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A LOOK BACK
April 21, 1836: An army of Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence. April 22, 1993: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C., to honor victims of Nazi extermination. April...Tags: U.S. Navy, Washington, DC, Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Victory over Japanese at Kohima named Britain's greatest battle
Reuters* Kohima was turning point in WW2 * D-Day, Waterloo defeated in contest By Angus MacSwan LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - The Battle of Imphal/Kohima, when British troops fighting in horrendous jungle conditions turned the tide against the Japanese army in...Tags: Japan, Nazi Party, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Burma
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The jarring reality and artful beauty of photography
I wonder if the curators of the excellent "War/Photography" show at the Annenberg Space for Photography were tempted to include Jeff Wall's "Dead Troops Talk (A Vision After an Ambush of a Red Army Patrol, Near Moqor, Afghanistan, Winter, 1986)". It...Tags: Painting, Arts, Afghanistan, Museum of Modern Art, Armed Conflicts
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New museum of Jewish history opens in Warsaw
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews opens Friday in Warsaw, partly funded by the Polish government. It’s located in the area that was once the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, in what was Nazi-occupied Europe. The museum aims not just to...
Tags: Arts, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Warsaw (Poland), Music, Museums
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Debating FDR and the Holocaust
It wasn't surprising that Rafael Medoff's April 7 Op-Ed article about President Franklin D. Roosevelt's private comments on Jews facing persecution in Europe drew spirited responses (though I do admit that I was a little rattled that most of the letters...Tags: U.S. Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Nazi Party, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Chambersburg church to show 'The Glorious and the Brave'
“The Glorious and the Brave” will be shown Saturday at 7 p.m. at The Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring, 221 N. Main St. in Chambersburg. The stories of eyewitnesses and participants in history come to life in this film that chronicles the...Tags: Sociology, Human Interest, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Religion and Belief, Culture
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Pearl Harbor survivor from South Bend dies
SOUTH BEND – A South Bend survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor more than 70-years ago has died. Ray Dembinski passed away Saturday. He was 95-years-old. Dembinski served in the Navy during World War II and received a Presidential Unit...Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Cave exploring leads to discovery of Holocaust survival story
Twenty years ago, veteran caver Chris Nicola received an offer from a Ukrainian friend to explore the well-known gypsum giant caves in the western part of the European country. Nicola quickly accepted the invitation. "My family on my mother's side had...
Tags: Caves and Caverns, Human Interest, Landforms, Nazi Party, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Tennessee veterans celebrated at National D-Day Memorial
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA group of veterans from Tennessee is getting a big "thank you" in our area. They were greeted with a special celebration Friday afternoon at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford. 19 men who served in World War II and the Korean War are on their way...Tags: Human Interest, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Holocaust films get personal with descendants of Nazis
The Holocaust has long been a deep and disquieting source of material for filmmakers, especially documentarians. As firsthand accounts of World War II naturally dwindle, though, cinematic inquiries on the subject have been shifting into more personal...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Movies, Festive Events, Entertainment, Judaism
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Britain to honour Winston Churchill on new banknote
ReutersLONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Britain is set to honour its revered wartime leader Winston Churchill with a banknote featuring his portrait and famous declaration "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat". The governor of the Bank of...Tags: Executive Branch, Nazi Party, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth II, United Kingdom
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What FDR said about Jews in private
In May 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the White House. It was 17 months after Pearl Harbor and a little more than a year before D-Day. The two Allied leaders reviewed the war effort to date and...Tags: Richard Nixon, The Holocaust (1934-1945), U.S. Department of State, Germany, Memorial Day
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