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He saw the horrors of Dachau. Now, this WWII veteran warns against Holocaust denial
The Bryan-College Station Eagle· 2 hours agoVictory over Germany was in sight for the Allies on April 29, 1945, as the 42nd Infantry Division stormed toward Munich. Hilbert Margol and his twin brother Howard, now deceased, were part of ...
Anne Frank's spirits soared on D-Day: 'Friends are on the way,' she wrote of heroic GIs
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoAnne Frank was elated upon hearing news of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. "Friends are on the...
Northeast Wisconsin World War II Veterans leave for trip to Normandy
WFRV Green Bay via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAPPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – It was the first leg of a trip of a lifetime for several northeast Wisconsin...
With time short, veterans seize the chance to keep their D-Day memories alive for others
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoKen Hay’s part in the invasion of Normandy lasted just a few weeks, but he wants to make sure the...
World Focus: Dinner table conversation
Daily Press· 22 hours agoDuring a recent dinner party at a friend’s house in Williamsburg, I was asked, as a Holocaust survivor who escaped from a Nazi slave-labor camp and...
100-year-old WWII veteran describes finding concentration camp
Lexington Clipper-Herald· 6 days agoHilbert Margol, who turned 100 in February, and his identical twin brother Howard, now deceased,...
Greatest mechanical calculating devices of all time
Boing Boing· 5 days agoMechanical calculators are fascinating. While the iPhone or Android device you are likely reading this on is exponentially more powerful and useful,...