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All'interno del programma radiofonico di RadioPNR "Buongiorno PNR", il fondatore dell'ASD Casa del Giovane Virtus, ci ha parlato del valore dei ragazzi che animano il centro estivo e del'evento "Ritorno ad Auschwitz.
El Festival de Teatro de San Javier vivió una jornada histórica con la entrega del galardón a Sergio Peris-Mencheta, quien eligió este certamen para realizar la última representación de su actual montaje tras dos años de gira. La obra, que narra una historia real basada en un álbum de fotos de los mandos nazis en Auschwitz, finalizó de manera excepcional con los actores saliendo a saludar —lo que en el argot teatral se denomina "glorias"—, un gesto que el director permitió únicamente por tratarse del cierre definitivo de la función. Durante su discurso, Peris-Mencheta conmovió a los 1.100 espectadores al recordar que su primer contacto con el teatro fue precisamente en ese auditorio a los tres años de edad y, sobre todo, al anunciar con optimismo que se encuentra libre de la leucemia que padecía, convirtiendo la noche en un emotivo homenaje a la vida y a su trayectoria profesional.
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We hear how a comic book fan and his friends began the very first comic convention in New York in 1964. Our guest is comic book expert Dr Barbara Postema, from the University Groningen in the Netherlands. Next, we hear how Oasis 1995 hit Wonderwall was made with the man who was the sound engineer on the record. Plus, the memories of the cellist of Auschwitz in World War Two and the final use of a barbaric execution method in Franco's Spain. Sporting Witness takes us back to Hearts of Midlothian's heartbreaking season of 1986. And finally, we learn how Sweden gave its workers some of the longest paid holidays in the world in 1970. Contributors: Bernie Bubnis – organiser of the first Comic Con Dr Barbara Postema - lecturer in the English programme at the University of Groningen Nick Brine – sound engineer on Oasis' song Wonderwall Anita Lasker-Wallfisch – the cellist of Auschwitz Carme Puig Antich – brother of Salvador Puig Antich Gary Mackay and striker John ‘Robbo' Robertson – former Hearts players Inga Persson - beneficiary of Sweden's long summers (Photo: Oasis performing in 1996. Credit: Bernd Mueller/ Redferns via Getty)
The newly minted New York Times bestseller The Renoir Girls by Brit Catherine Ostler tells a hidden story of what really happened to the young girls in Renoir's famous portraits. As it turns out, they were victims of the Holocaust. How could these high-society children have ended up suffering, one even at Auschwitz? The story digs into government, politics, hatred, antisemitism, art, family, wealth, and class. I adored speaking to Catherine, one of the brightest people I've interviewed, and had the pleasure of meeting her in person afterward on the day her book hit “the list.” Huge thanks to Plum Sykes for the introduction. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights, which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book lists, personal essays, and a new essay platform with stories from all of you about what chapters you're in (inspired by my upcoming book Between Chapters: How I Started Over, Took Some Chances, and Found the Plot, 9/22/26). And follow me on Instagram @zibbyowens. But really, keep listening here. If you love my show, please tell a friend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Holocaust did not begin with Auschwitz. Before the gas chambers became instruments of industrialized murder, mobile SS killing squads known as the Einsatzgruppen followed the German army into Eastern Europe, massacring more than a million Jews, Roma, Soviet prisoners, and civilians in forests, ravines, villages, and fields. After the war, a young American Army investigator named Benjamin “Ben” Ferencz uncovered the Nazis' own meticulous records of these mass shootings. At just 27 years old—and having never argued a case in court—Ferencz was appointed Chief Prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen Trial at Nuremberg, where twenty-two SS commanders were charged with crimes against humanity in what newspapers called “the biggest murder trial in history.” Join military historian Colin Heaton as he examines the history of the Einsatzgruppen, the evidence that exposed their crimes, and the landmark trial that helped establish modern international criminal law. Along the way, we'll explore the remarkable life and legacy of Ben Ferencz, whose pursuit of justice shaped the postwar world and influenced generations of war crimes prosecutions.
El actor Nacho López participa en el elenco de Blaubeeren, una obra de teatro documental dirigida por Sergio Peris-Mencheta que se estrena en el Festival de Teatro de San Javier. Explica que la trama surge del hallazgo de un álbum fotográfico real que retrata la vida cotidiana y ociosa de los oficiales nazis en Auschwitz. A través de esta perspectiva, la función cuestiona la banalización del mal y la pasividad social ante las tragedias humanitarias históricas y actuales. El montaje destaca por su elenco polifacético, donde ocho intérpretes asumen múltiples roles para investigar la identidad de los protagonistas de las imágenes. Finalmente, Nacho López resalta el valor de llevar este tipo de reflexiones profundas a escenarios al aire libre durante la temporada estival.
Cet été, j'ai décidé de vous faire (re)découvrir certains épisodes marquants d'Enfant de la Shoah. Parce que certains récits nous marquent à jamais, et qu'il est essentiel de continuer à les faire résonner.je vous propose aujourd'hui et pendant 5 semaines, de vous replonger dans l'histoire d'Herbert. Aujourd'hui centenaire, ce monsieur extraordinaire au parcours incroyable a notamment été le témoin direct de la Nuit de cristal.Que vous découvriez son histoire pour la première fois ou que vous souhaitiez la réécouter, laissez-vous porter par ce témoignage exceptionnel à travers une série de 5 épisodes.Bonne écoute, et bel été à tous ☀️☀️☀️Herbert est né à Vienne en 1924.Après avoir échappé à la Nuit de Cristal, il fuit en Belgique puis en France, où il est interné aux camps de Gurs et de Rivesaltes.Lors des funérailles de sa mère, Herbert parvient à s'enfuir vers Marseille, trouvant refuge chez les Quakers.Malgré leur aide, il est capturé à nouveau et emprisonné au camp des Milles.Après plusieurs mois, il est transféré une fois de plus à Rivesaltes. Il réussira à s'échapper du train qui le mènera à Drancy EN SAUTANT PAR LA FENETREHerbert, comme tant d'autres enfants cachés, partage ses souvenirs de guerre et la vie en clandestinité dans la France occupée.Témoignage de guerre et d'une enfance pendant la guerre, cette histoire vraie de la Shoah nous rappelle l'importance de la résistance juive et le courage des enfants rescapés.Voici la quatrième partie du témoignage d'Herbert, 18 ans, enfant de la Shoah.NE PERDONS PAS L'HISTOIRE, PARTAGEONS-LA…
When the 7.8 magnitude earthquake tore through southeastern Turkey in 2023, the government posted that it would provide translation support in seven languages: Turkish, Arabic, Persian, English, Russian, German, and Pashto. Kurdish, spoken by fifteen million people in the affected region, was not on the list. Elderly Kurdish speakers cried out for help in their mother tongue and could not be understood. Women were afraid to speak Kurdish for fear of not being rescued. Two days later, the government shut down Twitter entirely. A Kurdish educator named Zara Mohammadi had already been jailed for ten years in Iran for the crime of teaching Kurdish to village children for free. Turkey had banned the letters q, w, and x for eighty-five years because they appeared in the Kurdish alphabet and not in Turkish. Today's guest is Sophia Smith Galer, author of *How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words*. We discuss how up to half of the world's 7,000 languages will disappear within the next century, and why this isn't natural attrition but the result of ten distinct weapons of linguicide that Smith Galer traces across the globe. We look at how the United States spent $180 million on revitalization since 2005, and how Ladino songs written inside Auschwitz document a language shift happening in real time, and why Smith Galer describes her own journey with her grandmother's dying language from the Italian Apennines as "palliative care."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What do we do when life breaks our hearts and we can't fix the pain for the people we love?In this moving and deeply human episode of Linda's Corner Podcast, I sit down with Brad Wolfe — singer-songwriter, community activist, and founder of Reimagine — to talk about grief, music, storytelling, and how we can transform pain into purpose, connection, and healing.Brad shares the story of his childhood friend Sara, who was diagnosed with a rare pediatric cancer. Faced with the helplessness that so many people feel during tragedy, Brad discovered something powerful: even when we can't make everything better, we can still show up with love. He brought his guitar to the hospital and began singing for Sara, eventually writing a song for her called “Sara's Got a Sunbeam.” Through music, Brad witnessed not only emotional comfort, but even relief from some of Sara's physical symptoms.The experience transformed Brad as well. He realized that helping others creates healing for everyone involved. That journey eventually led to the creation of the Sunbeam Foundation, which has since raised more than $1 million for cancer research. Brad also formed his band, Brad Wolfe & The Moon, debuting alongside Grammy-winning artist Sara Bareilles.We also discuss the powerful story behind Brad's song “Why Wait?” — inspired by his grandmother, Sally Wolfe, one of the last living survivors of The Holocaust and a survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp. Sally lived to be 102 years old and left behind a profound message: life is short, so we must use our time to care for one another, practice kindness, and choose tolerance and compassion.That message became a guiding force in Brad's life and work. Through Reimagine, Brad has helped create one of the largest community movements in the United States focused on grief, healing, mortality, and meaning. Reimagine has hosted more than 4,500 events for over 250,000 people, creating safe spaces where people can share stories about loss, illness, discrimination, violence, heartbreak, and hope.We also talk about the healing power of creativity and storytelling, the role music plays in helping us process difficult emotions, and how even small steps can help us create meaning and purpose from painful experiences. Brad reminds us that while life is fragile and temporary, we still have the opportunity to live intentionally, love deeply, and do what matters most with the time we are given.You can learn more about Brad Wolfe and his work at:Brad Wolfe Official WebsiteReimagineYou can also watch Brad's powerful music video for “Why Wait?” here:Why Wait Music VideoListen, Share, and SupportIf this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who may need hope today.Be sure to subscribe, leave a rating and review, and help us spread more healing and inspiration to the world.Free Resource for HealingIf you're ready to release stress, calm your mind, and begin healing from within, visit:
In this episode Garth and special guest host Jane Halonen interview Nancy Segal from California State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, CA. Nancy discusses her lifelong twin research, books, and current projects. She describes how an undergraduate essay sparked her career, her work with the Minnesota twins reared-apart study, and how behavioral genetics became more accepted as evidence accumulated. She previews her trade book Twinship: What Twins' Ties Reveal About Relationships and notes she has nine published books, including work on Auschwitz twins, switched-at-birth Colombian identical twins, and a case involving gay fathers and twin sons. Nancy discusses twin-loss research, expert-witness cases, and doppelgangers used to counter "treated alike" critiques. She explains rising twinning rates (delayed childbirth, IVF), emphasizes twin studies' relevance to everyone, rejects evidence for "twin telepathy," and invites participation via her website and twin study center. [Note. Portions of the show notes were generated with Descript AI.]
