AM 1240 WJON » holocaust http://wjon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 22:42:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story at SCSU http://wjon.com/holocaust-survivor-shares-her-story-at-scsu/ http://wjon.com/holocaust-survivor-shares-her-story-at-scsu/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:26:25 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=133990 A survivor of the Holocaust shared her amazing story of survival, and forgiveness, this (Thursday) evening at St. Cloud State University's Ritsche Auditorium. A standing-room-only crowd heard Eva Kor talk about how she and her twin sister, Miriam, were pulled apart from their mother on the selection platform at Auschwitz in 1944.

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]]> http://wjon.com/holocaust-survivor-shares-her-story-at-scsu/feed/ 0 Eva Kor, Photo by WJON.com's Jim Maurice Touring Exhibit Sheds Light on Nazi War Crimes Against Gay Men [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/touring-exhibit-sheds-light-on-nazi-war-crimes-against-gay-menaudio/ http://wjon.com/touring-exhibit-sheds-light-on-nazi-war-crimes-against-gay-menaudio/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:47:08 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=70246 A lesser-known facet of Nazi genocide is the topic of a new exhibit on display at St. Cloud State University. "The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945" uses photographs and historical information to examine the lives lost during the Nazi regime.

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]]> http://wjon.com/touring-exhibit-sheds-light-on-nazi-war-crimes-against-gay-menaudio/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Holocaust Historian, Author Visits SCSU http://wjon.com/holocaust-historian-author-visits-scsu/ http://wjon.com/holocaust-historian-author-visits-scsu/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:39:12 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=46322 Deborah Lipstadt has established herself as a strong voice against those who deny the Holocaust's existence. She spoke to students last night (Thursday) at St. Cloud State about the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and its role in making genocide a reality.

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]]> http://wjon.com/holocaust-historian-author-visits-scsu/feed/ 0 Deborah Lipstadt (SCSU) Bachmann Uses Holocaust To Illustrate Tax Point http://wjon.com/bachmann-uses-holocaust-to-illustrate-tax-point/ http://wjon.com/bachmann-uses-holocaust-to-illustrate-tax-point/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 16:57:17 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=13998 Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is describing the loss of "economic liberty" that young Americans face today as a "flashpoint of history" in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did to stop it.

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