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Local woman remembered for her work during WWII
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (177+ words) The Cumberland Times-News U. S. and Iranian negotiators reach tentative deal to extend ceasefire and launch nuclear talks LONACONING " James Stakem remembers Lt. Col. Grace Dick Gosnell, his mother's best friend, as kind hearted and strong. Beyond what many knew of her,…...
History comes to life with WWII exhibits at North Smithfield Middle School
8+ hour, 53+ min ago (62+ words) The Valley Breeze North Smithfield Middle School hosted World War II exhibits on May 22. The event featured exhibits by the North Smithfield Heritage Association and WWII re-enactors who volunteered their time to bring the stories and heroes of WWII to…...
Listening at the Edge of Memory: Challenges in Documenting Traumatic Pasts through Oral History - International Council of Museums
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (254+ words) Museums have no borders, they have a network Senior Curator at Devi Art Foundation and Oral Historian The challenge begins long before the recorder is switched on. Informed consent, in trauma oral history, is not a signature on a release…...
For the Jews of Venice, an uneasy history of scapegoating and grudging tolerance
4+ hour, 53+ min ago (752+ words) The First Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern Antisemitism By Alexander Lee Basic Books, 432 pages, $34 When one thinks of Venice and the Jews, the first figure that probably comes to mind is Shylock, literary history's famous Jewish villain, a…...
Beyond memory: How Holocaust remembrance must adapt to new audiences
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (1002+ words) Cultural theorist Aleida Assmann has suggested that "communicative memory" " the kind passed directly from those who lived through events " lasts for around eighty years. At first, that sounds like an academic observation. But eight decades on from the Holocaust it…...
Ronda Rich: The unsung heroes of World War II
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (515+ words) Tink and I were at lunch recently with a friend who started talking about his grandfather's bravery and medals won during World War II. When the war began, he was initially deferred because of college. But several months later, he was…...
New Stockton scholarship named for the Roths, Holocaust survivors
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (507+ words) A new scholarship is adding to the ties between Stockton University and the family of Holocaust survivors Sam and Elizabeth Roth, who settled in Cumberland County and became successful business owners. Their descendants continue in business there, notably with Tower…...
Profit And Pathology In The Holocaust
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (130+ words) The post-Holocaust trials provided rare insights into the depths of human evil: A study of Amon G'th and Oskar Schindler. Lars M'ller | May 28, 2026 From Wikimedia Commons: Drawing from the Theresienstadt ghetto (Bed'ich Fritta, between 1941 and 1944) The moral mythology surrounding the…...
Jackson WWII pilot laid to rest after 83 years
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (725+ words) ABOVE: Navy personnel do their duties for Jackson native and Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas Arthur Ruth, who served in WWII. He is now laid to rest next to his parents after having been missing since his plane crashed after departing…...
Israel's Yad Vashem memorial to open centre in Munich
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (226+ words) Published'May 28, 2026, 07: 36 PM FRANKFURT " The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial said on May 28 that it will open its first educational centre outside Israel in Munich, the German city where the Nazi party was founded. The centre is intended to expand Yad Vashem's…...