

https://youtu.be/NzyApfoOjm4

Remember to subscribe to both YouTube channels if you haven't already.