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We look different. >> reporter: neither 96-year-old frank shots, near 101-year-old george bersi knew of another living survivor from the same camp. in march, shots niece read this profile in the los angeles times and sent it to shots in virginia. >> i sent it to my uncle thinking they might know each other. >> reporter: he noticed eerie similarities with his own past. >> this camp was close to river, fast flowing mountain river, and my -- that i was the same place. >> sometimes people, we are ve...

Of a national workers league. this is one of the same two men arrested for organizing the detroit defends housing race riot. this is seen in life magazine in 1944. he was in life magazine in 1944 because biden, he had been indicted again. this time, as part of an alleged seditious conspiracy to violently overthrow the entire u.s. government. he was still under indictment for organizing the violent attack on black families in detroit, when he got hit with that second indictment for trying to over...

Military chief are involved in tactical and operational decisions. and if thats the case, that just adds to the lack of unpredictability about whats taking place on the battlefield. because when you are that far removed and if that is a confirmed report, its not yet, what truly happens is they are not dealing with reality, they are dealing with desperation and fear of losing, and when you look at what hitler did in 1944 in the last year of the war in his desperate acts of taking charge of the ta...

0 of the democratic story. >> heather mcghee, has always, great to hear from you. thank you so much. that is all in for this night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. night. the rachel maddow show begins rightth now. >> happy to m have you here. in world war, two when the united states needed to quickly ramp up production of war-time material, planes, tanks, guns, ammunition, uniforms, everything, the government opened defense productionev facilities all over the co...

And people who got famous like albert einstein really inspired me to do new things. how brilliant. well done to michelle. well done to michelle. work is being carried out on a shipwreck in the thames estuary, which contains unexploded bombs to make it safer. the ss richard montgomery sank in 1944 but it still has 1,400 tonnes of explosives onboard. its masts are going to be cut back so theyre less likely to fall onto the remains, which would risk detonating the cargo below. tom edwards reports. ...

Of the cargo ship has become an unlikely tourist attraction. to get there, we took a tourist boat from southend pier. soon, the masts will be removed so people are coming to see them while they can. it can be a bit choppy. we are taking this opportunity before they remove the masts, just to see it. it is a piece of history. my friend here said it is going to be gone soon, so lets take this opportunity to go and see it and come today when it is lovely weather! and a nice boat ride! the wreck is i...

The masts, just to see it. its a piece of history. my friend here said its going to be gone, so lets take this opportunity to go and see it and come today when its lovely weather and a nice boat ride! the wreck is in an exclusion zone, although it is not far from the main shipping lane. it also has a potentially dangerous cargo of explosives onboard. if they detonated, it would cause a huge explosion, and experts say perhaps a tidal wave. the ss montgomery sunk in 1944, and there are still 1,400...

Role to create a gap between information and action and the way the times and the way the mass media engendered no chance of arousing public opinion it never treated the holocaust as important or to say in forming motorist if they did not have their automobile registration number the story of that bureaucratic snafu on the front page of the times on march 2nd, 1944. the same day the last voice from the end this was relegated to page number four. it deserves emphasizing the roosevelt administrati...

Times". its worse than fake news. it has been an extremely destructive force in this country and outside this country. i wrote a book called on freedom of the press based on research and scholarship. i want to tell you about "the new york times" it will take a little while so sit back in here we go. in 1984 doctor weinman in his book the abandonment of the jews of the holocaust explained that one reason ordinary americans were not more responsive to the plight of european jews was that very many...

Times". its worse than fake news. it has been an extremely destructive force in this country and outside this country. i wrote a book called on freedom of the press based on research and scholarship. i want to tell you about "the new york times" it will take a little while so sit back in here we go. in 1984 doctor weinman in his book the abandonment of the jews of the holocaust explained that one reason ordinary americans were not more responsive to the plight of european jews was that very many...