Austria to charge four soldiers for Nazi salutes.

Four Austrian soldiers face criminal charges for exchanging Hitler salutes in two videos that appeared on the Internet, Defence Minister Norbert Darabos said on Thursday ( Read more... )

Anne Frank's cousin on Monday donated thousands of letters, photographs and documents that archivists say will reveal details about the background of the teenage diarist who became a symbol of the Holocaust.How awesome is that? I'm going to get to her house someday. Someday. I've been to Amsterdam twice, on layover flights for a few hours a piece, ( Read more... )

Anne Frank's father tried to get to U.S.Honestly, it just make me cry. And it's not just the famous Frank family. So many Jews, romany, and other nationalities under persecution tried to escape during those years to the US with little success. It's really horrible how the US government treated these people in need. I had this awesome book at one ( Read more... )

I've recently discovered a 560 page book I have to get my hands on. It's called: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The plot:
The narrator of The Book Thief is many things -- sardonic, wry, darkly humorous, compassionate -- but not especially proud. As author Marcus Zusak channels him, Death -- who doesn't carry a scythe but gets a kick out of the ( Read more... )

Designer who rescued Jews in Nazi era dies.

Stories like this are so sad and uplifting at the same time.

I'm still itchy, I'm cranky, and I'm tired. Being on Benadryl does that I guess. Unfortunately I have to motivate myself to make a Wal-Mart run as I need some stuff that I've been putting off all weekend.

Holocaust Researchers Press for Nazi Files.

What I wouldn't give to get my hands on so many of those documents. (Of course it would help if I could read a language besides English, and some French.)