“White Mouse” dies

She was a freedom fighter and won her battles against the Nazis. Nancy Wake, died. " "Freedom is the only thing worth living for. While I was doing that work, I used to think it didn't matter if I died, because...

Salute to my Dad: WWII USN Combat Air Crewman

Franklin A. George: WWII USN Combat Air Crewman Yesterday, I awoke early as my Dad does every day at 05:30 a.m. As a child at home, Dad would often awaken us boys with reveille. My Mother just smiled big in the...

Too Jewish on The Lit Chick Show

In this edition of the show, Sylvia Massara, novelist and host of the show, features author, Patty Friedmann, and her book "Too Jewish". The story is based on Patty's father and his escape from Nazi Germany,...

The Lit Chick Show is "Poles Apart"

Sylvia Massara, novelist and creator of the show, features author Audrey RL Wyatt and her book "Poles Apart". “Poles Apart" is a book about family, about secrets, and about the damage that secrets can do,...

Sermon by Rabbi Shalom J. Lewis of Atlanta Speaks to Truth

Rabbi Lewis is a Rabbi at Congregation Etz Chaim in Marietta, Georgia USA. This is on the congregation web site about Rabbi Lewis: A graduate of Temple University, Rabbi Lewis was ordained at the Jewish...

Okinawa: 65 Years of Occupation

June 23, 2010 is the 65th Anniversary of end of the Battle of Okinawa (what the Japan central government calls it), L-Day (what the US military called it), or the "rain of iron" (what the Okinawans experienced). By the end of the battle almost a quarter-million people had...

65th Anniversary of Food Drop in Holland

Today, April 29th, 2010 marks the 65th anniversary of the test flight of Bad Penny, a Lancaster bomber flown by Bob Upcott of Windsor, Ontario into war-torn western Holland. Upcott's mission was to be the first to...

Skype to Connect Kids Across Time and Space

Sixty-five years is an eternity for most ten-year-olds. Chances are, anything that happened that long ago would be ancient history in their young minds. But thanks to the marvels of 21st century technology, the significance of an event that took place long before they were...

Don’t take off, bomb on the runway!

Can you imagine how surprised a German worker must have been at discovering a WWII era bomb at the Berlin airport? 33% of Berlin was destroyed by Allied bombing in WWII. It is not surprising that bombs are still...

Canadian Vets Return to Ortona

To mark the 65th anniversary of the Italian campaign Canadian veterans recently returned to Ortona. In December of 1943 the ancient Adriatic port city was the scene of some of the most bitter fighting of World War...

Rembember Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941

Today is "Pearl Harbor Day" in the United States of America. The day that Japan initiated a surprise attack on United States military forces at the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 68 years ago, killing thousands...

NUTS!

As a post WWII baby boomer, and playing soldier as a boy, we often pretended that it was the Battle of the Bulge. That could have been the excuse for serving up our mothers with piles of muddy clothing after a hard...

70th Anniversary: Remembering World War 2

Seventy years ago today, the deadliest conflict in human history began as Germany invaded Poland. Today, leaders of twenty countries gather in Gdansk, Poland, to commemorate the war. Leaders of many of the...

Spanish bishops apologise for silence over killings

It has taken a rather long time for the Spanish Catholic Church to acknowledge these unfortunate deaths during Franco´s dictatorship. " Spanish bishops broke decades of silence at the weekend to apologise for...

Russia Marks 68th Anniversary of Nazi German Invasion in WWII

June 22, 2009 marks the 68th anniversary of Nazi German Invasion of Soviet Union. On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germans under the direction of Adolf Hitler began the unannounced invasion of the Soviet Union in what later became know as Operation Barbarossa, which was supposed to...

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