A grisly discovery of more than 400 mutilated bodies in Mexico is turning history on its head. “Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre” paints a new picture of the violent …
It’s not “beginner English,” it’s not Spanglish and it’s not watered-down Spanish. Chicano English is a distinctive U.S. English dialect. In this interview, Carmen Fought discusses the dialect common to the Southwestern United States and its roots in a bilingual culture.
The one-man play “Primo” recounts the Holocaust experiences of Primo Levi, an Italian chemist who was arrested and transported to Auschwitz in the final year of World War II. He was one of only 22 Italian Jews who left the camp alive. Written by/starring South African-born actor Sir Antony Sher, the play is an adaptation of Levi’s memoir Survival in Auschwitz. See an excerpt.
When the German war machine stormed into Poland, 19-year-old Zula Schibuk was sent from her home to Kaiserwald, a concentration camp in Latvia. This is her story.
Renowned children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak collaborated with playwright Tony Kushner to adapt Brundibar, a children’s opera written in 1938 by Czech composer Hans Krása, into a book and …
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 …
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 1974, Robert Sam Anson asked Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel a simple question: “Do you think the Jews can ever feel safe wherever they are in the world?” Watch Wiesel’s answer.
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.
The death factory at Auschwitz was a closely guarded secret of the Third Reich — until two men, Rudolph Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, escaped to tell the world.
