06. Aug 2014
Das Gallup-Institut erhebt alljährlich eine Umfrage über die beliebtesten Staaten der Amerikaner. Auch in diesem Jahr war das Ergebnis keine Überraschung: Vor England, Deutschland, Japan und…
26. Jul 2014
The modern world goes hand in hand with the break of civilization. Auschwitz wasn’t the beginning, but the end of a development in Europe, which positively went hurtling towards the industrial…
Yves Kugelmann
06. Jul 2014
Meine Mutter traf 1947 aus Calgary in der Getreideprovinz Alberta in Vancouver ein. Sie erinnert sich: «Das war eine schwierige Zeit. Wir lebten hinter dem Ladenraum eines Gemüsehandels. Mein Bruder…
Johnna Kaplan
26. Jun 2014
The breakout of the First World War was the greatest disaster of the 20th century, and today it is nearly impossible to understand or to explain the enthusiasm, which was prevalent in the following…
Walter Laqueur
26. Jun 2014
In addition to the centenary of the beginning of the war in 1914, this year another anniversary is of great importance in Jewish history: the foundation of the American Jewish Joint Distribution…
26. Jun 2014
If I survive this, won’t I have some tale to tell,» thought Fritz Weinschenk from below deck of LCI-92 as it lumbered toward the French coast 70 years ago. The ship had just cleared three rows of…
Steve Karras
26. Jun 2014
May 1937: Josef Katz doesn’t mind getting up early, but he hates the icy cold temperature of the room he rents from Frau Ehrlich on Thonnerstrasse 92. It is crisp and cold in Basel, and now that he…
Pamela Katz