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Judy Batalions new book, "The Light of Days," details acts of heroism by Jewish women in the ghettos of eastern Europe - and even within the death camps. She documents how female couriers hand-carried crucial messages, weapons, and ammunition as part of the resistance in besieged Jewish ghettos. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant presents the report for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read the Full Transcript Judy Woodruff: Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, now 76 years since the end of the Sec...

Author of the article: PATRICIA DROHAN For The Mid-North Monitor Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021  •  4 days ago  •  6 minute read  •  Mathilde (Tilly) Wiesner (March 30, 1920 - Oct. 11, 2020) lived in the Lee Valley for almost 70 years. She is well remembered as a hard-working, farm woman who loved her garden and always welcomed friends and family with food and happy memories. Article content Seventy years ago, Mathilde (Tilly) Maiss-Wiesner, her husband Josef Wiesner and two da...

The rifle was more of a stop-gap, but it served for a long-time anyway. Key point: This rifle was actually not very good. It would eventually be replaced by the Projector Infantry Anti-Tank rifle. When the first tanks appeared in World War I, they were relatively lightly armored and protected the crews only against small-arms fire. In addition, much of the armor was riveted. Projectiles striking the exterior of the armor could pop off rivet heads or flake armor from the internal surfaces, cre...

America should repeat its mistake What America needs is honest and self-supporting men in charge of Afghanistan r The writer is a political analyst. Email: [email protected] Twitter @Imran_Jan They say repeating the same mistake is foolish and wouldn’t yield different results. However, that is not true in Afghanistan. In The Bear Trap, Mark Adkin and Mohammad Yousaf stress that it was the genius of General Akhtar Abdul Rahman, who single-handedly made a meticulous plan about the kinetic ...

The Soviet Red Baron wasn’t actually Russian, and while he wasn’t recognized in his own lifetime, his discoveries could shape the future of transportation.

18 Feb in 8:31 Jewish Press Recently, it was reported that the “To Live and Not Forget” Holocaust Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia was vandalized by local anti-Semites, who sprayed over the Hebrew inscriptions on the monument.  The World Jewish Congress condemned the anti-Semitic vandalism: “It is horrible to see that the Holocaust memorial in Yerevan, Armenia was vandalized with vile anti-Semitic graffiti.  The vandalism was condemned by the city’s mayor.” According to Jewish Press...

Desecrated Armenian Holocaust Memorial Recently, it was reported that the “To Live and Not Forget” Holocaust Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia was vandalized by local anti-Semites, who sprayed over the Hebrew inscriptions on the monument.  The World Jewish Congress condemned the anti-Semitic vandalism: “It is horrible to see that the Holocaust memorial in Yerevan, Armenia was vandalized with vile anti-Semitic graffiti.  The vandalism was condemned by the city’s mayor.â€�...

27 January 2021 4:30pm The Holocaust was not just a crime committed against the Jewish people, it was a crime against humanity. Roma, Sinti, homosexuals, people with disabilities, Jehovah’s Witnesses, political and religious leaders were all victims of the evil, brutal Nazi killing machine. By the end of the war, 6 million Jews were murdered, including 1.5 million children. If a minute’s silence was observed for each victim, the silence would last more than 11 years. It was the darkest hour...

Advertisement The Holocaust was not just a crime committed against the Jewish people, it was a crime against humanity. Roma, Sinti, homosexuals, people with disabilities, Jehovah’s Witnesses, political and religious leaders were all victims of the evil, brutal Nazi killing machine. The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. Credit:Getty By the end of the war, 6 million Jews were murdered, including 1.5 million children. If a minute’s silence was observed for each victim, the silence would last more ...

What Were Romanian Soldiers Doing at Stalingrad? The destruction of two Romanian armies at Stalingrad increased the unpopularity of the war in Romania and exacerbated the already strained relations between the Romanian and German militaries. Heres What You Need to Know: German and Romanian forces at Stalingrad failed to stem the tide of the resurgent Soviet Red Army. World War II involved some of the most complex alliance systems in the history of warfare. During the course of the conflict, fo...