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Fenwick teacher plans to use her ‘powerful experience’ in Poland to fight Holocaust misinformation
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (490+ words) While standing in the middle of a gas chamber in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, Julie Mewhort Klein knew it was a moment that she would share with her classroom. As an educator, it is her responsibility to make…...
Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria reopens as a police station to deter Nazi pilgrimages
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (429+ words) BRAUNAU AM INN, Austria — Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria was officially inaugurated as a police station on Wednesday in an effort to destroy the building’s appeal as a site of pilgrimage for people who glorify the Nazi dictator. A memorial…...
Tinley Park teacher brings lessons of Holocaust home from fellowship: ‘It’s about empathy’
1+ week, 3+ day ago (486+ words) For the past 20 years, Karen Bidus has read “The Diary of Anne Frank” with 6th, 7th and 8th grade students, at Trinity Lutheran School in Tinley Park. As part of the lesson, she’s given some students the chance to role play the people…...
Bill Glennon, whose plane was shot down in WWII, reflects ahead of 102nd birthday: ‘I’m amazed I’m here’
2+ week, 1+ day ago (876+ words) Bill Glennon is quick. A suggestion to visit the Wall of Honor at the Prairie Path senior living community in Lombard sends the Navy veteran dashing toward the elevator, slowed by neither his walker nor his age, which is 101. As…...
Today in History: Adolf Hitler launches his ‘blood purge’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (484+ words) Today is Tuesday, June 30, the 181st day of 2026. There are 184 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 30, 1934, Adolf Hitler launched his “blood purge” of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as…...
Today in Chicago History: German sub U-505 — now housed at Museum of Science and Industry — captured by US Navy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (557+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 4, according to the Tribune’s archives. Flashback: June 4, 1989 Students at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora had researched the Eastland disaster and were shocked to find no…...
Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor is keeping memory of the surprise bombing alive at 106
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1065+ words) CENTERVILLE, Mass. — On the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, the country’s oldest living survivor of the Japanese bombing was far below deck helping repair one the boilers of the USS St. Louis. Freeman Johnson, who turned 106 in March, never…...
Fallen heroes remembered as Memorial Day weekend kicks off
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (741+ words) As Memorial Day weekend kicked off Friday, the names of Valparaiso military members who died in the 20th and 21st centuries were read aloud at the service memorial at Foundation Meadows. “Memorial Day is not just about remembering that sacrifice in a…...
Park Ridge History Center holds annual Living Military display for Armed Forces Day
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (469+ words) While World War II memorabilia for some of us can end up in a cardboard box gathering dust on a shelf in the basement, at the Park Ridge History Center they’ve created a program that brings military artifacts out into…...
Pop-up exhibit at Hebron’s Stagecoach Inn brings World War II memories to life
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (949+ words) Visitors to Hebron’s Stagecoach Inn got a glimpse Saturday of when American troops fought fascism during World War II. Living history interpreter Ian Baker brought some of his extensive collection of World War II artifacts to the museum for a…...