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Nazi Jews: A Historical Paradox
Would it surprise anyone to learn that there were upwards of 150, 000 soldiers of partial Jewish descent serving in the Nazi army during World War II? Would it surprise anyone to learn that there were upwards of 150, 000 soldiers of partial Jewish descent serving in the Nazi army duri... more
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Wax Hitler beheaded in Berlin museum
A controversy over the "appropriateness" of an historic figure in a museum. Is it essential to display remnants of the past in order to learn, or treat these issues with secrecy and denial? A controversy over the "appropriateness" of an historic figure in a museum. Is it essential to display remnants of the past in order t... more
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Man beheads Adolf Hitler
True story.. thought this was funny and yet interesting news...
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Pope tells of youth under Nazis
Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out for the first time about growing up under the "monster" of Nazism.
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Saving Lives in World War II
Judson Hemperley is a veteran of World War II. But he didn't go to fight... he went to heal. As a medic, he saved many lives including the prisoners at the Nazi concentration camp Dachau. Judson Hemperley is a veteran of World War II. But he didn't go to fight... he went to heal. As a medic, he saved many lives includ... more
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German historian likens Cruise speech to Goebbels
Germany has taken an unusually firm (but welcome) stance on the "Church" of Scientology, treating it as a commercial organisation rather than a religion. The German historian Guido Knopp, who has written a number of books on Hitler and his inner circle, has further rattled the organisation by drawing parallels between footage of Tom Cruise, wearing a large medallion and speaking from a podium to Scientologist acolytes, to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels' speech in a Berlin sports stadium. Germany has taken an unusually firm (but welcome) stance on the "Church" of Scientology, treating it as a commercial organisation rath... more
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Jokes in Auschwitz
This inspiring story is about finding laughter in the last place you would think. In 1944, Werner Reich was a teenager in the Nazi death camp known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, when the infamous Josef Mengele, "The Angel of Death," randomly "selected" 96 boys out of 5,000, saving them from the gas chamber. Werner was one of the surviving "Birkenau Boys" spared, it seems, because of a bad joke. Thank you to my friend Mikal Reich for introducing me to his courageous father who will do anything for a laugh. Today, Werner is a magician (a profession he learned in Auschwitz) and speaks to schoolchildren in hopes the Holocaust will never happen again. This inspiring story is about finding laughter in the last place you would think. In 1944, Werner Reich was a teenager in the Nazi dea... more
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"THE MAGICIAN OF AUSCHWITZ"
In 1944, as a teenager in the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, my friend Werner Reich shared his bunk with a magician named, "Levine". By a remarkable coincidence, when "The Great Nivelli" (Levine spelled backwards), who was known as the "Magician of the Holocaust", died in 1972 in New York. Werner recognized his tattoo as being that of the man who taught him magic. This is a companion piece to our IFP/Current TV winning pod now on air, Telling Jokes In Auschwitz. In 1944, as a teenager in the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, my friend Werner Reich shared his bunk with a magician named, "Levi... more
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"Telling Jokes In Auschwitz"
This inspiring story about finding laughter in the last place you would think. In 1944, Werner Reich was a teenager in the Nazi death camp known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, when the infamous Josef Mengele, "The Angel of Death", randomly "selected" 96 boys out of 5,000, saving them from the gas chamber. Werner was one of the surviving "Birkenau Boys". spared, it seems, because of a bad joke. Thank you to my friend Mikal Reich for introducing me to his courageous father, who will do anything for a laugh. Today, Werner is a magician (which he learned in Auschwitz) and speaks to school children in hopes the Holocaust will never happen again. This inspiring story about finding laughter in the last place you would think. In 1944, Werner Reich was a teenager in the Nazi death... more
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From a Good German, a different kind of story
After this year's Frankfurt Book Fair closed up shop, a reporter called Rowohlt Verlag in Hamburg to find out if a book in its catalogue called "Ich Nicht" had found an English-language publisher.
The answer was no. The woman from the foreign rights department said it was a shame.
Agreed. Published in Germany 13 months ago, "Ich Nicht" is a memoir by the late Joachim Fest, author of the best-known German study of Hitler and a co-publisher of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. It describes his father, his family and growing up in Nazi Germany. After this year's Frankfurt Book Fair closed up shop, a reporter called Rowohlt Verlag in Hamburg to find out if a book in its catalog... more
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