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Love letters reveal how WWII soldier courted sweetheart during wartime
52+ min ago (780+ words) Ray says that he had thought he and Jane could not be together A collection of over 200 intimate love letters, chronicling a couple's courtship and marriage during the Second World War, is now digitally accessible through the Nashville Public Library....
'Letters from Brno' Reveals a Hidden Family Story Lost to Time — Until Now
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (777+ words) Karen Kruger grew up in Michigan, never suspecting she would gain attention by communicating letters from relatives closely affected by the Holocaust, but that is what happened with a movie about her family and their form of communication. Born in…...
Letters from a WWII soldier to his sweetheart offer an intimate picture of love during wartime
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (850+ words) The letters by William Raymond Whittaker and Jane Dean were found in a Nashville home that had belonged to Jane and her siblings. They were donated in 2016 to the Metro Nashville Archives. Whittaker, who went by Ray, was from New…...
New play highlights Marcel Marceau's Nazi resistance
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (139+ words) New play highlights Marcel Marceau's Nazi resistance'MS NOW Forbes kicks off year-long campaign celebrating America's 250th birthday New play highlights Marcel Marceau's Nazi resistance "A remarkable, strong number': WH economic adviser reacts to January jobs report Breaking: Oversight Dems to hold…...
General George S. Patton, Jr. House: Army vice chief honors legendary general
5+ hour, 28+ min ago (394+ words) A dedication ceremony was held recently for the General George S. Patton Jr. House at Fort Myer. JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. " In a place steeped in military history, a new honor has been bestowed upon a legendary figure. Quarters 8 on…...
Yes, It's Fascism - by Andrew Keen
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (180+ words) Yes, It's Fascism'Keen On America "You either need to call it fascism or you need to invent a new word with more or less the same meaning." " Jonathan Rauch Jonathan Rauch's viral Atlantic essay, "Yes, It's Fascism", has reignited the…...
When a future British Prime Minister was a prisoner of war in South Africa
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (1073+ words) Before he was the "British Bulldog" who stood against Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, former Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a young, ambitious, and somewhat reckless war correspondent caught in the crossfire of the Second Anglo-Boer War. While travelling on an…...
Opinion | Bring Holocaust Education to a New Generation
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (968+ words) Joe Engel was and remains an icon in Charleston, South Carolina. Born in Zakroczym, Poland, he survived Auschwitz and several other concentration camps and fought with the resistance before landing on American shores as a refugee in 1949. In 2021, I moved…...
‘I might even ask you to marry me’: WWII soldier Love Letters found in Nashville home reveal wartime roman
6+ hour ago (223+ words) Oil rises 2% on US-Iran tensions, improved demand Vertiv shares surge after strong earnings and AI data center growth outlook PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate northeast's first highway-based emergency landing facility in Assam on Feb 14 Rajya Sabha Budget debate: TMC says…...
Three Vermont High Schools Host Traveling Exhibit About Anne Frank and the Holocaust
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (388+ words) Three Vermont high schools will host an international traveling exhibit that highlights one of the most famous stories of the Holocaust: that of Anne Frank, the German-born Jewish girl whose diary chronicled her family's two years of hiding in an…...