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WWII

Théophile Joseph
Posted inHistory

Berkeley’s Théo Joseph, French Resistance fighter, dies at 98

Donna Rosenthal by Donna Rosenthal January 31, 2019January 31, 2019
False papers used by the Dutch-French resistance in WWII
Posted inBooks

New book: the Dutch and French ‘underground railroad’ in WWII

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 12, 2018January 9, 2019
A man wearing a yellow 'Jude' star on his chest and a Nazi armband on his arm
Posted inTheater

‘Obligation’ up for 3 awards, back for new S.F. run

by J. Staff October 11, 2018October 11, 2018
Sonia as a young mother, with her daughter Bella
Posted inObituaries

WWII partisan Sonia Orbuch of Marin dies at 93

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2018October 11, 2018
1928: Edgar Feuchtwanger as a child in Munich — where he literally lived across the street from Adolf Hitler
Posted inHistory

He lived across the street from Hitler, and he’s coming to Palo Alto

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller October 3, 2018October 3, 2018
Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who smuggled 2,500 children out of the Warsaw Ghetto
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

An ode to those who outwit tyrants

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan June 28, 2018
From the cover of "Hitler in Los Angeles" by Steven J. Ross
Posted inColumns

New books: Nazis in Hollywood; and Jewish refugees who returned to fight Hitler

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 16, 2018August 20, 2018
Lars Eidinger (left) in “The Bloom of Yesterday”
Posted inCulture

Berlin and Beyond fest features Holocaust and French resistance films

by J. Staff February 5, 2018March 23, 2018
A cache of her father’s old letters spawned Melinda Hess’ documentary "Letter from Cloudcroft." (Screenshot/film trailer)
Posted inCulture

Dad’s 1946 letters expose startling secret in ‘Letter from Cloudcroft’

by Rob Gloster December 27, 2017March 23, 2018
Jewish partisan fighters in 1944
Posted inJewish Life

In Hanukkah 1943, celebrating WWII as the ‘New Maccabean War’

by J. Staff December 18, 2017December 15, 2017

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