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Debating FDR and the Holocaust
It wasn't surprising that Rafael Medoff's April 7 Op-Ed article about President Franklin D. Roosevelt's private comments on Jews facing persecution in Europe drew spirited responses (though I do admit that I was a little rattled that most of the letters...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Religion and Belief, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Chambersburg church to show 'The Glorious and the Brave'
“The Glorious and the Brave” will be shown Saturday at 7 p.m. at The Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring, 221 N. Main St. in Chambersburg. The stories of eyewitnesses and participants in history come to life in this film that chronicles the...Tags: Human Interest, Religion and Belief, Culture, Sociology, Arts and Culture
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Cave exploring leads to discovery of Holocaust survival story
Twenty years ago, veteran caver Chris Nicola received an offer from a Ukrainian friend to explore the well-known gypsum giant caves in the western part of the European country. Nicola quickly accepted the invitation. "My family on my mother's side had...Tags: Caves and Caverns, Human Interest, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Religion and Belief, Ukraine
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Racist fans attack Hungarian activist ahead of Jewish Congress
ReutersBUDAPEST, April 29 (Reuters) - The head of a Hungarian anti-racism group said far-right soccer fans shouted "Sieg Heil" and attacked him, breaking his nose days before the country is due to host the World Jewish Congress. Ferenc Orosz, chairman of the...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Religion and Belief, U.S. Congress, Hungary, Nazi Party
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Doris Morency, 1932-2013
Doris Morency enlisted in the Marines during the Korean War and was stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. "Hawaii was still a territory back then, and worlds away from her home out East," said her daughter Paula. "But that didn't matter. She was...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Korean War (1950-1953), Lymphoma
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Holocaust films get personal with descendants of Nazis
The Holocaust has long been a deep and disquieting source of material for filmmakers, especially documentarians. As firsthand accounts of World War II naturally dwindle, though, cinematic inquiries on the subject have been shifting into more personal...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Human Interest, Religion and Belief, Movies
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Britain to honour Winston Churchill on new banknote
ReutersLONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Britain is set to honour its revered wartime leader Winston Churchill with a banknote featuring his portrait and famous declaration "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat". The governor of the Bank of...Tags: United Kingdom, Charles Darwin, Entertainment Events, England, Politics
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Tennessee veterans celebrated at National D-Day Memorial
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA group of veterans from Tennessee is getting a big "thank you" in our area. They were greeted with a special celebration Friday afternoon at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford. 19 men who served in World War II and the Korean War are on their way...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Human Interest
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What FDR said about Jews in private
In May 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the White House. It was 17 months after Pearl Harbor and a little more than a year before D-Day. The two Allied leaders reviewed the war effort to date and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Richard Nixon, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Religion and Belief, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Pictures in the News | April 17, 2013
FrameworkWednesday's Pictures in the News begins in London, where pallbearers set down the coffin of Baroness Margaret Thatcher inside St Paul's Cathedral in London. Dignitaries from around the world today join Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of... -
88-year-old World War II veteran honored for his military service
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comJohn Leather wears earplugs to church, but it’s not the sermon that the 88-year-old World War II veteran is trying to muffle. He said he wears the earplugs to drown out the rumble of a drum that’s played when the congregation sings hymns....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Culture, Explosions, Wars and Interventions
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Virginia B. Machovec, cashier
Virginia B. Machovec, a retired city public school cafeteria cashier and longtime hospital volunteer, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. She was 92. The daughter of a Cross Street Market worker and a homemaker, Virginia...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Hospitals and Clinics, Religion and Belief, Pneumonia, Christianity
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