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World War II-era map sparks treasure hunt in Dutch village
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA hand-drawn map with a red letter X purportedly showing the location of a buried stash of precious...
How the real Trinity test was filmed and photographed, and where to watch it
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis color photograph of the test was taken by Jack Aeby. On July 16, 1945, at 5:30 am, the first...
Inside the former communist utopia about to become an EU Capital of Culture
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoSitting in the penthouse bar of the Congress Hotel in Chemnitz, looking down at the bleak modern...
From Hitler to freedom; Gisele McCurdy shares life's journey with Rotary
Cleburne Times-Review, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 7—Gisele McCurdy, when asked by Cleburne Rotarian Gary Little how she dealt with inevitable occurrences of interaction with Nazis, recalled standing in line in Berlin. "A lady in front ...
Opinion: A musical about the all-Black female Army unit, the 6888th, is in development. Will Iowa be...
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoActor Blair Underwood is executive producer of a new musical on the 6888th Central Postal Directory...
The Lost History of East Germany
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAt the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to...
Appreciation: Terence Davies, a master filmmaker, brought quiet passion and lyrical beauty to the...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDirector Terence Davies, photographed at at the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival. (Axel Schmidt /...
Extraordinary true story of 'Comandante Enrico,' a Polish Jew who led Italian partisan resistance...
The News Leader via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSTAUNTON — "Imagine a Polish Jew, whose parents, siblings, and son have been murdered in the gas...
A Visit to Aspen’s Surprising Bauhaus Enclave
Dwell via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoDesigner Herbert Bayer helped transform the Colorado mountain town into a hub for skiing and culture. I went to the newly revamped Aspen Institute campus...
19 Black historical figures you probably didn’t learn about in class
WFXR Roanoke via Yahoo News· 2 months ago(STACKER/ WFXR) — Over the years, school curricula have changed, limiting the scope to the same...
