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The world suffered a huge loss this week. Miep Gies, the righteous gentile who was pivotal in both hiding the Frank family and the safeguarding and subsequent publishing of Anne Frank’s diary, died on Monday, at nearly 101 years of age.
After decades of efforts by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and others, John Demjanjuk, at 89 [...]
An expression used in arts and literature, the French fin de siècle translates to “end of the century”; it connotes the waning years of an era, while also heralding change. Usually used in reference to late 19th century France, at its core, fin de siècle means tumult, progress, development.
But what about fin de décade? (To [...]
This week we commemorate 71 years since Kristallnacht - the infamous pogrom instigated by German Nazis, which made clear to the world exactly what the National Socialist regime planned for its Jews: total eradication and debasement.
This day in German history - the 9th of November - has a conflicted identity. On the one hand, it [...]
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