Goodbye Hitler parodies…
Candidate trying to reclaim Holocaust victims’ property
Oct. 12, 2009 1 Comment
After an attempt on Adolf Hitler’s life, Glenn Berwin’s family and their property was seized along with many other Jews in Munich. Berwin’s uncle owned two restaurants and a shop there. They were seized along with his World War I veteran’s pension. “It seemed hopeless” Berwin said in a statement Monday. “I thought the odds [...]
Jewish mass grave to be excavated in Germany
April 25, 2009 Leave a Comment
On February 2 1945, just seven months before the end of World War II, more than 753 sick Jewish men and women are thought to have been killed by the Waffen SS at the Nazi camp of Lieberose in Brandenburg state. Efforts to excavate the site, which is one of the last undiscovered mass graves of Jews killed by Nazis, began on Wednesday after a long court battle over land rights.
Confronting a Holocaust past
Feb. 10, 2009 Leave a Comment
There is no doubt that Nazi Germany was a haunting place to live in the wake of the Holocaust. Bernhard Schlink addressed these hardships in his 1995 novel “The Reader” and through lectures in Boston last week. “The Reader” personalizes the Holocaust by illustrating the turmoil of a man who is in love with a [...]
Defiance
Jan. 6, 2009 1 Comment
What makes the film “Defiance” so unique is that without ever seeing concentration camps and with barely any physical presence from the Germans, director Ed Zwick was able to tell the story of the Jews’ plight during World War II almost as masterfully as Stephen Spielberg did with “Schindler’s List.”
Call of Duty: World at War to include new Zombie Mode
Oct. 25, 2008 Leave a Comment
Call of Duty: World at War, launching Novembr 11 for most major gaming platforms and PC is going to sell millions of copies — it’s inevitable, but in every preview, every write-up, it seemed to be missing something.‚ Zombies. Fear not fans of the undead, on the most recent edition of Game Trailers TV, Developer [...]
Leipzig 2008: Heroes over Europe artwork
Aug. 22, 2008 1 Comment
One game we didn’t see much of at E3 was Atari’s Heroes over Europe, the WWII flying combat simulation sequel to Heroes of the Pacific, which was a very strong PC and PlayStation 2 title in its own right. Heroes over Europe brings the combat to high definition on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC [...]