Kontinuamos kontando la milakrosa istoria de David Galante, superbiviente del Holocausto, Shoá, nasido en Rodas (Grecia) el 21 de Agosto de 1925, kon soltanto 17 anyos fue yevado a los kampos de la muerte nazis injunto a su famyia. Por el tiempo de 50 anyos no pudo ni kisho avlar de la vida en Auschwitz, ma dempués se konvensió ke devía kontarlo todo i dar ensenyanza de su vida i lucha. ¿Kómo reushó en su terivle lucha por sobrebivir? ¿Kómo fue su vida dempués en Buenos Aires, Argentina? Un omenaje a David Galante ke murió en Buenos Aires, Argentina en 2020. En el Museo del Holocausto de Buenos Aires (Argentina) i en Yad Vashem (Israel), se guadra dokumentasión i fotos de su istoria. Kurunamos el programa kon el kante "Yo m'enamorí" en la boz de Fortuna."Mi vedradera liverasión fue kuando pude empezar a kontar" David Galante (Rodas, 1925 - Buenos Aires, 2020)Escuchar audio
Wenn die Thesen unseres Gastes heute standhalten, hinterlässt sein Buch "Von Bayreuth nach Auschwitz" ein Trümmerfeld. (Wdh. vom 23.06.2026)
The Holocaust is not just a Jewish story - it's a story of humanity. So says Naftali Schiff, a rabbi and the founder and CEO of Jewish Futures. Naftali co-authored the gripping book, Miracle: The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber at Auschwitz. It chronicles the real, incredible story of a group of Jewish boys who survived the hellish gas chambers at Auschwitz. The eye-opening book also has an accompanying documentary that highlights the gripping stories of Holocaust survivors. Naftali emphasizes the importance of sharing this tragic and terrible history with our children. The truth must be preserved for future generations, even if it is uncomfortable. The stories of those who lived - or died - at Auschwitz remind us that persecution is never more than one generation away. TAKEAWAYS We must teach our children to embrace good and reject evil and stand up for what is right Not many Christian churches directly discuss the history or impact of the Holocaust Not many Holocaust survivors are still alive today, and soon, the world will rely merely on the memory of their testimonies We live in a world of digital ‘fakes,' but the Holocaust reminds us that evil is very real
Join our WhatsApp group for weekly exclusive content: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FEgoaCOQoyU2VX49SwA8Aw?s=cl&p=a&ilr=4 Be Courageous, be Honest, be a Jew. Those were the words with which a parent took leave of his son during the Holocaust. However much we are aware of the terrible years that befell our People, the words and testimonies shake us and make us rethink Faith & Suffering Mrs Zahava Ungar & Mr Yisrael Diamond are living proof to the tragedies and perseverance that took them through 5 years of torment. They are both heads of a families today which have continued the Yiddishkeit of pre-war generations. Their words need to be heard. Timestamps: [0:00:00] – Survivor vignette: sneaking out for water, sister taken [0:00:38] – Podcast introduction and dedication [0:01:50] – Framing the episode: from numbers to personal stories; link to Tisha B'Av [0:03:33] – Reading and discussion of the three Holocaust letters (to ~[0:07:30]) [0:07:37] – Introduction to Mrs. Sahava Unger [0:08:17] – Early life, Nazi occupation, father taken to labor [0:10:28] – Ghetto, deportation to Auschwitz [0:13:47] – Birkenau, living conditions, selection, loss of sister [0:18:47] – Liberation, aunts in “Canada,” uncle in Sonderkommando, journey after the war ~[0:24:27]–[0:29:00] – Reflections on fear, hunger, cold; her later life and family [0:29:00] – Introduction to Mr. Yustral Diamond [0:29:23] – Leaving Antwerp; journey to Montpellier, south of France [0:31:08] – Round-up orders; warning and help from French gendarmerie chief [0:38:21] – Hiding in villages, resistance environment, daily terror [0:45:32] – Post-war: yeshiva, return to Antwerp, move to Golders Green, religious perseverance [0:48:07] – Introduction to Rav Yeshua Grunwald [0:49:57] – Excerpts from his writings; Holocaust suffering as “mizbeach” / Kodesh Kodashim [0:53:29] – His closing prayer for justice and redemption [0:54:17]–end – Host's closing words and Tisha B'Av message
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Vancouver Holocaust survivor Adam Policzer, 87, is marking three major milestones this summer: the publication of his first English-language Holocaust autobiography in the form of a 60-page graphic novel, The House Across the Street; the premiere of a documentary about his life; and the 80th anniversary of his reunion with his father after the Second World War in July 1946. Eighty years ago, Policzer was reunited with his father, who had fled Hungary before the outbreak of the Second World War and found safety in Chile. But the child and his mother didn't get out in time before the Nazis invaded Hungary. So, Policzer's mother arranged to hide her young son with the Christian family living across the street in the city of Miskolc. She was later deported to Auschwitz, and eventually perished in a Nazi slave-labour camp in Poland. Policzer eventually moved from Chile to Vancouver, B.C. in the 1970s, where he worked as an architect. He and his wife wanted to leave a memoir for their grandchildren, so he drew his story as a graphic novel, published in Canada in June by Dirty Water Comics. Policzer believes he is one of the few child survivors who vividly remembers the Holocaust, and possibly one of the only survivors to tell his story as a graphic novel with his own drawings. The story has also inspired a new documentary about him which recently premiered at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. On today's fresh episode of The CJN's North Star podcast, Adam Policzer joins host Ellin Bessner to explain how drawing his images helped him deal with his Holocaust trauma, while paying tribute to the Christian family that repeatedly risked their lives to save his, but never qualified for recognition by Yad Vashem. Also joining are the filmmakers Jamie Michaels and Liam Karp, both from Winnipeg. Related stories Learn more and buy the book “The House Across the Street” by Adam Policzer, published by Dirty Water Comics, in Winnipeg. Watch the trailer for the new documentary about Adam Policzer, called “I draw them the Best I Can”, which had its world premiere at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival on June 8, 2026. Check out director Jamie Michael's 2019 graphic novel “Christie Pits” in The CJN , and also co-director Liam Karp's solo Holocaust short film called “Tattoo” (2023), which also screened at the TJFF in June. Credits Host and writer: Ellin Bessner ( @ebessner ) Production team: Zachary Kauffman (senior producer), Michael Fraiman (executive producer), Alicia Richler (editorial director) Music: Bret Higgins Support our show Subscribe to The CJN newsletter Watch our podcasts on YouTube. Donate to The CJN (+ get a charitable tax receipt)
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Conversion doesn't always happen in a single blinding moment of clarity. Sometimes, like drops of water slowly filling a glass, conversion to the Catholic faith is the result of countless conversations, experiences, and quiet moments accumulated over many years.In today's episode, I speak with Lucinda -- a teacher and Cambridge graduate -- about her journey to the Catholic Church. Through conversations with friends, encounters with Evangelical Christians and faithful Catholics, and even a visit to Auschwitz, Lucinda gradually came to understand and embrace the Catholic faith.Lucinda's conversion story is a powerful reminder that every small act of kindness, every thoughtful conversation, and every example of faithful living can shape another person's search for truth in ways we may never see.Donate via PayPalSupport us on Patreon!Contact the podcast: crashcoursecatholicism@gmail.com.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crashcoursecatholicism/
Kompartimos la istoria de David Galante, sefardí nasido en Rodas (Grecia) ke injunto a su ermano Moshé fue el úniko superbiviente de su famyia ke fueron yevados a kampos de eksterminio nazis. Sus padres Abraham i Rebeca, i sus tres ermanas Rosa, Matilde i Sara fueron matados todos en Auschwitz, akí kontamos parte de su istoria en el kampo de eksterminio. Semana vinien kontinuamos kon la istoria de David Galante komo omenaje a las víktimas de la Shoá, Holocausto. Kurunamos el programa kon el kante "Arvolés yoran por luvias" en la versión de Isaac Levy.Escuchar audio
