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70 years ago, Ella Weissberger stood on stage as a cat in the first performances of the children's opera Brundibar. The stage was in a Nazi concentration camp and she was a prisoner. Weissberger still attends performances and shared her story with The World's Nina Porzucki.
German designer Otl Aicher created the pictograms for the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich. His design has influenced not only future Olympic pictograms but many signs we see on a daily basis.
Ukraine has been gripped by demonstrations for weeks now. Protesters want the President to keep his promise and sign a deal with the European Union. The deal would bail out the country's broken finances and bring it into closer association with Brussels. Russia doesn't like that. It's not the first time in Ukraine's history that is has to decide between East and West.
Until recently, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party enjoyed substantial popularity in Greece. Then, two weeks ago, a Golden Dawn member admitted to killing anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas. In the following days, Greek authorities arrested more than 20 Golden Dawn members, including much of the party's leadership.
In a national address to a skeptical nation and a divided Congress, President Barack Obama laid out his case for military strikes on Syria, but made a commitment to one more last-ditch effort at diplomacy.
At the height of the Cold War, a small group of Army personnel monitored communications in Soviet-controlled East Berlin. They'd send the recordings back to NSA headquarters in Washington and — in many ways, are the precursors to the modern surveillance system that has become so controversial.
Richard Wagner's music was widely celebrated in the United States for nearly a century, until it became inextricably linked with Nazism in the mid-20th Century. In late May, Wagner's 200th birthday passed -- and it did so with almost no fanfare.
East Germany's Secret Service, or Stasi, kept extensive records on its citizens during the Cold War but tried to destroy them when its government toppled in 1989, but now German computer scientists are trying to repair those documents
The World's Alex Gallafent on the controversial history of the Olympic torch relay: the modern tradition of the relay started on the eve of the 1936 Olympic Games, hosted by Nazi Germany.
An irreverent English-language newspaper is forced to close its doors in Moscow, as Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Mark Ames, the editor of "The Exile."
Bletchley Park, outside London, was one of the most important spying posts during World War II, and it was there that computer scientists cracked the supposedly unbreakable German communication codes, but now,
Susan and Dan Cohen lost their only child, Theodora, when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Scotland. Libya has accepted responsibility for the plane's bombing.
�French New Wave' director Jean-Luc Godard is getting an honorary Oscar tomorrow, though some critics say he shouldn't. They say he's anti-Semitic and so are some of his films.That is not the way people in France see the director. Anita Elash has more.
The opening of Soviet and East European archives has provided historians a tidal wave of new information about the crimes of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Brigid McCarthy reports on one historian's work.
This year marks the Los Angeles Dodgers' 50th anniversary in the City of Angels. The architect of the team's move from Brooklyn, Walter O'Malley, will be inducted, posthumously, into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend. New York writer Pete Hamill said O'Malley was the only man Brooklynites hated more than Hitler.
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Recovering East German Stasi documents
The World
January 30, 2008
East Germany's Secret Service, or Stasi, kept extensive records on its citizens during the Cold War but tried to destroy them when its government toppled in 1989, but now German computer scientists are trying to repair those documents
Sports
Olympic torch controversy
The World
April 08, 2008
The World's Alex Gallafent on the controversial history of the Olympic torch relay: the modern tradition of the relay started on the eve of the 1936 Olympic Games, hosted by Nazi Germany.
Conflict & Justice
English-language newspaper closes in Moscow
The World
June 19, 2008
An irreverent English-language newspaper is forced to close its doors in Moscow, as Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Mark Ames, the editor of "The Exile."
Arts, Culture & Media
Saving Bletchley Park
The World
July 24, 2008
Bletchley Park, outside London, was one of the most important spying posts during World War II, and it was there that computer scientists cracked the supposedly unbreakable German communication codes, but now,
Global Politics
Looking back to Lockerbie
The World
September 05, 2008
Susan and Dan Cohen lost their only child, Theodora, when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Scotland. Libya has accepted responsibility for the plane's bombing.
Arts, Culture & Media
What Hitler read
The World
October 24, 2008
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Timothy Ryback about his new book, "Hitler's Private Library - the Books that Shaped his Life."
Arts, Culture & Media
Honorary Oscar for Godard
The World
November 12, 2010
�French New Wave' director Jean-Luc Godard is getting an honorary Oscar tomorrow, though some critics say he shouldn't. They say he's anti-Semitic and so are some of his films.That is not the way people in France see the director. Anita Elash has more.
Conflict & Justice
Eastern Europe's Bloodlands'
The World
December 10, 2010
The opening of Soviet and East European archives has provided historians a tidal wave of new information about the crimes of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Brigid McCarthy reports on one historian's work.
Sports
Baseball honors Walter O'Malley, who moved the Dodgers to L.A. 50 years ago
The Takeaway
July 25, 2008
This year marks the Los Angeles Dodgers' 50th anniversary in the City of Angels. The architect of the team's move from Brooklyn, Walter O'Malley, will be inducted, posthumously, into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend. New York writer Pete Hamill said O'Malley was the only man Brooklynites hated more than Hitler.
The World in Words
Dictators with dialects, finger spelling and universal Inuit
The World
March 31, 2011