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Judy Batalion's 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 Second World War in Europe. A new book out this week, "The Light of Days" by Judy Batalion, details ac...

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 daughters landed in Canada, emigrating from Germany on March 20, 1951. The family had lived in the Cit...

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, creating fragments that would fly around the vehicle interior, causing injuries or death. In fact, Brit...

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 strategies for defeating the mighty Soviet Red Army. The very thought sounded ludicrous and scared m...

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.