Among the unique artifacts held in the collections of the Auschwitz Memorial are fairy tales created while the camp was in operation. Crafted out of a heartfelt need, and in the hope of leaving behind a trace of their authors, these stories were smuggled out the camp. Their creators were prisoners employed in the camp's Construction Office. With the help of people on the outside, they passed these fairy tales on to their loved ones. The story behind the fairy tales from Auschwitz is told by Jadwiga Kulasza, a retired employee of the Memorial Archives, as well as family members of the authors: Felicjan Świerczyna, son of Bernard Świerczyna, and Andrzej Czulda, son of Henryk Czulda.=====Voiceovers: Greg Littlefield, Michael Takiff, Kate Weinrieb
durée : 00:59:19 - Les émissions culturelles de France Culture - par : Patrick Boucheron - "Ce n'est pas l'œuvre d'un seul homme mais d'une civilisation" écrivait Elaine de Kooning à propos de "L'Homme qui marche" de Giacometti. Iconique et antimonumentale à la fois, cette sculpture prend place dans une longue lignée de corps défaits au sein de l'histoire de l'art d'après Auschwitz. - équipe : Laurence Millet, Sophie-Catherine Gallet, Anouk Minaudier Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France
Szczególnymi obiektami, które znajdują się w Zbiorach Miejsca Pamięci Auschwitz, są powstałe w okresie funkcjonowania obozu bajki. Tworzone z potrzeby serca, w nadziei, że pozostawią ślad po ich autorach, wysyłane były drogą nielegalną poza obóz. Ich twórcami byli więźniowie zatrudnieni w obozowym Biurze Budowalnym. Dzięki pomocy ludzi przebywających na wolności – przekazywali bajki swoim bliskim. O historii powstania bajek z Auschwitz opowiadają: Jadwiga Kulasza, emerytowana pracowniczka Archiwum Miejsca Pamięci, oraz członkowie rodzin autorów tych szczególnych dokumentów: Felicjan Świerczyna, syn Bernarda Świerczyny, oraz Andrzej Czulda, syn Henryka Czuldy.
Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Nadie sabe quién fue Homero, ni siquiera se sabe si existió. Los griegos lo imaginaron ciego y errante y hasta siete ciudades griegas se disputaron ser su cuna, pero desde finales del siglo XVIII, la filología sospecha que detrás de ese nombre no hay un hombre, sino un oficio, el de los aedos que improvisaban con fórmulas prefabricadas ante un público que no sabía leer. Homero, más que un autor, fue una técnica narrativa. La Odisea que conocemos cristalizó por escrito a finales del siglo VIII a.C. en la Jonia, justo cuando Grecia salía de 400 años de penumbra y acababa de tomar prestado el alfabeto fenicio. Sus 24 cantos y 12.110 versos narran los últimos 41 días de un regreso de 10 años, y no empiezan por el principio. Ulises lleva siete años retenido por Calipso mientras los pretendientes de Penélope, su esposa, devoran su hacienda en Ítaca. Ella, entretanto y para ganar tiempo, teje de día el sudario que desteje de noche. Los cuatro primeros cantos siguen a Telémaco, los centrales recogen las aventuras del héroe narra ante, y la segunda mitad transcurre ya en tierra contando su regreso a Ítaca. El epíteto que mejor cuadra a Ulises no es el de astuto, sino el de sufrido, el que resiste a pesar de que todo lo tiene en contra. El heroísmo en Aquiles es morir joven y hermoso, a cambio de la gloria eterna, en Ulises es la resistencia. La metis (astucia) se sobrepone a la bía (la fuerza bruta), pero eso se cobra su precio. El armazón moral de la Odisea es la xenia, la hospitalidad sagrada que unos cumplen y otros violan. La matanza de los pretendientes del canto 22 no es una venganza, es la restitución de un orden roto, quizá por eso Homero lo remata con una amnistía. Los dioses intervienen en el curso de los acontecimientos, empujan a los hombres y les condicionan, pero no les eximen de la responsabilidad. De la Odisea ha bebido toda la literatura occidental desde la antigua Grecia. Virgilio, Ovidio, el Ulises que Dante lanzó más allá de las columnas de Hércules y ya no regresa, Kavafis, Primo Levi recitándolo en Auschwitz y el Leopold Bloom de Joyce, que comprime diez años en un día de Dublín, todos se nutren del relato homérico. La Odisea inventó la épica y también la novela. No promete que el viaje tenga sentido, solo que un hombre, si se lo propone, puede aguantar. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Nadie sabe quién fue Homero, ni siquiera se sabe si existió. Los griegos lo imaginaron ciego y errante y hasta siete ciudades griegas se disputaron ser su cuna, pero desde finales del siglo XVIII, la filología sospecha que detrás de ese nombre no hay un hombre, sino un oficio, el de los aedos que improvisaban con fórmulas prefabricadas ante un público que no sabía leer. Homero, más que un autor, fue una técnica narrativa. La Odisea que conocemos cristalizó por escrito a finales del siglo VIII a.C. en la Jonia, justo cuando Grecia salía de 400 años de penumbra y acababa de tomar prestado el alfabeto fenicio. Sus 24 cantos y 12.110 versos narran los últimos 41 días de un regreso de 10 años, y no empiezan por el principio. Ulises lleva siete años retenido por Calipso mientras los pretendientes de Penélope, su esposa, devoran su hacienda en Ítaca. Ella, entretanto y para ganar tiempo, teje de día el sudario que desteje de noche. Los cuatro primeros cantos siguen a Telémaco, los centrales recogen las aventuras del héroe narra ante, y la segunda mitad transcurre ya en tierra contando su regreso a Ítaca. El epíteto que mejor cuadra a Ulises no es el de astuto, sino el de sufrido, el que resiste a pesar de que todo lo tiene en contra. El heroísmo en Aquiles es morir joven y hermoso, a cambio de la gloria eterna, en Ulises es la resistencia. La metis (astucia) se sobrepone a la bía (la fuerza bruta), pero eso se cobra su precio. El armazón moral de la Odisea es la xenia, la hospitalidad sagrada que unos cumplen y otros violan. La matanza de los pretendientes del canto 22 no es una venganza, es la restitución de un orden roto, quizá por eso Homero lo remata con una amnistía. Los dioses intervienen en el curso de los acontecimientos, empujan a los hombres y les condicionan, pero no les eximen de la responsabilidad. De la Odisea ha bebido toda la literatura occidental desde la antigua Grecia. Virgilio, Ovidio, el Ulises que Dante lanzó más allá de las columnas de Hércules y ya no regresa, Kavafis, Primo Levi recitándolo en Auschwitz y el Leopold Bloom de Joyce, que comprime diez años en un día de Dublín, todos se nutren del relato homérico. La Odisea inventó la épica y también la novela. No promete que el viaje tenga sentido, solo que un hombre, si se lo propone, puede aguantar. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
In dieser Folge beleuchten wir eines der bewegendsten und wichtigsten Kapitel der Zeitgeschichte: Das Schicksal von Wilhelm Brasse, dem Fotografen von Auschwitz. Als polnischer Soldat und gelernter Porträtfotograf weigerte er sich nach dem deutschen Überfall auf Polen, ein Dokument zu unterschreiben, das ihn zum Deutschen gemacht hätte, und wurde als Häftling mit der Nummer 3444 in das Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager Auschwitz-Birkenau verschleppt. Seine Deutschkenntnisse und sein fotografisches Talent retteten ihm dort das Leben: Er wurde gezwungen, für den Lagererkennungsdienst in Block 26 zu arbeiten. In jeweils nur drei Minuten pro Person fertigte er mehr als 50.000 Häftlingsfotos an und hielt dabei die nackte Angst, das Leid und die Würde der zum Tode Verurteilten fest – darunter das unvergessliche Gesicht der 14-jährigen Czeslawa Kwoka. Brasse wurde unfreiwillig zum Zeugen des unvorstellbaren sadistischen Systems und musste sogar die grausamen Menschenexperimente von SS-Lagerarzt Josef Mengele fotografisch dokumentieren. Doch kurz vor der Befreiung durch die Rote Armee wagte er den stillen, lebensgefährlichen Protest: Er widersetzte sich dem SS-Befehl, alle Aufnahmen zu vernichten, löschte die brennenden Negative und rettete rund 38.000 Bilder für die Nachwelt. Erfahre in dieser Episode, wie diese Dokumente den Opfern des Holocaust bis heute ein Gesicht geben und warum Wilhelm Brasse nach dem Krieg aus tiefem traumatischem Schmerz nie wieder durch einen Kamerasucher blicken konnte. Ein tief berührendes Porträt über den schmalen Grat des Überlebens im Zentrum des Grauens und die bleibende Verpflichtung des Erinnerns.
