What a film about Nazi-era director Leni Riefenstahl tells us about the present
Andres Veiel’s documentary, part of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, busts several myths about the controversial German filmmaker.
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‘It must have been hell on earth’ – Retracing our brave grandfather’s footsteps in the blood-soaked fields of Flanders
This autumn, my brother Andrew and I fulfilled a long-held ambition to visit the place where our Irish grandfather fought in ...
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Opinion: The ‘Very Human American Effort’ That Underpinned Philippine Independence 80 Years Ago
The Philippine Civil Affairs Units were tasked with rebooting the basics of civil society, sundered by three years of Japanese military occupation, and thereby strengthen an American promise of ...
My kindergarten teacher harbored the Nazis' Angel of Death - and was haunted by her secrets
One of Betina Anton's earliest memories growing up in São Paulo, Brazil is of her kindergarten teacher, the kindly 'Tante' ...