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Nazi Era French Resistance Leader Dies

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Nazi era French Resistance leader dies – CNN.com By Tim Lister , CNN 2012-04-11T20:42:05Z CNN.com A photo of Raymond Aubrac taken May 5, 2009, shows the French Resistance leader in Paris. (CNN) — One of the heroes of the French Resistance against Nazi occupation, Raymond Aubrac, has died in Paris at the age of 97. [...]

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Anne Frank Biography

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   Quick Facts NAME: Anne Frank BIRTH DATE: June 12, 1929 DEATH DATE: March 1945 PLACE OF BIRTH: Frankfurt, Germany PLACE OF DEATH: Lower Saxony, Germany Originally: Annelies Marie Frank Best Known For Anne Frank is a Jewish girl that had to go into hiding during WW II. She is best known for the diary [...]

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Sep 7, 1940: The Blitz begins

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The Blitz begins. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 7:49, September 7, 2011, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-blitz-begins. On this day in 1940, 300 German bombers raid London, in the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing. This bombing “blitzkrieg” (lightning war) would continue until May 1941. After the successful occupation of France, it was only a matter of [...]

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Belatedly Recognizing Heroes of the Holocaust

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August 6, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/middleeast/07israel.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=world By ISABEL KERSHNER HORASHIM, Israel — When 20 people gathered for a modest ceremony in the tranquil cemetery of this kibbutz in central Israel last month, the intimacy and quiet dignity of the event belied the tumultuous historical forces coursing beneath it. The occasion was the reinterring of the remains of [...]

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