The Forger of Paris (Doppelhouse Press, 2025) presents Adolfo Kaminsky's biography in its only authorized edition, expanded with photographs from Kaminsky's 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris and accompanied by essays from MAHJ director Paul Salmona and National Jewish Book Award winner Deborah Dash Moore. "This necessary book provides unforgettable insights into hidden worlds of the Jews, intellectuals, and partisans who fought back.... has a thriller dimension that outshines even the best undercover fiction." — Jewish Book Council At seventeen, Adolfo Kaminsky had narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz and was recruited to join the Jewish underground. Due to his expert knowledge of dyes and an artistic, technical ability to reproduce official documents, he soon became the primary forger for the Resistance in Paris, creating papers that would save an estimated 14,000 Jewish men, women, and children from certain death. Upon the Liberation and for the next twenty-five years, Kaminsky worked as a professional photographer. But, recognizing the fight for freedom had not ended with the defeat of the Nazis, and driven by his own harrowing experiences, he continued to forge documents in secret for activists, refugees, human rights causes, and pacifists throughout the world. "At a moment when someone's passport, or religion, can still mean the difference between life and death, Mr. Kaminsky's story remains painfully relevant, but inspiring." — Filmmakers Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia and Pamela Druckerman for The New York Times "A triumphant wartime biography, full of heroism and near-alchemistic craftiness." — Foreword Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
The Forger of Paris (Doppelhouse Press, 2025) presents Adolfo Kaminsky's biography in its only authorized edition, expanded with photographs from Kaminsky's 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris and accompanied by essays from MAHJ director Paul Salmona and National Jewish Book Award winner Deborah Dash Moore. "This necessary book provides unforgettable insights into hidden worlds of the Jews, intellectuals, and partisans who fought back.... has a thriller dimension that outshines even the best undercover fiction." — Jewish Book Council At seventeen, Adolfo Kaminsky had narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz and was recruited to join the Jewish underground. Due to his expert knowledge of dyes and an artistic, technical ability to reproduce official documents, he soon became the primary forger for the Resistance in Paris, creating papers that would save an estimated 14,000 Jewish men, women, and children from certain death. Upon the Liberation and for the next twenty-five years, Kaminsky worked as a professional photographer. But, recognizing the fight for freedom had not ended with the defeat of the Nazis, and driven by his own harrowing experiences, he continued to forge documents in secret for activists, refugees, human rights causes, and pacifists throughout the world. "At a moment when someone's passport, or religion, can still mean the difference between life and death, Mr. Kaminsky's story remains painfully relevant, but inspiring." — Filmmakers Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia and Pamela Druckerman for The New York Times "A triumphant wartime biography, full of heroism and near-alchemistic craftiness." — Foreword Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history
The Forger of Paris (Doppelhouse Press, 2025) presents Adolfo Kaminsky's biography in its only authorized edition, expanded with photographs from Kaminsky's 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris and accompanied by essays from MAHJ director Paul Salmona and National Jewish Book Award winner Deborah Dash Moore. "This necessary book provides unforgettable insights into hidden worlds of the Jews, intellectuals, and partisans who fought back.... has a thriller dimension that outshines even the best undercover fiction." — Jewish Book Council At seventeen, Adolfo Kaminsky had narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz and was recruited to join the Jewish underground. Due to his expert knowledge of dyes and an artistic, technical ability to reproduce official documents, he soon became the primary forger for the Resistance in Paris, creating papers that would save an estimated 14,000 Jewish men, women, and children from certain death. Upon the Liberation and for the next twenty-five years, Kaminsky worked as a professional photographer. But, recognizing the fight for freedom had not ended with the defeat of the Nazis, and driven by his own harrowing experiences, he continued to forge documents in secret for activists, refugees, human rights causes, and pacifists throughout the world. "At a moment when someone's passport, or religion, can still mean the difference between life and death, Mr. Kaminsky's story remains painfully relevant, but inspiring." — Filmmakers Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia and Pamela Druckerman for The New York Times "A triumphant wartime biography, full of heroism and near-alchemistic craftiness." — Foreword Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies
The Forger of Paris (Doppelhouse Press, 2025) presents Adolfo Kaminsky's biography in its only authorized edition, expanded with photographs from Kaminsky's 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris and accompanied by essays from MAHJ director Paul Salmona and National Jewish Book Award winner Deborah Dash Moore. "This necessary book provides unforgettable insights into hidden worlds of the Jews, intellectuals, and partisans who fought back.... has a thriller dimension that outshines even the best undercover fiction." — Jewish Book Council At seventeen, Adolfo Kaminsky had narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz and was recruited to join the Jewish underground. Due to his expert knowledge of dyes and an artistic, technical ability to reproduce official documents, he soon became the primary forger for the Resistance in Paris, creating papers that would save an estimated 14,000 Jewish men, women, and children from certain death. Upon the Liberation and for the next twenty-five years, Kaminsky worked as a professional photographer. But, recognizing the fight for freedom had not ended with the defeat of the Nazis, and driven by his own harrowing experiences, he continued to forge documents in secret for activists, refugees, human rights causes, and pacifists throughout the world. "At a moment when someone's passport, or religion, can still mean the difference between life and death, Mr. Kaminsky's story remains painfully relevant, but inspiring." — Filmmakers Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia and Pamela Druckerman for The New York Times "A triumphant wartime biography, full of heroism and near-alchemistic craftiness." — Foreword Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography
The Forger of Paris (Doppelhouse Press, 2025) presents Adolfo Kaminsky's biography in its only authorized edition, expanded with photographs from Kaminsky's 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris and accompanied by essays from MAHJ director Paul Salmona and National Jewish Book Award winner Deborah Dash Moore. "This necessary book provides unforgettable insights into hidden worlds of the Jews, intellectuals, and partisans who fought back.... has a thriller dimension that outshines even the best undercover fiction." — Jewish Book Council At seventeen, Adolfo Kaminsky had narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz and was recruited to join the Jewish underground. Due to his expert knowledge of dyes and an artistic, technical ability to reproduce official documents, he soon became the primary forger for the Resistance in Paris, creating papers that would save an estimated 14,000 Jewish men, women, and children from certain death. Upon the Liberation and for the next twenty-five years, Kaminsky worked as a professional photographer. But, recognizing the fight for freedom had not ended with the defeat of the Nazis, and driven by his own harrowing experiences, he continued to forge documents in secret for activists, refugees, human rights causes, and pacifists throughout the world. "At a moment when someone's passport, or religion, can still mean the difference between life and death, Mr. Kaminsky's story remains painfully relevant, but inspiring." — Filmmakers Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia and Pamela Druckerman for The New York Times "A triumphant wartime biography, full of heroism and near-alchemistic craftiness." — Foreword Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies
Vielleicht haben wir manche Bilder und Eindrücke in den vergangenen Jahren in unserem Inneren gespeichert, wo Menschen übel zugerichtet wurden. Ausgenutzt, versklavt, verfolgt und manchmal sogar hingerichtet. Da kommen uns Bilder von Auschwitz, Birkenau oder anderen Konzentrationslagern in unser Blickfeld.
