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What this author learned tracing her grandparents across Europe after World War II
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (688+ words) This is what Gerson set out to discover in a five-year journey that took her to Poland, Austria, Uzbekistan and Ukraine, sifting for clues that would culminate in the writing of her new book "The Wanderers." I chatted with Gerson…...
Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and historian embraced by Obama, dies at 88
2+ week, 4+ day ago (341+ words) TOKYO'Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima and a historian but best known for a big hug he was given by then U.S. President Obama during his historic visit to the city a decade ago, has died. He was…...
Contributor: When did 'Never again' become a controversial statement?
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (696+ words) In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the sentiment "Never again" emerged in many contexts " from a multinational community of camp prisoners bound together in anti-fascist solidarity to Jewish survivors organizing self-defense and revenge. As the Holocaust Museum LA…...
The exhibition 'What a Wonderful World' is a montage of film, art and cultural memory
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (79+ words) The exhibition "What a Wonderful World" is a montage of film, art and cultural memory'Los Angeles Times The exhibition "What a Wonderful World" is a montage of film, art and cultural memory Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video…...
Japanese American soldiers once branded 'enemy aliens' to be promoted posthumously
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (684+ words) HONOLULU'Seven Japanese American soldiers will be promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been branded "enemy aliens." The seven were students at the University…...
One of the last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, Ira 'Ike' Schab, dies at 105
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (490+ words) World War II Navy veteran Ira "Ike" Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105. With his passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack,…...
This L.A. woman was jailed as a WWII traitor. How a pair of perjuries ensnared ‘Tokyo Rose’
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1733+ words) As World War II ended in the summer of 1945, journalists went looking for the siren of the Pacific in the ruins of bombed-out Tokyo. They were hunting for Tokyo Rose, the owner of a voice that sought to sap military…...
California rejoins fight over Nazi-looted painting held by Spanish museum
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1187+ words) California is once again fighting in federal court for a Jewish family's right to have a precious Impressionist painting returned to them by a Spanish museum nearly 90 years after it was looted by the Nazis. The state is also defending…...
At L.A. Public Library literary salon, a military historian offers hope: 'We have faced grimmer times"
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (318+ words) For a historian who writes about war, Rick Atkinson is surprisingly optimistic. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former journalist " who recently released the second volume in a trilogy of books about the American Revolution " believes that the bedrock of American…...
WWII-era explosive found at Port of Long Beach during construction
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (199+ words) A construction team made a shocking discovery at the Port of Long Beach on Wednesday afternoon when they inadvertently unearthed a World War II-era explosive device, authorities said. The eight-decade-old shell was found at one of the port's six container…...