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SOURCE: The Guardian
November 14, 2019
A House in the Mountains by Caroline Moorehead review – a riveting tale of resistance in Turin
by Tobias Jones
A gripping narrative within A House in the Mountains by Caroline Moorehead of four extraordinary women who delivered intelligence, letters and weaponry in the cause of resisting the German occupation of Italy
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11/12/19
The Brave Jewish D’Artagnan Who Fenced for Germany in the 1936 Olympics
by Bruce Chadwick
One of the reasons Games resonates today is that ever since those long-ago Olympics in 1936 Jews have faced constant discrimination and persecution, unfairly so, and face it today, too.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
11/8/19
The Battle Between NBC and CBS To Be the First To Film a Berlin Wall Tunnel Escape
by Mike Conway
In the summer of 1962, the two networks were at work on two separate, secret documentaries on tunnels being dug under the Berlin Wall.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
November 9, 2019
‘The day the wall came down’: How The Post covered the Berlin Wall’s fall 30 years ago
by Robert McCartney
Thirty years ago, East German officials abruptly announced it would open its border, ending 28 years of separation between East and West Berlin. This story ran on the front page of The Washington Post the next morning.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
11/8/19
The Forgotten Mass Destruction of Jewish Homes During 'Kristallnacht'
Attacks on Jewish homes have often been a neglected aspect of "the Night of Broken Glass", until now.
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SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal
11/6/19
Berlin Didn’t Want a Reagan Statue—but It’s Getting One Anyway
Seven-foot replica of former president to be inaugurated at U.S. Embassy, overlooking site of Berlin Wall
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
November 7, 2019
Germany may pass a ban on conversion therapy — a turning point in a dark history of LGBTQ rights
Germany's minister on health is trying to ban conversion therapy.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
November 09, 2019
Thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell, a power divide remains in Germany
by Elena Souris
Marginalized east-German perspectives could undermine democracy
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
11/7/19
Historian Hope Harrison Interviewed for article on German Reunification in The Atlantic
The article, "What Would It Take to Unify Korea? Germany Offers Lessons, examines all that is still left to do to reunify Germany 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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SOURCE: Mashable
11/6/19
Live through incredible Berlin Wall escape stories with YouTube's VR history project
The experimental film bridges the generational gap, transforming powerful archival photographs into immersive 360-degree virtual snapshots in time.
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SOURCE: Time
11/7/19
'The Gates in the Wall Stand Open Wide.' What Happened the Day the Berlin Wall Fell
by Albinko Hasic
The story of the Berlin Wall is one of division and repression, but also of the yearning for freedom — and the events that led up to its toppling are no exception.
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‘Return to the Reich’ Review: Refugee Redux
The true story of a Jewish boy from Freiburg who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an American commando on a secret mission.
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SOURCE: The New York Times
October 2, 2019
History Museum Explores Germans’ View of Britain
by The Associated Press
As Brexit looms, one of Germany’s main history museums is examining Germans’ views of the British, complete with a countdown clock that may be reset if Britain’s departure from the European Union is delayed.
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10/6/19
The Nazi Census and a Quiet Hero
by Dwight Harshbarger
The census and discrimination from Nazi Germany to today.
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9/29/19
Betrayal in Berlin: Soviet Disinformation and the Berlin Crisis
by Steve Vogel
While Russian bots and fake Facebook accounts are relatively new, efforts to undercut Western values and democracy and sow division among allies have long been part of the playbook for Russian and Soviet intelligence.
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SOURCE: New York Times
September 21, 2019
An Improbable Relic of Auschwitz: a Shofar That Defied the Nazis
The daughter of a Holocaust survivor has brought forward a ram’s horn trumpet and her father’s account of the power of belief amid death.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
9/14/19
There Are No Nostalgic Nazi Memorials
by Susan Neiman
Americans could learn from how drastically German society has moved away from the nadir of its history.
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9/15/19
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Prince Albert
by Seán Williams
This year historians, tourists, and a fair few locals will be celebrating in Schloss Roseau. Why?
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9/15/19
The Stasi's Cold War Espionage Campaign Inside the Church
by Elisabeth Braw
How the Stasi infiltrated churches to suppress dissent in the German Democratic Republic.
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9/15/19
Autocrats do not need a majority to destroy democracy. A divided opposition helps them.
by Claudia Koonz
Trump is not a despot. But neither were Mussolini and Hitler early on.
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