by Pier Marton | Oct 17, 2011 | Death, Eco, History, Human Rights, Native, Politics, Racism, Time, Women
Blackfoot (or Siksikáwa) from Montana, Little Bird Woman (a.k.a. Elouise Pepion Cobell) was the lead plaintiff in a case representing 500,000 Indian People, suing the United States government for mismanaging Native American land and money. After 14 years of...
by Pier Marton | Oct 14, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Ego, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Magyar, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Theater, Wars
Par Mihály Rózsa: Aujourd’hui, quand le maire de Budapest se permet d’offrir une institution culturelle prestigieuse, en l’occurence un théâtre aux nazis hongrois, il est particulièrement important de se pencher sur des événements douloureux de...
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) EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
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...
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...
by Pier Marton | Sep 20, 2011 | Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Native, Politics, Racism, Review, STL, Travel, Wars, Women
My review: Civilians expect the military to do the dirty work for them: send them to HELL… and if they are lucky enough to come back alive, ask them to reintegrate as if nothing happened. 24 courageous veterans connect with their pain to allow us, the so-called...