NewsLetter 23th of February 2020
As we enter the last week of this month we want to offer you all the latest articles from our great writers. We hope that they will inspire you, intrigue you and make you contemplate history.
A warm and great Sunday evening from History of Yesterday!
February 17th
The Czech Agent Who Killed Reinhard Heydrich
How a paratrooper assassinated the third-highest man within Germany’s Third Reich/ By Andrei Tapalaga ✒️
Link: https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/the-czech-agent-who-killed-reinhard-heydrich-708985b902d
A Case of Heresy
The story of Marguerite Porete and how her writing about divine love brought her a terrible faith/ By Elise Bona
Link: https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/a-case-of-heresy-528fb54e74d3
February 18th
Benedict IX: The 12 Year Old Pope
Age is just a number / By Andrei Tapalaga ✒️
Link: https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/benedict-ix-the-12-year-old-pope-e1f3430015dd
How WWII Liberty Ships Named for African Americans Helped Democracy Win at Home and Abroad
They not only fought for democracy overseas but also helped African Americans fight for democracy at home/ By Ronald Franklin
February 19th
The Role River Nile Played in the Creation of the Egyptian Civilization
Mother nature shaping our civilization/ By Andrei Tapalaga ✒️
The Man Who Fell From Space
The story of the man who sacrificed himself to save Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet posterchild of the space race/ By Calin Aneculaesei
Link: https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/the-man-who-fell-from-space-743e98446770
February 20th
The Strategic Importance of Stalingrad for Germany in WWII
A fountain full of assets/ By Andrei Tapalaga ✒️
Bologna’s Railway Station Terrorist Attack in 1980
February 21st
King Kroisos: The Wealthiest Man to Have Ever Lived
Have you ever heard the expression “rich as Kroisos”?/ By Andrei Tapalaga ✒️
Link: https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/king-kroisos-the-richest-man-to-have-ever-lived-1a5628fd4340
February 22nd
The Tragic Story of Tempel Anneke: A Woman Sentenced to Death for Witchcraft
By Lauren Marie
Link: https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/the-story-of-a-woman-condemned-as-a-witch-c1bdc192cb32
How the Industrial Revolution Transformed The World
Trains changed how we perceive the world / By Nick Tomich
February 23rd
The First Female Fighter Ace
The making of the greatest woman ace in air warfare history and their untimely and mysterious death / By Calin Aneculaesei
Link: https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/the-first-female-fighter-ace-fe7c188fed05
