by Pier Marton | Sep 20, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Doc, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Politics, Racism, Shoah
The lawyer who in 1931 cross-examined Hitler for three hours… http://youtu.be/f675ltpoeCE Benjamin Hett’s page, the historian behind the book: Crossing Hitler: The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand. From the book: “Nothing that Hitler and...
by Pier Marton | Sep 13, 2011 | Care, Eco, Health, Hispanic, History, Native, Politics, Time, Women
Maria Lucimar Pereira is one of the Kaxinawá tribe, and lives in the western Brazilian Amazon. She says she will spend her birthday, on September 3rd , with her family. Maria has never lived in a city and puts her longevity of life down to a healthy lifestyle. She...
by Pier Marton | Sep 6, 2011 | Art, Books, Care, Dance, Death, Health, History, Mystery, Time
His first book, “The Story of Forgetting,” was translated into 12 languages. His second novel, “Storm at the Door,” is taking off too: One of the bravest and the most beautiful books I have ever read. Karen Russell in the NY Times....
by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Antisemitism, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Mystery, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time
Protestant church officials in Austria and Germany lobbied the West German government to try to help Adolf Eichmann after his 1960 arrest. In a letter to the foreign affairs department of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Eichmann was described as...
by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Juif, Media, Middle-East, Now, Objects, Politics, Quotes, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women
For more about escaping language/words: the Dictionary of Imploded Meanings. If you think the system is working, ask someone who isn’t or who was stopped “dead in his tracks.” An excerpt from Beyond Belief (Against the Weapons of Mass Distraction):...
by Pier Marton | Aug 21, 2011 | Death, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Spectacle, Theater, Wars
http://youtu.be/UzmD9GEpdTw http://youtu.be/SurCWa8B8YU And some previous highlights on powerful figures. EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...