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Remembering the lessons of genocide
Lessons of the Nazi genocide will be offered in three events next year by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Called the 2013 South Florida Speaker and Film Series, the events will be held in the Boca Raton area. First up on Jan. 9 will be...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel, Boca Raton, Genocide, Human Interest
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Harry Eisen dies at 95; Norco Ranch founder
Harry Eisen, a Polish-born Holocaust survivor who founded Norco Ranch Inc. in western Riverside County in the 1950s and built it into one of the state's leading egg producers, processors and distributors, has died. He was 95. Eisen died July 19 of...Tags: Respiratory Disease, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Metal and Mineral, Poland, Warsaw (Poland)
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Dr. Joseph Taler
Dr. Joseph Taler, a retired Glen Burnie family physician who survived the Holocaust in Poland by not wearing his Star of David armband, taking a Christian surname, and hiding in a village, died Sunday of heart failure at his Annapolis home. He was 89....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Patterson Park, Armed Conflicts, Colleges and Universities, Glen Burnie
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Think Again: Hypocrisy at its worst
It’s a problem when the only news source that tells it like it is, with no holding back, is "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Watching the show is like a ritual of exposing the hypocrisy with the political leadership of our country. Republicans...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Daily Show (tv program), Justice and Rights, Human Rights, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Holocaust stories being shared in 'The Glorious and the Brave'
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comIt’s been 77 years since the end of World War II and the mass murder of Europe’s Jews. Tuesday night, at 7 p.m. in the Greencastle-Antrim High School auditorium, the community will get a chance to witness firsthand accounts of the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, Anne Frank, Human Interest, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Greencastle-Antrim school district receives $15,000 state grant
The Greencastle-Antrim School District recently received a service-learning grant of $15,000 from Learn and Serve America as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, according to a news release. Greencastle-Antrim was one of six...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Massacres, Literature, Teaching and Learning
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Jack Tramiel dies at 83; founder of Commodore computers
Jack Tramiel, the tough and aggressive Commodore International founder who brought millions of people into the world of personal computers in the late 1970s and early '80s with his low-cost PCs, has died. He was 83.
Tramiel, who lived in Monte Sereno,...Tags: Gaming Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Consumers, Nazi Party, Steve Jobs
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Convicted Nazi Criminal Demjanjuk Dies at 91
KTLA NewsBERLIN (CNN) -- Former Nazi death camp guard and onetime Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk has died in Germany, a police spokesman said Saturday. Demjanjuk, 91, was found guilty last May in a German court of assisting in mass murder as a guard at the...Tags: Israel, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, John Demjanjuk, Nazi Party
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Holocaust survivor to speak at Northern tonight
A Holocaust survivor will speak tonight at Northern State University. The event is in conjunction with the university's hosting of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit, which will run through Tuesday. Tonight's event will begin at 7 in the...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Massacres, Human Interest
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JCS visit Holocaust museum
Johnstown ChristianJohnstown Christian School juniors and seniors visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., on Oct. 5. The trip was funded by the Blanche Beerman Memorial Holocaust Fund. Students experienced the hardships and cruelty under...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Massacres, Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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Arthur Beneckson, psychologist
Baltimore Sun reporterArthur Beneckson, a retired Baltimore County public schools psychologist and guidance counselor who was also a popular summer camp counselor for 30 years, died Oct. 4 from coronary artery disease at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital. The...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Retirement, High School Sports, Christianity, Minority Groups
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