Raoul Wallenberg’s Quest to Save a Nation
Raoul Wallenberg (in a Swedish diplomatic ID photo) saved thousands of Hungarian Jews before mysteriously vanishing in Soviet hands. His true fate remains unknown. In a White House Rose Garden … Read More
This Photographer Risked His Life to Document Jews’ Humanity in the Face of Nazi Cruelty
In Poland, a Jewish photographer risked everything to tell his people’s story When the Germans invaded Lodz, Poland, in September 1939, Henryk Ross, a former sports photographer from Warsaw, had … Read More
A Human Skin Lampshade Sparks a Journey into the Heart of the Holocaust
After Hurricane Katrina pounded New Orleans, many unwelcome things surfaced—including a lampshade made of human skin. Veteran journalist Mark Jacobson was enlisted to trace its story. In The Lampshade: A … Read More
Audie Murphy: One-Man Stand at Holtzwihr
On a frigid January afternoon in 1945, Company B, 15th Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, was attacked on the outskirts of Holtzwihr, France, by six tanks and an estimated 250 German … Read More
Excerpt from ‘A Shot in the Moonlight’ by Ben Montgomery
After moonrise on the cold night of January 21, 1897, a mob of twenty-five white men gathered in a patch of woods near Big Road in southwestern Simpson County, Kentucky. … Read More
Eddie Robinson, Who Just Turned 100, Helped Make Military Baseball ‘The Show’ During War Years
The golden age of baseball still shines with living heroes. U.S. Navy World War II veteran Eddie Robinson turned 100 in December. As America’s oldest living former Major League Baseball … Read More
The Waste of War
Lethal diseases have ravaged militaries across the millennia. Enemy No. 1: poor sanitation. IN MOST OF THE ERAS RECORDED BY MILITARY HISTORY, it was a reliable truism that an army … Read More
5 facts about the silent movie era
1. Early salaries A good weekly salary for early Hollywood film executives was $50, while film extras were paid around $1.50 per day. 2. No doubles Stunt doubles didn’t exist in most silent film … Read More
Why do shrimp turn pink when they are cooked?
Answered by James Horton for Brain Dump in How It Works issue 125. To feature in our Brain Dump section, send us your questions to howitworks@futurenet.com or message us on Facebook … Read More
Movie Review: “Danger Close” Brings Home Reality of Vietnam War
The 2019 Aussie film brings the Battle of Long Tan “up close and personal” Readers seeking a realistic, authentically staged re-creation of the conditions that Maj. Harry Smith’s D Company … Read More