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Seventy years later, a Holocaust survivor remembers the performance of her lifetime

PRI's The World

March 12, 2014

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.

Arts, Culture & Media

How one man's Olympic design influenced your next trip to the public restroom

PRI's The World

February 06, 2014

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's identity crisis is nothing new

PRI's The World

December 12, 2013

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.

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German police find masterpieces by Picasso and others thought lost in World War II

PRI's The World

November 04, 2013

News broke over the weekend in Germany that 1500 masterpieces by Matisse and Picasso and others were found in an apartment in Munich.

Conflict & Justice

Greeks are seeing the neo-Nazi face of the popular Golden Dawn party

PRI's The World

October 02, 2013

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.

Obama calls on America to act to 'stop children from being gassed'

September 10, 2013

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.

Cold War linguists: NSA spies in Teufelsberg kept ear on Soviets

PRI's The World

June 20, 2013

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.

Arts, Culture & Media

Richard Wagner's 200th birthday passes with little notice in the U.S.

June 03, 2013

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.

Handwriting a much debated window into people's inner thoughts -- maybe

PRI's The World

May 01, 2013

Handwriting can say a lot about a person. At least that's what the French think. Others say its overblown. But according to Philip Hensher in a new book, we all seem to agree that handwriting is something that's highly personal. And something we rarely do any more.

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'Hitler's Composer': Why an Israeli is Rethinking Wagner's Music and Legacy

PRI's The World

March 19, 2013

The music of German composer Richard Wagner is considered taboo by many in Israelis. That's because Wagner is widely linked with Hitler and antisemitism. But an Israeli researcher says it may be time to rethink Wagner, as Daniella Cheslow reports.

Conflict & Justice

Greeks are seeing the neo-Nazi face of the popular Golden Dawn party

PRI's The World

October 02, 2013

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.

Arts, Culture & Media

German police find masterpieces by Picasso and others thought lost in World War II

PRI's The World

November 04, 2013

News broke over the weekend in Germany that 1500 masterpieces by Matisse and Picasso and others were found in an apartment in Munich.

Arts, Culture & Media

How one man's Olympic design influenced your next trip to the public restroom

PRI's The World

February 06, 2014

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.

Arts, Culture & Media

Polish Art Looted By Nazis Returns Home

PRI's The World

September 23, 2011

Two oil paintings by Polish impressionist Julian Falat disappeared in 1944. They are now being returned to Poland's National Museum and we want you to tell us where that museum is located.

American veteran of Spanish Civil War remembers life under suspicion of communism

PRI's The World

August 06, 2012

98-year-old James Benet left the United States in his 20s to fight on the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War. The Republicans were backed not only by foreigners, like Benet, but also by Mexico and the Soviet Union. After his side lost, Benet came back to a United States where he was immediately viewed as a communist.

Arts, Culture & Media

Swaziland Chief Fought With Allied Forces in WWII

PRI's The World

November 11, 2011

The World's Alex Gallafent brings us the story of an 88-year-old tribal chief from Swaziland. He's also a veteran of World War Two.

Where has Britain's 'stiff upper lip' gone?

PRI's The World

October 26, 2012

Brits are known for having a certain stiff upper lip. Keep Calm and Carry On and such. But recently, that stiff lip has, well, slackened. Take Andy Murray, who cried his way into British hearts during Wimbledon.

The End of the USSR

PRI's The World

December 22, 2011

Twenty years ago on Christmas Day, the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Brigid McCarthy takes a look back at why the USSR came crashing down.

Arts, Culture & Media

Provocative artist Charles Krafft goes public as Holocaust denier

March 04, 2013

Charles Krafft has generated a wide following for his provocative art. But until recently, he wasn't especially controversial. But a reporter recently uncovered, and confirmed, that Krafft doesn't believe in the Holocaust.

Conflict & Justice

Growing Concerns About Censorship in India

PRI's The World

February 13, 2012

There are growing concerns about censorship and threats to freedom of expression in India, the world's largest democracy.

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