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Hitler's food taster breaks her silence after 68 years
APRIL 8, 2013 8:39PM
Topics: europe, world war ii, third reich, nazis, germany, history
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Topics: germany, duisburg, world war ii, berlin, bombs
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Remembering My Mom
JANUARY 13, 2013 9:48AM
Topics: poetry, mother, world war ii, holocaust
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Memorial Day, Jaws and the U.S.S. Indianapolis
MAY 24, 2012 7:43AM
Topics: u.s.s. indianapolis, albert raymond kelly, memorial day, world war ii
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Why did Raoul Wallenberg have to die?
JANUARY 18, 2012 7:01AM
Topics: raoul wallenberg, world war ii, holocaust, jews, sweden, genocide
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Some cherished old photos of strangers
AUGUST 4, 2011 8:50AM
Topics: photography, carte de visite, post cards, belle-epoque, world war i, world war ii, history, collections, antiques, antiquing, portraits, people
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The Surprising History of My Home Town
MAY 16, 2011 7:33AM
Topics: small-town charm, african american life in the u.s., proviso township high school, world war ii, the winds of change sometimes carry a stench, a typical midwestern village in the mid-twentieth century, my town my history
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The Man Who failed to Kill My Father
FEBRUARY 23, 2011 2:18PM
Topics: family, science, aviation, world war ii, b-17, flying fortress
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A Sad Duty: Telling Dad's War Buddy of his Passing
DECEMBER 10, 2010 1:35AM
Topics: world war ii vets, death, war buddies, world war ii
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Letter from an American World War II Soldier to His Parents
NOVEMBER 11, 2010 4:59AM
Topics: obituary, army air corps, larry riordan, lawrence riordan, c-47 pilot, world war ii, operation varsity, veterans day
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The Spirit Of Resistance: World War II Heroine Laid To Rest
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 11:46AM
Topics: eileen nearne, world war ii, soe, churchill's secret army, ravensbruck, gestapo, clandestine, rememberance
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My Grandpa the Soldier: Reflections on World War II
MAY 31, 2010 9:42PM
Topics: history, world war ii, remagen, family, memorial day
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Next Year in Jerusalem
APRIL 9, 2010 3:00PM
Topics: lawrence riordan, larry riordan, 436th troop carrier group, us army air corps, jerusalem, judaica, king david hotel, tourism, travel, next year in jerusalem, horrors of war, jewish people, nazi extermination, death camps, world war ii, holocaust remembrance day, shoah
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Poland and Russia mark 70th anniversary of Katyn Massacre
APRIL 7, 2010 7:03AM
Topics: ukraine, nazis, goebbels, beria, stalin, world war ii, katyn, poland, russia
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Are You My Grandmother?
MARCH 9, 2010 3:24PM
Topics: history, yad veshem, world war ii, nazis, hungary, auschwitz, holocaust, family, parents, grandmothers
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Reflections on two military cemeteries in France
NOVEMBER 10, 2009 10:26AM
Topics: veteran's day, world war ii, war, germany, united states, death, memorial, open call, politics
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Frank Buckles, Last Combat Veteran of WWI, Has Died
FEBRUARY 28, 2011 7:22PM
Topics: frank buckles, world war i, history, world war ii
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Berlin's "New Museum" reopens after a seventy-year sleep
OCTOBER 19, 2009 6:45AM
Topics: history, berlin, neues museum, museum, egypt, amarna, nefertiti, germany, world war ii, troy, schliemann, stalin, charlottenburg, travel, art
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It began with a lie: Remembering September 1, 1939
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 6:40AM
Topics: history, blitzkrieg, hitler, germany, poland, world war ii
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‘Mad’ creator’s early Army cartoons
AUGUST 21, 2009 10:27AM
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