Historian Gurewitsch recounts harrowing and inspiring stories of resistance and rebellion in the camps, taken from her compendium of oral histories, Mothers, Sisters, Resistors. Her talk is as part of this panel on women’s roles during the Holocaust.
Captured by German forces during the Battle of the Bulge, a forgotten group of American G.I.s was sent to Berga am Elster, a satellite concentration camp of the notorious Nazi death camp Buchenwald. Discover their stories.
In the ’50s and ’60s, Cabo Blanco, Peru was a mecca for food and sport fishing. There, the collision of two ocean currents created the perfect conditions the prized billfish. Now the billfish are all but gone from Cabo Blanco–see more about them on Nature’s “Superfish”.
This Saturday and Sunday (May 3, 4), experience Hanami — the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the cherry blossom season — when the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s 220 cherry trees enter peak bloom.
This week, a teenage pimp, an immigrant adrift in New York City, and a child with an acrobatic imagination vied for your votes. So which film won?
The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air: 2008″ report released today, found that about 42 percent of residents nationwide live in counties with high levels of particle or ozone pollution.
In 1974, Robert Sam Anson asked Elie Wiesel a simple question: “Do you think the Jews can ever feel safe wherever they are in the world?” Watch Wiesel’s answer.
Prospects have brightened a little for Sen. Hillary Clinton against Sen. Barack Obama. In fact, she’s moved slightly ahead of Obama in the national AP poll and she leads Sen. John McCain by 9 points. Does she have a chance of winning in North Carolina next Tuesday?
American Masters: Marvin Gaye premieres Wednesday, May 7 at 8 p.m.; excerpts from the show are online, including part of a short but sweet American Bandstand appearance from 1964. Gaye sings “Pride and Joy”, his first top 10 single. Watch it here.
Can exercises make you smarter? Can exercising make your brain more fit as well? The New York Times recently reported that a University of Michigan study showed that memory training exercises can increase intelligence.