The Forger of Paris (Doppelhouse Press, 2025) presents Adolfo Kaminsky's biography in its only authorized edition, expanded with photographs from Kaminsky's 2019 exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris and accompanied by essays from MAHJ director Paul Salmona and National Jewish Book Award winner Deborah Dash Moore. "This necessary book provides unforgettable insights into hidden worlds of the Jews, intellectuals, and partisans who fought back.... has a thriller dimension that outshines even the best undercover fiction." — Jewish Book Council At seventeen, Adolfo Kaminsky had narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz and was recruited to join the Jewish underground. Due to his expert knowledge of dyes and an artistic, technical ability to reproduce official documents, he soon became the primary forger for the Resistance in Paris, creating papers that would save an estimated 14,000 Jewish men, women, and children from certain death. Upon the Liberation and for the next twenty-five years, Kaminsky worked as a professional photographer. But, recognizing the fight for freedom had not ended with the defeat of the Nazis, and driven by his own harrowing experiences, he continued to forge documents in secret for activists, refugees, human rights causes, and pacifists throughout the world. "At a moment when someone's passport, or religion, can still mean the difference between life and death, Mr. Kaminsky's story remains painfully relevant, but inspiring." — Filmmakers Samantha Stark, Alexandra Garcia and Pamela Druckerman for The New York Times "A triumphant wartime biography, full of heroism and near-alchemistic craftiness." — Foreword Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies
In this episode I spoke with Naftal Schiff about his book "Miracle: The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chambers at Auschwitz". An unforgettable story of survival and resilience in the death camps of World War II.The Ernie Pyle WWII Museum is located in Dana Indiana! erniepyle.org
Join our WhatsApp group for weekly exclusive content: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FEgoaCOQoyU2VX49SwA8Aw?s=cl&p=a&ilr=4 George Mandel-Mantello was one man on his own, a Jew living in Switzerland, who ignited an international outcry against the destruction of Hungary's Jewish community and stopped the deportation of the last 250,000 Jews. Mantello's weapon was not a gun or an army — it was information. With extraordinary courage and ingenuity, he forged papers, sent a courier into Hungary to gather first-hand reports about Auschwitz and forced the allies to react. But for decades afterwards, the actions of this saviour were deliberately minimised and censored. Meanwhile in nearby Germany, the brother of the highest ranking member of the SS, was helping Jews escape the Nazi inferno. His courage also went unheralded for many years. Timestamps: [0:03:55] – George Mantello – An Overlooked Hero of the Holocaust [0:15:14] – The Auschwitz Protocols & Mantello's Information Mission to Hungary [0:26:30] – Emergency Meeting in Switzerland & Decision to Act [0:29:12] – Breaking Swiss Censorship & Media Avalanche [0:33:31] – Global Political Impact & Halting the Hungarian Deportation Trains [0:37:08] – Raoul Wallenberg and the International Ghetto in Budapest [0:38:45] – Arrow Cross Takeover, Death Marches & Survival of Budapest Jewry [0:41:08] – Post-War Rescue Operations and Salvadorian Papers Reused [0:49:42] – Reinhard Heydrich – Architect of the Final Solution [0:54:40] – Heinz Heydrich – The Brother Who Turned Rescuer [0:58:25] – Lina Heydrich & Persistence of Nazi Ideology [1:00:45] – Closing Reflections & Recovering Mantello's Legacy
Ralph speaks to historian Omer Bartov about his new book “Israel: What Went Wrong?” with special guest, international law expert Bruce FeinBruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law. Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.Many of the things that you describe in Israel apply in spades in the United States. We also have an administration that says we're being invaded militarily by Venezuela gangs, so we have to go kidnap their president and annex Venezuela. We've stated that Iran is an existential threat to the United States because at some future time, it's conceivable they may get one nuclear weapon. We have 5,000, Israel probably has 300 or 400. Or make the argument that we are being invaded by defenseless immigrants across the southern border. And it does seem to me that all countries—I don't think it's unique anyway to the United States or Israel, but it's generally true those in power are there to manufacture fear, to inflate fleas into elephants and say “My gosh, tomorrow the sky is falling down. We need to have national emergencies, rule by decree.” Everything is “an imminent danger”, the Communist domino theory. It's a very challenging issue. I say what you've described in Israel is not unique to Israel. We confront it every day right in the United States. And it works.Bruce FeinOmer Bartov is the Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. A historian, Professor Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv, and served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become a leading scholar of the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention to his native country. His early research concerned the Nazi indoctrination of the Wehrmacht and the crimes it committed in World War II. He then turned to the links between total war and genocide and interethnic relations in the borderlands of Eastern Europe. His current interest is reflected in his recent books, Genocide, the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis, Israel: What Went Wrong?, and the forthcoming The Broken Promise: A Personal Political History of Israel and Palestine. The whole idea of creating a Jewish state (and it says so in the Proclamation of the State from May 1948) is that it would be a state for Jews—that it would be both Jewish and democratic. And that has proven to be not possible. A Jewish state can be both Jewish and democratic only if the overwhelming majority (if not all) of its citizens are Jews.Omer Bartov[Zionist zealots] believe that history is on their side—so in that sense, they are similar to Communists they're similar to Fascists they're similar to Nazis in that they believe that they can see the way forward, they know the logic of history, and the logic of history as they see it is on their side.Omer BartovIn Israel, since the 1980s (really since after the War of 1973, with the rise of the right wing in Israel in particular) the Holocaust has come to serve a particular purpose. Instead of being commemorated as an event that happened in the past that we should remember and commemorate and research, it's become a kind of image of an imminent danger to Israel. And the farther Israel has moved from the actual event of the Holocaust, and the more the Israeli army has become the military hegemon in its region, the more this alleged threat of an “Auschwitz around the corner” has been used by Israeli governments. Why has it been used? Because Israel actually needs to explain to itself and to its citizens: Why is it bossing it over millions of Palestinians? Half of the population under Israeli control are Palestinians. Two million are citizens, but they don't have equal rights, and the others have no rights at all (they're simply under arbitrary military rule). So how do you explain that? You explain that by telling your population and the rest of the world that those Palestinians—who have no power, who can never pose a threat to you—are an existential threat. And in Israel, that has worked quite well.Omer BartovBecause of the focus on Hebrew—to create Hebrew as a mother tongue for children whose mothers didn't speak Hebrew—because of that, there was a great antagonism towards speaking any other language. And the notion of having bilingual schools (that is, of having schools in Palestine where people would learn both Hebrew and Arabic, the language of the place) is not entertained by the vast majority of educators. Now, if you think about what would have been the result of having bilingual schools already in the 1920s and 30s, that children could speak each other's language and recognize each other's culture—that could have had a huge effect on how Zionism developed and how the state would have developed. But in today's Israel, the only bilingual population are the Palestinians. Palestinian citizens of Israel speak Arabic and Hebrew. Most Israelis don't speak Arabic. And most Israelis who trace themselves (quite large numbers) not to Europe, but to North Africa and the Middle East, where their parents and grandparents spoke Arabic (this was their language) have forgotten that language and were ashamed of their parents speaking it because it associated them with the Arabs. So the loss in this kind of creation of a nation around one language was the ability to imagine yourself as sharing the space with another group.Omer Bartov * Our top story concerns a progressive insurgent running in a must-win Senate race – and not the one you're thinking of. Late last week, Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed won the endorsement of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The New York Times notes that this is AOC's first Senate endorsement of this cycle, coming just about a month ahead of the August 4th Michigan primary. El-Sayed is quoted saying that he is “honored for what her support says about what this campaign is building and what we're fighting for,” adding that he thinks that “too many establishment Democrats are…afraid that I will win.” He pointedly attacked Senator Chuck Schumer, charging that the Minority Leader “doesn't want to see me on the inside of the U.S. Senate,” because El-Sayed would “call out the kind of politics where we take money from corporations and AIPAC to run milquetoast campaigns and don't say anything about the problems that everyday people are facing.” El-Sayed has announced that he will campaign with AOC and Senator Bernie Sanders in Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids on July 18th and 19th, per MLive.* Another earthquake occurred in the Michigan Senate race on July 5th, when State Senator Mallory McMorrow announced that she would be withdrawing from the race – turning what was a competitive three-way race into a head-to-head between El-Sayed and the Democratic establishment pick, Congresswoman Haley Stevens. The Detroit Free Press notes that this announcement “comes after absentee ballots have already been mailed out to some voters and too late to remove her name from the primary ballot,” though voters are able to rescind their absentee votes and submit new ones up through Friday, July 24th. In a video statement, McMorrow maintained that “People are crying out for change and we need to listen.” McMorrow once led her opponents in this race but saw her support collapse and was trailing in a distant third place in recent polls. Rumor also had it that outgoing Senator Gary Peters was privately calling for her to exit the race so centrists could consolidate around Stevens. While many of her supporters are expected to go to Stevens, El-Sayed is energetically courting McMorrow's voters as well. The Detroit News reports McMorrow herself has announced that she will remain neutral in the remaining days of the primary, leaving her voters to vote their own consciences.