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Bastille Day in 1945: Versailles, the city of the Sun King, swept up in republican jubilation
On Saturday, July 14, 1945, Versailles was celebrating as it had not done in years. But the carefree spirit of some clashed ...
Opinion
In German budget debate, Merz threatens Russia with war and declares himself leader of Europe
The budget debate in the Bundestag was a repulsive spectacle, demonstrating the ruthlessness with which the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats are implementing a reckless programme of rearmament ...
Movies to see this week: 'Black Panther,' 'Unforgiven,' 'Paris Is Burning'
Here are some of the movies worth your time around the Twin Cities this week. Thursday, July 10, at Grandview Theatres ...
Returning to Bad Wurzach 80 years after liberation
German troops rounded up those who were British born and their families before sending them to internment camps during the ...
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Coronadan James J. Larkin Is Posthumously Awarded The Congressional Gold Medal
Nearly 80 years after scaling barbed wire fences in Nazi-occupied Poland and jumping from moving trains in search of freedom ...
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What can they read?
What books (if any) do we ask our students in high school to read? Looking in the mirror, we may find that we are actually ...
'It is the role of justice to deal with this man': How the trial of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie shook the world
In July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported ...
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De Gaulle's first broadcast to France - BBC
De Gaulle's first broadcast to France 18 June 1940 At 10pm on 18 June 1940, General Charles de Gaulle broadcast to German occupied France, and rallied the French Resistance to him in London.