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When Kurt Vonnegut, then in the U.S. Army, was being held in a German prison camp, he was asked by his guards why he was not fighting for the Germans--since he had a German name. Vonnegut later confessed in his introduction to his novel, Mother Night, “If Id been born in Germany, I suppose I would have been a Nazi.” It is easy to lose sight of the fact that almost all of us take the side of that country where we are born or that tribe we are born into; for every person who takes sides for e...

The Globe and Mail Erna Paris Published April 19, 2021 Bookmark Erna Paris is the author of several books, including The Sun Climbs Slow: The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice and Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History . The latter was the inspiration for the Canadian House of Commons motion to apologize on behalf of the government to survivors of Canadian residential schools. In full democracies, which are characterized by independent judiciaries, the foundation of...

FIRST LOOK: Sir Ben Kingsley is picture perfect as Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí while filming new biopic Dalí Land in windy north Wales The Oscar-winning actor was the spitting image of Dalí while making his first appearance on the set of forthcoming film Dalí Land Set in 1973, Dalí Land will follow the story of a young gallery assistant who helps the ageing Dalí prepare for a big show in New York  Born in Catalonia in 1904, Dalís notable unique aesthetic turned him into one of the ...

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At the movies in Milwaukee: In the Earth, Ruby Rose, Morgan Freeman, Sebastian Stan, streaming picks Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © IFC Films Sebastian Stan, left, and Denise Gough have a tumultuous weekend in "Monday." Note: This is updated for the week starting April 16.  Four smaller movies sneak into theaters between the pandemic blockbusters this week, and half of them star Ruby Rose.   Indie-minded comedy, horror and even action movies have found a place in...

‘They’re old but still guilty’: Last Nazi hunter in race against time Efraim Zuroff watched the Adolf Eichmann trial on TV 60 years ago. It was the beginning of his long quest for justice By Harriet Sherwood / The Observer He describes himself as “the only Jew who prays for the good health of Nazis.” As the last Nazi hunter tracking down the last surviving Nazis from the Holocaust, Efraim Zuroff is in a race against time. Those who took part in the systematic murder of 6 million Je...

(JTA) — A mere 43 years after her death, Golda Meir is ready for her close-up. Just a month after it was announced that the Israeli star Shira Haas would portray Meir in a TV series, The Hollywood Reporter revealed this week that Oscar winner Helen Mirren would portray Israel’s only female prime minister in an upcoming biopic. While Haas, who is best known for her star turn in the miniseries “Unorthodox,” is Jewish, Mirren is not. But she did win international acclaim (and the Academy A...

by David Penner / April 11th, 2021 We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. — Gore Vidal, Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia, 2004 As Americans drown in debt and atomization, the liberal class applauds the arrival of a post-nation-state neo-feudal order which is devoid of checks and balances, integration, national cohesion, or collective memory, rendering any working class resistance to fascism a Herculean task. This has be...

A Palestinian TV host claims that an Israeli lawmaker is doing to the Palestinians what Nazi Adolf Eichmann did to the Jews.

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