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Lore: An Untold Tale Of A Familiar War
Comments (0) | Australia, Cate Shortland, coming of age, Film and TV, Forgiveness, Germany, guilt, Hamptons Film Festival, Hitler, Holocaust, LORE, love, Music Box Films, Nazi Germany, Saskia Rosendahl, siblings, Stockholm Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, teenager, The Dark Room, UK, war, World War II
The young stars of "Lore" (Music Box Films)
FILM REVIEW: A riveting revisiting of the Holocaust.
Read more...iPhone 5 Hype Perpetuates Human Rights Violations
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Tin Ore, one of the four "conflict minerals" at the heart of this conflict.
Why are we continuing to ignore the greatest human rights crisis since World War II?
Read more...Truman's Grandson Visits Hiroshima For Victims’ Memorial Service
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(The Official CTBTO Photostream, Creative Commons)
He visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Saturday to present a wreath for the victims.
Read more...France, Germany Celebrate 50 Years Of Reconciliation
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French president Francois Hollande, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Creative Commons).
The countries' leaders re-enacted a unifying meeting from 1962.
Read more...Japanese-American Veterans Awarded Congressional Gold Medal
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Japanese-American soldiers leaving Minidoka internment camp, 1944 (photo courtesy of Creative Commons).
The soldier fought in segregated units against Japan and Axis powers.
Read more...JDub Records Artist Clare Burson Takes Inspiration From A Relic
Comments (0) | Aaron Bisman, Adam Daniel, Ben Hesse, Brown University, Carson Daly, Clare Burson, Deb Leipzig, Diaspora Judaism, Fulbright Scholar, Holocaust, Hotel Cafe, JDub Records, Jewcy, Jewish community, Jewish culture, Judaism, Last Call With Carson Daly, Latvia, Memphis, Riga, Rounder Records, Silver and Ash, World War II, WWII
Singer-songwriter tells her family’s—and people’s—history in song.
Read more...Louis Zamperini: The Unbreakable Olympian
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Louis Zamperini looks through a hole in the airplane on which he was a crewmember. (Courtesy of Louis Zamperini)
Louis Zamperini has lived an exceptional life, as detailed in the biography "Unbroken."
Read more..."Unbroken" Is Tale Of Persistence And Survival
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Louis Zamperini, 93-years old.
Suffering and survival connect author Laura Hillenbrand and her subject Louis Zamperini.
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