[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

[BroJoeK]

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July 24, 1942:

• "Martin Luther, undersecretary of state at the German Foreign Ministry, alerts Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop that Italian authorities are resistant to the German plan to deport Jews from Italian-held regions of Croatia."

"Among the guests at a 1942 Jewish marriage ceremony at Bochnia, Poland--located about 20 miles southeast of Kraków--were Jewish police officers and members of the Judenrat.
Relations between the rank-and-file residents of any Jewish ghetto and fellow Jews who enjoyed privileged status and a modicum of power were typically strained.
If the groom was not a policeman or Judenrat representative, this moment of solidarity was rare indeed."

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[Peter W. Kessler]

“They Burned the Books”

Absolutely relevant today:

http://ia701200.us.archive.org/0/items/1942RadioNews/1942-07-24-CBS-Columbia-Wartime-Bureau-They-Burned-The-Books.mp3

[PAR35]

Ping to Geneva Convention story on Page 8 of today’s lesson.

[PAR35]

Ping to Geneva Convention story on Page 8 of today’s lesson.

[PAR35]

I think Dr. Davis (Page 8) is badly deluded if he thinks that the Nips will actually act in a civilized manner toward prisoners.