* In more Michigan news, DSA-backed congressional candidate Donavan McKinney is running strong in his primary campaign against incumbent Congressman Shri Thanedar, whom McKinney has labeled “Detroit's own Elon Musk,” according to the New York Post. If McKinney pulls it off, he will join the growing group of DSA members in the House, along with Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier and AOC from New York, Chris Rabb and Melat Kiros from Pennsylvania and Colorado respectively, and Rashida Tlaib from Michigan. Another candidate endorsed by his local DSA chapter, Kyle Blomquist, is running for Congress in Michigan but even if he wins his primary he is not expected to flip the deep red 1st congressional district.* In Missouri, Cori Bush has also won the support of DSA for her comeback congressional run against Wesley Bell, who defeated her in the 2024 primary, Andrew Solender reports. Bush had already won the support of her local DSA chapter, along with many other progressive organizations, and has been endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, and former Congressman Jamaal Bowman. This week though, she won the support of the national DSA. In a statement, Bush wrote “I am honored to be once again endorsed by the Democratic [Socialists] of America as I campaign to return to Congress and keep building our movement to fight for economic justice, Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, and a world where everyday people have a real voice in our workplace's neighborhoods and society.” Bush also praised DSA for its “decades of organizing…[mobilizing] thousands of people across the country to demand an economy that works for all of us…[and] take on war profiteers, the for-profit healthcare industry, and the billionaire funded lobbies that subvert our democracy.” There has been little polling of this race, but what there has been appears to show the race in a statistical dead heat. One sign that Bush is being taken seriously is the new $865,000 ad buy taken out by the United Democracy Project, an AIPAC cutout.* Ironically, it would seem that American Jews have a more favorable view of the progressive left than Israel. According to the Forward, a new AP poll found that “44% of American Jews hold a favorable opinion of Zohran Mamdani, compared with 39% who view him unfavorably.” This is in contrast to the 32% of respondents who said they have a favorable opinion of Netanyahu and 59% who said they have a negative view of the Israeli PM. Perhaps more surprisingly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a “staunch supporter of Israel,” garnered only a 41% favorability rating, though far more respondents said they don't know enough about him to have an opinion than said they have a negative view.* Turning back to the Senate, the other major story this week of course is the fall of Graham Platner. Accusations of sexual assault, detailed in a POLITICO article, resulted in a deluge of opprobrium that cascaded upwards culminating in Platner's earliest and highest profile supporter, Senator Bernie Sanders, calling on him to drop out of the Senate race in Maine. In a video message released Wednesday, Platner stated that he would be suspending his campaign effective immediately, later telling staff that he plans to wait until Monday, the final possible day, to formally withdraw from the race, Axios reports. In the same video, Platner categorically denied the accusations calling them “all false,” and maintaining that the “things that have been claimed did not happen.” He implied that the scandal was orchestrated by “those in power“ who would “rather see Susan Collins win than have me be the next Senator from Maine.”* Platner's impending, late-stage withdrawal from the race has set off a chaotic blitz primary to replace him as the Democratic nominee. Numerous candidates have announced they are running including former Maine Senate president Troy Jackson, former Director of Maine's Center for Disease, Control and Prevention Nirav Shah, co-founder of Maine beer company Dan Kleban, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and state lawmaker Valli Geiger, along with Jordan Wood and Paige Loud, both of whom ran in the Maine second congressional district Democratic primary. The actual process for selecting a nominee has been the subject of debate – with many progressives arguing for caucuses – but POLITICO reports that by July 27th, “600 delegates must be selected,” including 500 from the state's 16 county parties, and these delegates will decide on a candidate to replace Platner via “an unprecedented nominating convention,” wherein all delegates come in unpledged to any candidate setting the stage for “what could be a raucous and unpredictable free-for-all.” It remains to be seen how this will all shake out, but it is notable that almost all of these candidates poll very strongly against Senator Susan Collins, with many polling higher than Platner ever did, while the Democratic Party's handpicked primary candidate, sitting Governor Janet Mills, still polls lower than Platner even since the scandal broke.* For our final Senate story, we turn to the senior Senator from Kentucky, Mitch McConnell. McConnell was recently found unconscious in his Washington, DC home and has been hospitalized since, and while Republican Senators and media figures like Scott Jennings claim to have spoken with him directly, his being sequestered away from the public has fueled rampant speculation about the severity of his condition and why it is being kept so secretive. Forbes reports that some figures on the right, including Steve Bannon, are “suggesting the Republican establishment is shielding the state of McConnell's health from the public to allow him to remain in office long enough to avoid [Kentucky Congressman Thomas] Massie running for his seat.” Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene told TMZ, “Thomas Massie would make a great senator.” The Hill reports that Andy Beshear, the Democratic Governor of Kentucky, sent a letter to McConnell's Senate office strongly requesting an update on the Senator's health, noting that “Over the last several weeks, Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the health and well-being of Sen. McConnell,” and that “Allowing speculation to continue in the media is not fair to the Senator or to Kentuckians, and my hope is that this provides him the opportunity to share the information in a transparent manner, direct from the source.”* In more positive news, AP reports former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan, who helped an immigrant escape ICE by ushering him through her jury room door was spared prison time in her sentencing this week. After the incident in her court room, Dugan was convicted of felony obstruction in what was widely seen as a political trial designed to exact retribution on behalf of the Trump administration. Dugan resigned her circuit judgeship under this assault; in her resignation letter, she warned that this prosecution threatened “the independence of our judiciary.” Dugan was fined $5,000.* Finally, in spiritual news, a story in the National Catholic Reporter recounts how Pope Leo XIV excommunicated thousands of clergy and followers of the far right, schismatic group, the Society of St. Pius X. While bishops and priests are judged prima facie schismatic for their consecration in the Society, lay followers of the sect will be judged schismatic if they consciously choose “adherence to the society over obedience to the pope,” and “exclusive participation in Lefebvrian ‘ecclesial' acts, without taking part in the acts of the Catholic Church,” a reference to the group's founder, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. The proximate cause of this excommunication was the Society creating four new bishops in open defiance of Pope Leo, essentially daring the Church to act. This piece notes that the Society “has long been a thorn in the side of Rome,” and notes that the new papal decree rolls back privileges granted to the sect under Pope Francis, including administering the sacrament of penance and solemnizing marriages.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe
Er ist der umstrittenste Komponist überhaupt – Richard Wagner, glühend verehrt und heftig verabscheut. Und er hat eine braune Weste, obwohl die Nazis erst 50 Jahre nach seinem Tod an die Macht kamen: Hitlers Lieblingskomponist war er, und der »Führer« förderte die Bayreuther Festspiele kräftig. Die feiern in diesem Sommer ihren 150. Geburtstag mit Prominenz und Fans – und in der neuen Sachbuchfolge von »Was liest du gerade?« diskutieren Maja Beckers und Alexander Cammann das kritische Buch des Musikwissenschaftlers Anno Mungen über den Wagner-Kult in Deutschland 1933 bis 1945. Wie hat das NS-Regime Wagners Opern genutzt – und kann man ihn heute mit diesem Wissen noch unbefangen hören? Sommerzeit ist Reisezeit: Die Schriftstellerin Felicitas Hoppe ist die große Reisende unter den heutigen Erzählern. In dem schmalen Band »Reisen« erklärt sie, wie sie seit Jahrzehnten in der Welt unterwegs ist, obwohl sie eigentlich immer eine Stubenhockerin war. Wir erfahren, wie sie die Welt auf einem Containerschiff umrundet hat und warum die Erfahrungen beim Reisen wichtiger sind als das, was man dabei lernt. Ein Buch für unterwegs, mit dem man aber auch perfekt zu Hause bleiben kann. Dort befindet sich wahrscheinlich auch der perfekte Ort zum Lesen oder Podcasthören, um den diesmal unser Klassiker kreist: die Couchecke. Über dieses besondere Interiorstück, seine Entstehung und gesellschaftliche Bedeutung hat der Kunsthistoriker Martin Warnke 1979 einen klugen und amüsanten Essay geschrieben. Maja Beckers und Alexander Cammann fragen sich, ob man heute immer noch eine Couchecke in seinem Wohnzimmer haben muss. Als Geheimtipp haben sie diesmal ein Buch über Palmen und die deutsche Künstlerkolonie Olevano bei Rom mitgebracht. Kommen Sie gut durch den Sommer – natürlich mit guten Sachbüchern! Das Team von »Was liest du gerade?« erreichen Sie unter buecher@zeit.de. Literaturhinweise: - Anno Mungen: »Von Bayreuth nach Auschwitz«, Westend, 381 Seiten, 32 Euro - Felicitas Hoppe: »Reisen«, Hanser Berlin, 128 Seiten, 20 Euro - Martin Warnke: »Zur Situation der Couchecke«, in: »Warburgs Schnecke«. Kulturwissenschaftliche Skizzen, Wallstein, S. 96–106 - Jutta Person: »Palmen«, Matthes & Seitz, 152 Seiten, 22 Euro - Golo Maurer: »Olevano. Als ein paar romantische Aussteiger in Italien die deutsche Kunst erfanden«, C. H. Beck, 384 Seiten, 29,90 Euro [ANZEIGE] Mehr über die Angebote unserer Werbepartnerinnen und -partner finden Sie HIER. [ANZEIGE] Mehr hören? Dann testen Sie unser Podcast-Abo mit Zugriff auf alle Dokupodcasts und unser Podcast-Archiv. Jetzt 4 Wochen kostenlos testen. Und falls Sie uns nicht nur hören, sondern auch lesen möchten, testen Sie jetzt 4 Wochen kostenlos DIE ZEIT. Hier geht's zum Angebot.
