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Band of two: Diz Kronenberg meets WWII B-17 gunner buddy he's not seen in 69 years
The Leader-TelegramPeople develop an unusually strong connection when they put their lives in each other's hands. That certainly was the case with the daring men who flew bombing missions together over France and Germany in World War II. Their unbreakable brotherly bond...Tags: Germany, France, U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Suicide
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Rick Atkinson talks "The Guns at Last Light"
World War II lasted six years, but Rick Atkinson needed 14 years to complete his massive trilogy on the conflict. That turned out to be time well spent. Now the wait for the concluding volume of “The Liberation Trilogy,” his magisterial...
Tags: Germany, The Washington Post, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment Events
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Restoring Torahs
Beth David Congregation in Miami is restoring the parchments of two Torah scrolls. One of these scrolls was written in 1890 and rescued from The Holocaust. The Holocaust Torah is one of 1,564 rescued from Czechoslovakia after the Nazis emptied Jews...Tags: Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Torah, Judaism
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Voice of the People, May. 12
Queen for a day Whenever I read anything about the queen of England, I ponder how different my life is (and was) from hers. We are about the same age. I am not at all envious of her, but there are a few instances where I wouldn't mind trading places...Tags: Values, Mother's Day, Religion and Belief, Crosswords, Al Capone
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USS North Carolina battleship author looked for ghosts, found true heroes
Sun Journal, New Bern, N.C.Writer Cindy Ramsey went looking for ghost stories about the state's famous battleship, the USS North Carolina. Attending a reunion of World War II's most decorated ship, she found something more profound -- the crewmen. The project on battleship...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Sociology, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Walter Winchell
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Eyewitness to the victims of the Holocaust: ���Dad's story needs to be told!���
The Akron Beacon JournalThe large binder of World War II photos has rarely been shared over the years. The binder is full of pictures taken or found by John Cline. One page has pictures he took of survivors of the Holocaust. Other than family members or soldiers who served...Tags: Germany, Wars and Interventions, Morphine (drug), Museums, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Bust once among Nazi's hoard of art now on display at MIA
Star TribuneA rare Renaissance-era bust that was among many great works of art bought or looted by the Nazis during World War II has joined the Minneapolis Institute of Arts collection, in time for the anniversary of the Allies' victory in Europe. The terra cotta...Tags: Arts and Culture, Netherlands, Arts, Salt, Nazi Party
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Bust once among Nazi's hoard of art on display at MIA
Star TribuneA rare Renaissance-era bust that was among many great works of art bought or looted by the Nazis during World War II has joined the Minneapolis Institute of Arts collection, in time for the anniversary of the Allies' victory in Europe. The terra-cotta...Tags: Arts and Culture, Netherlands, Arts, Salt, Nazi Party
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Holocaust survivor speaks at Fort Gordon
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.Holocaust survivor Henry Birnbrey is accustomed to telling his story. How he witnessed the Nazi book burnings of 1933, stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War II and immigrated to the United States, where he became an Atlanta accountant and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Sociology, Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Joel Brinkley: Poland still coping with dark past
American VoicesWARSAW, Poland -- Simcha Rotem was stooped, his head bowed showing tiny wisps of white hair as he stood at a podium between two black menorahs spewing towering gas flames. Behind him a new, 40-foot-tall black stone frieze showed armed guerilla fighters,...Tags: Germany, Museums, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment Events, The New York Times
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Pictures in the News | April 17, 2013
FrameworkWednesday's Pictures in the News begins in London, where pallbearers set down the coffin of Baroness Margaret Thatcher inside St Paul's Cathedral in London. Dignitaries from around the world today join Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of... -
88-year-old World War II veteran honored for his military service
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comJohn Leather wears earplugs to church, but it’s not the sermon that the 88-year-old World War II veteran is trying to muffle. He said he wears the earplugs to drown out the rumble of a drum that’s played when the congregation sings hymns....Tags: Culture, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Awards and Prizes, Emergency Incidents
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