Pier Marton

Hedda Bolgar (102): “I am too busy to die”

by Pier Marton | Oct 1, 2011 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Eco, Health, History, Humor, Magyar, Popular, Women

[Update: Hedda Bolgar dies at 103] An earlier story by Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times. Appears in the documentary “The Beauty of Aging” (trailer below) Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)...

Raoul Wallenberg living in the Gulag for many years?

by Pier Marton | Sep 26, 2011 | Antisemitism, Death, Ego, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars

As a Swedish diplomat in Hungary during WWII, he saved 20,000 Jews (among whom two of my aunts). In Haaretz (AP) Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews before vanishing into Soviet captivity, may have been alive after the official 1947 date of...

Ajahn Chah ?? ??????? (Achaan Chah) Website

by Pier Marton | Sep 26, 2011 | Asia, Books, Care, Eco, Ego, Health, Highlights, Ideas, Mystery, Now, Site

I am sorry about the ?? instead of the Thai characters – on my previous WordPress.com blog, it worked fine. I have tried some of the tips provided here – http://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-converted-to-question-marks-on-save?replies=39 – but I need...

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman on BBC Radio 4

by Pier Marton | Sep 23, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Doc, Human Rights, Jewish, Podcasts(E), Politics, Racism, Shoah, Theater, Wars, Women

8 hours to try to capture 871 pages… As podcasts for less than 27 days. With Kenneth Branagh and David Tennant. An introduction to Grossman and to the radio drama, both in the Guardian. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit...

My 100 Year Old Active Friend (on Skype)

by Pier Marton | Sep 20, 2011 | Ego, Hispanic, History, Humor, Jewish, Magyar, Now, Shoah

Who either says he is “surprising well,” or “still alive.” He is one of only two people alive today (both “Bandi”) who knew my grandmother, the one that was gased at Auschwitz. This is a tribute by a relative of his. Today he...