This week on Bad Dads Film Review, we review The Life Ahead, the 2020 Netflix drama directed by Edoardo Ponti and starring Sophia Loren as Madame Rosa.It is a film about grief, trauma, community, memory, faith, chosen family, and a young boy called Momo who is running out of safe places until he collides with an elderly woman who understands pain better than most.What we coveredMonday-recording energy after England's glorious World Cup defeat of Mexico at the Azteca.Recent watches including The Armstrong Lie, Marco Pierre White, Cape Fear, Shot Caller, The Boys, and some explosive dynamite nominations.Sophia Loren's return in a film directed by her son, Edoardo Ponti.Madame Rosa: Holocaust survivor, former sex worker, carer for the children of other sex workers, and a woman still carrying deep fear of doctors and institutions.Momo's introduction: stealing Rosa's candlesticks in the market, trying to stash them badly, and giving possibly the least heartfelt apology ever.Dr Cohen's attempt to place Momo with Rosa, and the negotiation that moves from “absolutely not” to a deal once the money improves.Rosa's household: Babu, Yosef, Lola, and the mix of Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, immigrant, queer and street-level lives around her.Lola as a transgender sex worker, parent and former boxer, and the dads' discussion of how the film includes a lot of identity and community threads.Momo being given a job by Mr Hamil, who helps connect him to his Muslim and Senegalese heritage.Momo's parallel life as a young hash dealer, including his quick success, his maths brain, and the fishmonger/drug dealer who tells him never to mess him about.The recurring lioness imagery and how it connects to Momo's mother, protection, Senegal, faith and abandonment.Madame Rosa's decline: the rain episode, the staring spells, dementia-like symptoms, and Momo covering for her to preserve her dignity.Rosa's hidden basement room, her Auschwitz tattoo, her Jewish memories, and the place she has built to feel safe.The promise Rosa extracts from Momo: do not let them take me to hospital.Momo's guilt when Rosa is hospitalised while he has been out drinking and dealing.The hospital “jailbreak” and the return to the basement, where Momo tries to keep his promise.The fake mimosa plant Momo makes for Rosa, and why that gesture becomes one of the film's most moving moments.The ending: Rosa's death, the funeral, and Momo walking away with Lola and Mr Hamil as a fragile new family unit.Sophia Loren's screen presence at 86: still fiery, still commanding, and especially powerful in the largely silent final section.Ibrahima Gueye's debut as Momo, which the dads thought was hugely impressive.The criticism that the film is sometimes too broad, too sweet, and a bit treacly — touching on many serious subjects without fully developing all of them.Why the drug storyline, in particular, feels like it could have gone somewhere darker but is resolved quite softly.The film's Puglia setting, warm colours, Italian street life, and very direct community feeling.Key quotes / momentsSidey notes that this is probably his first proper Sophia Loren film.Reegs calls the film “a bit treacly, a bit saccharine,” and argues that it throws too much in without examining enough of it in depth.Cris argues that the breadth is part of the Italian community texture: different faiths, identities, politics, histories and people all trying to get by.Dan responds strongly to the setting, the culture, and the idea of people with difficult lives still trying to do something decent for a child.The fake mimosa plant stands out as the small gesture that shows Momo has changed.VerdictA strong recommend. The dads acknowledge that The Life Ahead is well-intentioned and sometimes too broad or sentimental, but the performances, warmth, setting and emotional generosity carry it. Sophia Loren is excellent, Ibrahima Gueye is terrific, and the film's simple message — damaged people can still look after each other — lands.You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads
Clifford Lester is a retired professor of photography at Cypress College and a student of the Jewish experience. Inspired by his mother, Ursula Lowenbach Foster, a Holocaust survivor, Clifford has followed in her footsteps of embracing life. To honor her brother, Ernst, who was killed in Auschwitz, Ursula showed everyone around her that life was something to be grateful for, something to celebrate.Today, twenty years after her passing, Clifford finds himself much closer to his Jewish roots, and much more appreciative of his life. Grateful for his family, his friends, and the opportunity to share photographic adventures with students, it is through the artistic avenues of the photographic lens that Clifford shares his perspective on life. Even in his teen years, Clifford began to notice the beauty in things through the viewfinder of his camera that other people would just walk by. He knew he had to bring this beauty and light into the lives of others.At the present time, after a career of 27 years as a studio advertising photographer, and 18 years of teaching at Cypress College, Clifford is enjoying his retirement by committing to perhaps his most meaningful project, remembering Holocaust Survivors. Clifford says that the goal of these images is to “capture the Faith and courage of those who survived, and to honor the memory of those loved ones lost, so the memory and lessons of the Holocaust will never be forgotten.”This incredible group, the survivors of the Holocaust, have left a legacy for the generations that follow–a legacy of loving, caring for others, and giving purpose to their lives. Many are people of Faith, guided by an intense love of Torah and G-d, all are moved to celebrate their given days.We pray that through these images and the lives they have lived, their spirit will forever carry on and Bless those who follow.If you know any Holocaust survivors who would like to be photographed please reach out to Clifford Lester.www.cliffordlester.comwww.cypresscollege.edu/holocaust-education-initiative/survivors-gallery/www.instagram.com/clifford1717/
The Nazi Holocaust of the Jews stands as one of the most horrifying events in human history, a time when Satanic hatred was organized, mechanized and carried out through a political system that marked, isolated, transported and murdered the Jewish people by the millions. The world looked upon the smoke of Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Dachau and the other killing centers and said “never again,” but the Bible says something very different. The Bible says, “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be,” and the same hatred that rose up under Pharaoh, Haman, Herod and Hitler will rise again under Antichrist. The Holocaust was not the end of antisemitic persecution; it was a warning shot of what fallen man and Satanic government are capable of doing when God removes restraint. And it's fixing to come again.“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21 (KJB)On this episode of the Prophecy News Podcast, if the Holocaust was one of the darkest valleys of human history, then the coming great Tribulation will be the darkest valley of all time. Hitler's Reich targeted the Jews in Europe; Antichrist's Beast system will target the Jews on a global scale. Hitler used trains, camps, numbers, propaganda and death decrees; Antichrist will use worship, technology, economics, global government and the mark of the Beast. This is why the Bible calls that coming period “the time of Jacob's trouble.” It is not called the time of the Church's trouble, because the Church is not Jacob. Jacob is Israel. Jeremiah says, “Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.” Jeremiah 30:7 (KJB). That verse matches perfectly with the words of Jesus in Matthew 24. The Jewish people will once again become the target of the Devil's final rage, and the nations of the world will once again turn against Israel. The Holocaust showed us what one demonized empire could do to the Jews; the time of Jacob's trouble will show what a demonized world under Antichrist will do when Satan knows his time is short. The same spirit that built the death camps is the same spirit that here in 2026 chants for Israel's destruction, funds terror, fires missiles and prepares the nations for the final satanic campaign against the Jews. The uniforms change, the slogans change, the technology changes, but the hatred remains the same. There is no new thing under the sun. The difference is that the Holocaust ended with the defeat of Nazi Germany, but the great Tribulation ends with the visible, bodily return of Jesus Christ at the Second Advent. Hitler was stopped by armies; Antichrist will be destroyed by the Lord Himself. The Holocaust left survivors to testify; the time of Jacob's trouble will leave a purified remnant of Israel who will look upon Him whom they have pierced and finally receive their Messiah. That is why Christians should care about the Holocaust, and that is why Christians should pay attention to the war with Iran. The headlines are moving in the same direction prophecy has always pointed: Israel surrounded, the nations raging, false peace rising, and Jacob's trouble waiting just beyond the horizon. Today we look at the Nazi Holocaust to see the Spirit of Prophecy carrying us headlong into the headlines!
Eva Mozes Kor was a Jewish girl, born in Romania to Alexander and Jaffa Mozes, the only Jewish residents in the area. She had three siblings, one of whom was her twin sister Miriam. Her parents and two older sisters were gassed in Auschwitz; she survived because, along with her twin sister, she was the subject of medical experiments that Josef Mengele was performing on twins there. After the camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945, Eva went to live in Poland, Romania and eventually the U.S. She died on July 4, 2019 at the age of 85 in Krakow, Poland accompanying a group on an educational tour of Auschwitz.
The commandant of Auschwitz and his wife strive to build a dream life for their family in a house next to the camp. Johnathan Glazer. 2023.
Barry Greenfield is making his second appearance on StoryBeat. He's a working musician and songwriter whose career spans from 1968 to the present. His 12 CDs have enjoyed global sales. Barry's written three number-one songs and had twenty-plus songs covered by other artists. In 2025, his music was selected by HBO, BBC TV, and Australia Films for their original programming.Barry's also an author. His first book, a memoir, My Journey to Blue Sky, was published in March 2025. He and I chatted about My Journey to Blue Sky during our first conversation. You can find that episode on storybeat.net, wherever you listen to podcasts, and on YouTube.Barry's second book is a novel called All You Need Is Courage, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It tells the fictional tale of a young songwriter who meets and works with his heroes, The Beatles, during their heyday. The saga has more than a few parallels to Barry's own history. If you enjoy stories about hardworking artists triumphing in the music business, I highly urge you to read All You Need Is Courage. You may find it to be truly inspirational.Barry's also written music for a documentary he produced called My Day in Auschwitz. A selection from the film, The Gate, was published in the Yad Vashem 2025 coffee table book, Lessons from the Shoah.Please stick around at the end of this episode because Barry has generously lent us his fantastic song, The Beautiful Band, which we'll play for your listening pleasure.
