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Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael Karkoc. World War II survivors in both the U.S....Tags: Warsaw (Poland), Religion and Belief, Russia, Nazi Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Report: Hitler order protected Jewish WWI veteran
BERLIN (AP) — A German Jewish newspaper reports that a Jewish World War I veteran apparently was spared deportation to a Nazi death camp due to an intervention by Adolf Hitler. The quarterly Jewish Voice reports that a newly discovered letter...Tags: Judaism, World War I (1914-1918), Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Holocaust center to open in W. Mich.
MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — A center devoted to studying genocide and the Holocaust may open soon at Muskegon Community College. Muskegon's Shoah Remembrance Committee will use space on the MCC campus. The Rev. Chris Anderson tells The...Tags: Judaism, World War II (1939-1945), Religion and Belief, Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Landmark gay history bill goes to California governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Tuesday sent the governor a bill that would make the state the first requiring public schools to include the contributions of gays and lesbians in social studies curriculum. The bill, passed on a...Tags: Education, Republican Party, Jerry Brown, Nazi Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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NJ high school principal embraces power of Twitter
SAN DIMAS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say three women riding on a personal watercraft were killed when they crashed into a motorboat at a Southern California reservoir. Los Angeles County fire Inspector Matt Levesque (luh-VECK') said the Saturday...Tags: Facebook, File Sharing, Technology, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning
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NY parent says Holocaust e-mail to PTA was mistake
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City parent says he mistakenly sent out an e-mail about a book questioning the Holocaust to a PTA list instead of another group he belongs to. The New York Times reports that the Jan. 16 e-mail was sent by Michael...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), The New York Times, Massacres, PTA, New York
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True Blood Season 6: Date, time, TV channel, preview and more!
Channel Guide MagazineTrue Blood Season 6 Sunday, June 16 HBO, 8pm ET/PT (Also, don't miss the two-part social media event that kicks off 9am ET June 16 when HBO reveals exclusive secrets from the set of True Blood Season 6 via the profiles on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram... -
Dodgers' Stan Kasten shaped by his father's unforgettable lessons
Of all the important numbers rolling around Stan Kasten's busy brain, from a giant Dodgers payroll to shrinking Dodgers victories to the size of the line at reserved-level bathrooms, the number that most shaped his life is the one he's never known. It...
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Search for Nazi diary leads to Pennsylvania
His garden stroll with Adolf Hitler left Alfred Rosenberg invigorated. Rosenberg was already one of the most notorious and powerful Nazis, chief architect of ethnic cleansing policies and the man responsible for plundering billions of dollars of art...Tags: Lawyers, Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nazi Party, International Court or Tribunal
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Thanks for telling it like it is
It is most heartwarming and uplifting, especially for our South Florida Holocaust survivor population, to read your wonderful editorial regarding the governor's veto of our $500,000 appropriation request. Your Editorial Board got it just right with...Tags: Politics, Government, Executive Branch
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At Auschwitz, Israel's Netanyahu says Jews still threatened
Reuters* Israeli PM opens new exhibition at death camp * Holocaust showed Jews must act to defend selves * Netanyahu makes veiled references to Iran threat By Wojciech Zurawski OSWIECIM, Poland, June 13 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...Tags: Iran, Israel, Judaism, Warsaw (Poland), Politics
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Holocaust survivors, WWII vets pay tribute to one another
Estelle Glaser Laughlin was only 13 when she and her family were taken to a Nazi death camp in Poland. Albert Wiener was a Jewish teen from Brooklyn drafted into the Army during World War II who hoped to end the persecution of European Jews. The two...
Tags: Human Interest, Judaism, Museums, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Army
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