Tag: history

Your Favorite Cocktail’s Hidden Past

obscurianaca9e5302c5Leave a comment

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/mdVDUjo0ssb Season 1, Episode 2 Show Notes: Unlike most people think, the term "cocktail," as far as we can tell from printed evidence, didn't originate in America. The cocktail first appears satirically in print in 1798 in a London newspaper called The Morning Post and Gazetteer. The backstory goes that the week before an article… Continue reading Your Favorite Cocktail’s Hidden Past

Silent Aid: Support For Nazi War Criminals

obscurianaca9e5302c5Leave a comment

https://anchor.fm/s/99e96828/podcast/rss Season 1, Episode 1 Show Notes: Silent Aid for Prisoners of War and Internees Association, or Die Stille Hilfe für Kriegsgefangene und Internierte also called Stille Hilfe, or Silent Aid in English is an aid organization established in Germany following WWII to aid Nazi veterans. It was officially registered under the name Silent Aid… Continue reading Silent Aid: Support For Nazi War Criminals