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Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler German businessman Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) saved Jews in Poland and Czechoslovakia from death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II by employing them in his factory. Oskar Schindler was the unlikeliest of heroes-indifferent to religion and politics, partial to... Read more |
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Carlton Club
Carlton Club British political and social club (founded 1832). Located in London, it was long the center of the Conservative party organization. Since World War II the club has been primarily social.... Read more |
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gremlin
gremlin in American folklore, malicious, airborne supernatural being. Gremlins were first heard of during World War II as creatures responsible for unexplainable mechanical failures and disruptions in aircraft.... Read more |
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Robert Franklin Williams
Robert F. Williams 1925— Civil rights and political activist World War II Proletarian Poet A Call to Arm... Read more |
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Benjamin Britten Baron Britten of Aldeburgh
Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh 1913-76, English composer. Britten is considered the most significant British composer since Purcell . As a youth he composed instrumental works, displaying technical brilliance and colorful orchestration. One example, The Young Person's Guide to the... Read more |
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.
...learned of the Rape of Nanking from her parents...China during World War II and who later...of World War II. After World...marched on Nanking, then ... |
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking. The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang. New York, London...came to be called the "Rape of Nanking." Japanese military units ... |
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Exposing the Rape of Nanking.(book excerpt - 'The Rape of Nanking: The...
...of the second world war. THE CHRONICLE...scale to the rape of Nanking during World War II. The broad details...the Japanese in Nanking that even the...Yet the Rape of ... |
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Rape of Nanking: the forgotten holocaust of World War II.
...ATROCITIES follow war as the jackal follows...history of the Second World War in the Pacific...systematic genocide. The Holocaust has become our era...recollections of the Holocaust also dictate the...discourse about the ... |
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THE FORGOTTEN HOLOCAUST; Few Know What Took Place in 1937 Nanking, But It's...
...core is that firestorm of World War II savagery known as the Rape of Nanking. Her grandparents barely...event -- "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of ... |
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Remembering Nanking's holocaust
...nation of immigrants. The rape of Nanking, a city of 1 million, by...Yet it had been largely forgotten until Iris Chang made it...subject. Her book The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of ... |
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RAPE OF NANKING - JUSTICE DELAYED NO LONGER DENIED.(Editorial)(Column)
...nation of immigrants. The rape of Nanking, a city of 1 million, by...Yet it had been largely forgotten until Iris Chang made it...Her book ``The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of ... |
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'The Rape of Nanking' vividly recounts Japanese atrocities in...
...narrative ``The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of WWII'' (Blackstone...Imperial Army invaded Nanking, capital of Chiang...for its crimes in Nanking. ``It certainly...itself a victim of World ... |
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Iris Chang, author of 'Rape of Nanking' OBITUARY
...best-selling book ''The Rape of Nanking,'' a chronicle of the...interview.''The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II'' was published by ... |
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Chinese-American author of "Rape of Nanking" commits suicide
...American author of "Rape of Nanking" commits suicide...Iris Chang, world-renowned Chinese...The Rape of Nanking," which exposes...during the World War II, has committed...The ... |