In 1970, crosstown busing came to Richmond, Virginia. Richard Cohen, then only a teenager, persuaded his parents to let him attend an integrated public school instead of private school. He ended up leaving high school a year early to begin college at Columbia University, where he studied philosophy. Cohen, now the president of the Southern […]
Tag: NAZIS
Not ‘inclusive’ enough? US student told to remove ‘F*** Nazis’ sign as it provokes ‘mixed feelings’
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has landed itself in hot water after staff asked a student to remove a sign, condemning Nazis, from her dorm window over “issues of inclusion.” Junior student, Nicole Parsons, placed a sign reading “F*** Nazis. You are not welcome here” in her dorm window earlier in December. A week later, […]
Film unearthed from WWII trench reveals faces of Soviet fighters who battled against Nazis (VIDEO)
A photo from a Leica camera, which spent 77 years buried in a WWII trench near Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don, has been restored by researchers, revealing a stunning image of volunteers fighting Nazis. A team of amateur archeologists, devoted to recovering remains and artifacts from WWII sites, made the discovery when they unearthed the […]
This Spy Survived Torture to Make the Nazis Pay for Their Crimes
Wearing a gray flannel suit and a thick scarf around her head, Odette Sansom shielded her eyes from the salty ocean spray as the fishing boat scudded over choppy waters. Behind her, the coastline of Gibraltar was fading into the mist. Ahead lay her homeland, France, overrun by German troops. All Sansom had ever wanted […]
The Morphine Queen Who Defied the Nazis
Baron Heinrich von Puttkamer was dying of pneumonia. As the Prussian noble and high-ranking army officer struggled to draw his last, ragged breaths in the late summer of 1914, the attending physician injected him with morphine to ease his pain. His wife became so hysterical at seeing her beloved husband of 18 years slip away […]
‘Operation Finale’ Trailer: Oscar Isaac Hunts Nazis
A tense, and final, Operation Finale trailer presents the true story of the Mossad’s hunt for, and capture of, Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann. Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley star, and based on this trailer, both of them are acting their heads off, to the point that it might end up giving you anxiety. Watch the Operation Finale trailer below. […]
Google lists California Republicans as ‘Nazis,’ blames Wikipedia ‘vandals’
Google admitted to an over-reliance on public sources to shield itself from accusations of political bias, after its automated algorithm listed ‘Nazism’ among the California Republican Party’s ideologies, triggering a scandal. A search for ‘California Republican Party’ on Google as late as Thursday morning listed “Nazism” as one of the party’s political ideologies in the […]
Google Search Labeled the California GOP as Nazis, But It’s No Conspiracy
No, Big Tech isn’t trying to defame conservatives. But Google did make a big mistake. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b10573f811a3f202d273f3e/master/pass/kevinmccarthy-RTX5RP2M.jpg
Sudo-history: BoJo likens Crimea’s accession to Russia to Nazis’ occupation of Czechoslovakia
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson seems to have become fixated on comparing Russia with Nazi Germany. Most recently, he has likened Crimea’s reunification with Russia to Hitler’s annexation of the Sudetenland. The trouble with raising the specter of an enemy is that one can very easily take it too far. Johnson has apparently been so […]
Italian city suspends opening of memorial to WWII soldiers – including Nazis – after outcry
An unveiling ceremony of a memorial honoring soldiers of all nations who died during the World War II was canceled after public opposition. Critics said the monument would commemorate both Allied and Nazi paratroopers. An association of hotel owners from the town of Cassino was poised to unveil the stone monument on Sunday in the […]