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Post by gwida on Nov 26, 2011 2:30:53 GMT -5
Good luck with your studies.  I'm going to try and not be bored now that my 2nd semester's finished. Might end up going on campus again to take a better look at those older buildings... |
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Post by Leutnantzursee on Nov 28, 2011 8:35:50 GMT -5
That's creepy about those old buildings and chimneys, it was never much of a factor in my life, but I do have a thing about gasworks, those gasometers - when I was little I used to think a 'wicked witch' lived in this one I could see from a friend's bedroom window - maybe there's a U-boat connection there, but it isn't obvious!lol Ha-ha Gwida - you off for Xmas already??! Oh well, plenty of time to ponder on these things... oh, hasn't it been generally creepy lately, or is that just me?!
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Post by gwida on Nov 29, 2011 5:24:28 GMT -5
Yep, they released us early this year, LOL. I might have to go in a bit later to get my photos... it's a bit creepy with this: "As of December, 1900, there were 494 patients—306 males and 188 females. The staff included 31 males and 21 females. The average net cost per patient was, in 1898, £19 13s, and, in 1899, £20 8s. The average number of patients sent out cured in 1898 was 51%, and in 1899, 38%; average deaths, 1898, 7.5; in 1899, 8.8. The officials of the institution at the time were Dr. Robert Martin Beattie, medical superintendent; Dr. William Webster, assistant medical officer; Edward Newport, head attendant; Sophia Campbell, matron; and J. D. Muir, farm manager. Religious service was held on Sunday by ministers of the denominations of which patients are members.[6]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whau_Lunatic_Asylum51% cured -- wonder how? Although it would explain why our elevators are haunted and the overhead projectors never work; the entire place is probably only serviced once a decade... |
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Post by Laurasia on Nov 29, 2011 13:36:10 GMT -5
They were probably "cured" because there was never really anything wrong with them to start with. Back in the late 1800s & early 1900s people could be thrown into asylums for pretty much any reason (eccentricity & general moodiness, being pregnant & unwed, unwanted by the family due to some type of mild retardation or deformity, being ill enough to be contained from the public, being criminally insane, etc). I don't know about over there, but I also know that here in States at that time it was not uncommon for displaced people to be put in such places as well. So if a child were orphaned, a family was broke, etc they would often times be put in such places as well. Which is why the vast majority of them are now haunted....mixing all of those types of energies into one place & leaving them to stew in a perfect recipe for restless spirits.
Sincerely,
Laurasia
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Post by mooseroom on Dec 3, 2011 21:00:42 GMT -5
The pictures are interesting. It's interesting to see your reactions.
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Post by Leutnantzursee on Dec 4, 2011 21:41:13 GMT -5
Bit ironic really to think people like us, expounding on reincarnation, UFO's and psi phenomena would be thrown into an asylum 50 years ago! Let's face it they'd lock you up and throw away the key for less!!lol It was terrible, and it wasn't just the domain of Nazi Germany the institutionalization of 'undesirables' or anyone who didn't quite fit in. So many pretty sane people went into these hospitals and probably left more traumatized than when they entered the place. My mum was sectioned in the 1950's because she had a breakdown following a divorce, it was so scandalous in those days, she just went into meltdown, they gave her ECT and she's never been the same really. These days she'd have been put on anti-depressants and given therapy, fortunately some things do change for the better:-)
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Post by Demi on Jan 3, 2014 16:25:05 GMT -5
Very interesting to read the old stuff in here. I guess I have mentioned enough times in other threads about my "obsession" to study the Holocaust since I was 13. Of course lot of it is depressing and disturbing or maddening by it's nature and my reaction has often been either outrage or a lack of emotion altogether, even identifying with the soldiers... which is kinda disturbing to myself so I try not to watch this stuff.
All the best
Demi
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Post by (Oo...GhostPoet...oO) on Jul 6, 2014 19:02:09 GMT -5
I recently gained an interest in World war II, particularly in studying Nazism and Adolf Hitler. While I don't actually agree with them, I still find them quite interesting and intriguing. With regards to Adolf Hitler, I like to learn more about what he was like as a person and not just as a politician. It's not like I admire Hitler (except in his speaking ability and tenacity), I just enjoy learning about him...as a historian or anthropologist (something like that) would.
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Post by painter on Aug 10, 2014 5:02:32 GMT -5
Hi,
I'm wondering about this 'Nazi-scrapbook' that's ben mentioned: 'The Good Old Days'. Would that be a book by Otto L. Bettmann, called 'The good old days, They were terrible!' It doesn't say it's about the Holocaust in the book description... Maybe there is an other book?
Having an SS figure as my PL, I want to know what went on in their heads: how on earth could they have done these horrible things to other people? I'm reading the book by Jonathan Littel right now, interesting litterature. And I would like to know more, especially about what kind of men these people were. Trying to understand people being cruel and with that trying to understand and finally being able to forgive myself...
Could somebody give me more information about this book?
Thanks,
Carla
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Post by Storm on Aug 14, 2014 7:04:31 GMT -5
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Post by painter on Aug 16, 2014 3:26:50 GMT -5
Thank you, Storm!
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