World War II
Dresden beats the Nazis
February 17, 2010The Berlin anti-fascists waiting near the Spree River at 4:30 AM for the buses to Dresden were sleepy, cold and nervous.
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The fall of the wall — a view from Berlin
November 10, 2009BERLIN - Moments of mass euphoria, wonderful as they are for those involved, do not always explain history. And for me, too many issues and questions remain unexplained or simply unasked.
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Port Chicago disaster remembered
July 24, 2009320 men died on July 17, 1944, in a munitions explosion aboard a ship being loaded at the Port Chicago Navy Magazine with armaments bound for the war in the Pacific.
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MOVIE REVIEW: What were the Germans thinking?
April 29, 2006The new film “Sophie Scholl,” a small story of resistance to the greatest tragedy of the 20th century, gives us a big opportunity to fulfill our need for answers.
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A veteran’s call for peace
November 10, 2001If you studied the mien of the men, you could tell the war was over.
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