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Education
A failed Nazi beachfront resort will undergo a radical transformation
Agence France-Presse
August 31, 2016
One of the biggest relics left behind by the Nazis is undergoing a radical transformation on a German island, harnessing a property boom to become a luxury tourist destination.
Global Politics
A physicist who proved Einstein right started by tinkering with the family record player
PRI's The World
September 28, 2016
He's helping to uncover the origins of the universe with a massive antenna so sensitive it detected faint invisible ripples in space from 1.3 billion years ago.
Culture
In which Adolf Hitler creeps into your home movies
GlobalPost
October 14, 2016
More than 70 years after he killed himself, the Nazi fuhrer has unexpectedly popped up in old family movie collections. Never-before-seen footage of Hitler is "a very rare thing indeed," a documentary expert says.
Religion
The rescued Jewish tombstones of Thessaloniki
PRI's The World
June 19, 2017
The Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki used to be one of the largest in the world. Now, bits and pieces of the headstones are scattered throughout the city, embedded in buildings, churches and sidewalks.
Conflict
‘What I did was so little’: Remembering World War II spy hero Jeannie Rousseau de Clarens
PRI's The World
August 30, 2017
There are fewer and fewer heroes left from World War II. We remember a French woman, a spy, Jeannie Rousseau, who passed away last week.