How has World War II shaped your family? What stories, memories, questions, and mysteries have been passed down through the generations? Join host Glenn Flickinger for a special Greatest Generation Live conversation exploring the enduring impact of World War II on veterans and the families who inherited their legacies. We'll hear from Lee Kikel, whose father, Melvin Goldman, survived the Holocaust and was liberated from the Wöbbelin concentration camp in Germany in May 1945. After surviving years of imprisonment in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and other camps, Goldman was among thousands rescued in the final days of the war. His gratitude to the American soldiers who liberated Wöbbelin became a defining part of his life and family story. We'll also be joined by Richard Murphy, whose father-in-law, Lawrence McGartland of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, helped liberate Wöbbelin as a soldier in the 28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. Drafted at age 30, married and the father of two young children, McGartland landed in France after D-Day and fought through four campaigns—Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. Wounded twice during 266 days of combat, he was among the American soldiers who encountered the horrors of Wöbbelin on May 2, 1945. Like many veterans of his generation, McGartland rarely spoke about his wartime experiences. Only years after his death did his children begin to learn what he had endured and accomplished. As they pieced together his military service, they gained new insight into the quiet effects of war that remained throughout his life—from his aversion to loud noises to the flashbacks he experienced in old age. Understanding his service helped his family better understand the man they loved. Lee and Richard's stories intersect at a remarkable moment in history: one family descended from a survivor of Wöbbelin, the other from one of its liberators. Following their presentations, we'll open the conversation to everyone. We invite you to share stories of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives whose lives were shaped by World War II—whether they served overseas, worked on the home front, survived wartime hardships, or carried the war's memories long after the fighting ended. The generation that fought World War II is passing from the scene, but their stories continue to shape families and communities. Join us as we explore how understanding our veterans can help us know—and love—them a little better.
Discover the profound faith of St. Maximilian Kolbe in this episode. Explore his life, his devotion to Mary, and his heroic sacrifice at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
I Ukraina sommaren 1943 plundrar ett SS-kommando på uppdrag av Heinrich Himmler 18 odlingsanläggningar på jakt efter fröer i världens första genbank. Fröerna skulle bli grunden till det tusenåriga rikets superfröer för att föda det onda imperiet.Fröerna hade samlats in av den berömde växtförädlaren Nikolaj Vavilov på expeditioner runt om i världen. Men Vavilov hade dött i Stalins fängelser i början av året, eftersom han inte ville underordna vetenskapen den sovjetiska ideologin.I avsnitt 124 av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med journalisten och författaren Jens Nordqvist som är aktuell med boken Den stora fröstölden - Svält, plundring och mord i växtförädlingens århundrade.Den moderna växtförädlingen tog fart i början av 1900-talet med återupptäckten av den österrikiske munken Gregor Mendels teorier kring korsning av växter från 1860-talet. Världens växande befolkning behövde efter mer tåliga och högavkastande spannmål och grönsaker.Tyskland, Sovjetunionen, USA och Sverige var de länder som i början av 1930-talet kommit längs i arbetet med växtförädling. En gemensam nämnare var det statliga stödet, och inblandningen, i växtförädlingen.Nikolaj Vavilov såg den ständigt föränderliga biologiska mångfalden som resultatet av ett samspel mellan människan och naturen. Trots att blomkål, grönkål, brysselkål, vitkål, rödkål och broccoli ser helt olika ut stammar de alla från samma art, vildkål (Brassica oleracea). I människans tjänst har den vilda arten utvecklats till vitt skilda grönsaker. Växtförädlingens historia var full av storartade bedrifter.Nikolaj Vavilov stötte på många hinder i sin kamp mot svälten. Han och de andra växtförädlarna kämpade mot torka och väta, skadedjur och virussjukdomar. I hans väg stod även Lysenkos pseudovetenskap, brutala partibossar och politiska tjallare. Ändå var han en obotlig optimist. Han trodde verkligen att förnuftet till slut skulle segra och han trodde på växtförädlingens förmåga. Naturen var rik nog att föda människan, och den vetenskap han älskade mer än livet gav honom de redskap som behövdes för att resurserna skulle kunna nyttjas.Nazityskland har slängt avundsjuka blickar på Sovjetunionens växtförädlingsprogram. Utan en livsmedelssektor som kunde försörja det tyska riket och dess militärapparat skulle expansionen österut aldrig gå att genomföra.Ledare för SS:s frökommando är den unge växtförädlaren och SS-officeren Heinz Brücher, som med hjälp av de ryska fröerna ska ta fram nya supergrödor. Nazisterna bedriver redan en omfattande växtförädling i flera koncentrationsläger, bland annat Auschwitz.I krigets slutskede gömmer Brücher de värdefulla fröerna för att senare kunna användas. Med hjälp av just frösamlingen vill han köpa sig fri lejd till tryggheten i Sverige.Musik: Po dolinam i po vzgoriam av S. Alimov och T. AturovBild: NKDV:s fotografi av genetikern Nikolaj Vavilov ur NKVD:s utredningsakt. Vavilov greps 1940 under Stalins utrensningar och avled i fängelse i Saratov 1943. Foto: NKVD, Centrala arkivet vid Ryska federationens FSB, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Brad Wolfe has spent much of his life asking what gives life meaning. As the grandson of Auschwitz survivors, he grew up hearing stories of unimaginable suffering, survival, and the kind of love that can still exist after profound trauma. Later, when his close friend Sarah was diagnosed with a rare pediatric cancer, Brad found himself showing up at her bedside with the one language he knew best: music. Writing songs for Sarah during her illness became both an offering to her and the beginning of a larger question that would shape his life and work: why wait to live with more love, purpose, and compassion?In this conversation, Brad and Heather talk about grief, music, post-traumatic growth, and the ways pain can become something meaningful without ever making the loss itself okay. Brad shares the story of his grandparents, the lessons his grandmother left behind, the friendship that inspired his early work with pediatric cancer families, and the creation of Reimagine, a community built around helping people face death and embrace life. They also explore what it means to keep showing up, how small acts of service can carry someone's memory forward, and why the people we lose can continue shaping how we live. It's a thoughtful conversation about love, legacy, creativity, and choosing not to wait for some later moment to live more fully.Resources & Ways to ConnectReimagine Website: https://letsreimagine.org/Brad Wolfe and the Moon: https://www.bradwolfe.com/Jake's Help from Heaven Website: http://jakeshelpfromheaven.org/Jake's Help from Heaven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakeshelpJake's Help from Heaven Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jakeshelpAPOY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aplaceofyespodcastHeather's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathersstraughterOur YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@aplaceofyespodcastFor more of Heather's writing and thoughts: https://ohheather.substack.com/Everything's Jakey (Substack): https://everythingsjakey.substack.com/
Michael Calvin and Rabbi Naftali Schiff discuss their powerful new book, Miracle: The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber at Auschwitz. They share the extraordinary, true story of the October 1944 miracle, when a group of young boys was forced into an Auschwitz gas chamber, only to be miraculously spared at the last possible second when the doors suddenly reopened. Michael and Rabbi Schiff share how their defiant resilience serves as a vital blueprint for confronting the terrifying modern resurgence of anti-Semitism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today's poem is What The Suitcase Bearing my Family Name Might Have Contained When it Arrived at Auschwitz by Ava Nathaniel Winter. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… "It is a privilege to have lived in the same part of the same country, safely, for generations. It is a privilege to have a basement, an attic, or a garage filled with boxes: books, family photos, children's artwork from years of school. They are just things, yes. And they are not just things at all. I try to remember this privilege when complaining about clutter."This show is supported by gifts from listeners. Support The Slowdown with a donation and get access to the sponsor-free version of The Slowdown today. slowdownshow.org/donate
Eighty years after the end of World War II and liberation of the last remaining Nazi concentration camps, correspondent Lesley Stahl reports on the miraculous story of three pregnant women, and their babies, who survived notorious slave labor and concentration camps, including Auschwitz. Stahl meets the three “babies,” now in their 80s, who were born after their mothers concealed their pregnancies from their Nazi captors and gave birth under the most horrific conditions imaginable. The story of their survival, and how they found each other 65 years later, involves seemingly impossible twists of fate, luck, and unfathomable suffering. Stahl also tells the tale of the American medic who was part of the liberation of the camps and discovered, and ultimately helped save, one of the babies. This is a double-length segment. Shari Finkelstein is the producer. The coastal waters around Cape Town, South Africa had long been a global destination for seeing great white sharks. That was until about ten years ago, when these feared predators began washing up on beaches with their livers missing. Correspondent Anderson Cooper goes to South Africa to investigate a whodunnit that's fueled a bitter feud among scientists and conservationists who can't agree on who, or what, is the real culprit. Michael Gavshon is the producer.
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