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Lessons from Nuremberg
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (900+ words) OpinionGrady L. Throneberry "|" March 18, 2026 The 2025 film Nuremberg tells the story of the trials that followed the fall of Nazi Germany. It focuses on the prosecution of leading Nazi officials after the war, especially Hermann G'ring,"Adolf Hitler's second in command. The…...
US soldier who protected Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor
3+ week, 2+ day ago (113+ words) An American soldier who is credited with saving the lives of 200 Jewish comrades in a prisoner of war camp in Germany during World War II will receive the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. US soldier who protected Jews…...
Officials removed exhibit on Black soldiers in WWII over fear of Trump’s ‘ire,’ emails show
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (113+ words) When visitors and local researchers in the Netherlands realized earlier last month that two panels honoring Black American soldiers who helped liberate Europe from the Nazis had disappeared from the U.S. military cemetery at Margraten,the reaction was swift. The post…...
Judgment at Nuremberg calls us to repentance
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (695+ words) OpinionRebecca Johnson "|" December 2, 2025 After the turkey had been carved and the pie had been sliced, my family concluded this year's Thanksgiving celebrations in an unexpected way: We sat together and watched the 1961 Spencer Tracy drama Judgment at Nuremberg. Time after…...
The disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (126+ words) Holding the remains of upward of 22,000 enslaved and free people of color, the'Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground'in Richmond, Virginia, established in 1816, sits amid highways and surface roads. Above the expanse of unmarked graves loom a deserted auto shop,... The post…...
Reflections on a five-hour memorial service – Baptist News Global
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (327+ words) OpinionDan Day "|" September 22, 2025 I must report a grievous theft. God's sacred gifts to me, my words, have been stolen. They have been filched and deceptively redefined, their time-honored meanings scrapped and their hollowed sounds marshalled for cheap tricks. This switcharoo…...
Former WWII Internment Camp Turned Into Immigrant Detention Center Sparks Outrage From Activists
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (96+ words) Advocates have raised the alarm about the harrowing similarities between the modern-day use of a$1.2 billionimmigration detention center in Texas and its historical use as an incarceration camp during World War II. The post Former WWII Internment Camp Turned Into Immigrant…...
What we’ve lost: Reflections on the 80th anniversary of VJ Day
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (1007+ words) AnalysisTodd Thomason "|" August 15, 2025 A fun fact about me is that I am something of a generational mutt. While my generational experience is decidedly Gen X, I am one of the world's youngest Boomers. Both my parents were born prior to…...
Faith groups mark atomic bombing anniversary with White House vigil and Pentagon arrests
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (106+ words) On the anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago, faith-based peace activists gathered at the Pentagon and the White House to call for nuclear disarmament and an end to war. The post Faith groups mark atomic…...
How a reading group helped young German students defy the Nazis and find their faith
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (108+ words) For three weeks in April 2025, my "Theology of Christian Martyrdom" class studied how a group of German students and professors from Munich and Hamburg formed a resistance movement from 1942 to 1943 known as the "White Rose." The post How a reading…...