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The State elevates to Democratic Memory in Portbou the route that saved Walter Benjamin from Nazism
11+ hour, 11+ min ago (340+ words) Add APD as a preferred Google source for free. The State has initiated the procedure to declare Portbou a place of Democratic Memory, a recognition linked to the role played by the border municipality during the Civil War and in…...
Bosnian genocide survivor to share family story in museum exhibition
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (407+ words) Smajo Be'o and his family when they were reunited in Gosforth after fleeing the Bosnian War. Smajo is on his father's lap. (Image: Dr Smajo Be'o) This Saturday marks the anniversary of one of Europe's darkest days since World War…...
The Ovitz Family, The Family Of Dwarfs Subjected To Medical Experiments At Auschwitz
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (1055+ words) Auschwitz was one of the most infamous concentration camps of the Holocaust. Between 1940 and 1945, more than 1. 1. million people were murdered at the camp, including one million Jews. When the Ovitz family was deported to the camp in 1944, their chances of…...
Family fears for missing pilot's memorial
9+ hour ago (1225+ words) It was the late 1960s when Eric J. Huberth answered his country's call, leaving the safety of Thousand Oaks to fight in the Vietnam War. Not only would he never come home; he has never been found. According to the Department of…...
Survivor Recounts Srebrenica Genocide: Fear Moved Me
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (727+ words) The United Nations paused on Wednesday to remember the more than 8, 000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys killed in the town of Srebrenica in July 1995, and the women and survivors left to rebuild their lives in the aftermath. The massacre in…...
How do Germans cope with having Nazi grandparents?
11+ hour, 16+ min ago (1006+ words) Since millions of NSDAP membership cards have been made available online, many Germans have been surprised to discover that their ancestors weren't always as innocent as family stories had led them to believe. "I always thought of my grandfather as…...
How does one right a wrong, present a more 'balanced' history of humanity?
13+ hour, 41+ min ago (44+ words) Real time news brief - How does one right a wrong, present a more 'balanced' history of humanity? - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site How does one right a wrong, present a more…...
From archives to action: Houston teens bring Galveston's Jewish history to life
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (29+ words) Jewish Herald-Voice From archives to action: Houston teens bring Galveston's Jewish history to life...
POW pilot's story preserved on Veterans Wall
12+ hour, 29+ min ago (487+ words) Editor's note: John E. Mallo is a longtime Eden Prairie resident and veteran who helped create the Eden Prairie Veterans Memorial at Purgatory Creek Park. This article is part of his series on veterans connected to the memorial. Capt. Arvin R. Chauncey's…...
How Do You Cope with Having a Nazi Grandfather?
13+ hour, 53+ min ago (854+ words) Since millions of NSDAP membership cards have been made available online, many Germans have been surprised to discover that their ancestors weren' t always as innocent as family stories had led them to believe. How Do You Cope with Having…...