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Germany wonders: Will Wagner archives expose Nazi links?

2013-05-19 12:17:00

BERLIN — Family archives belonging to a descendant of the composer Richard Wagner are expected to be passed to the German government soon, opening access to researchers who have long sought to shed light on their links to the Nazi regime. With the...

Superman, a hero with staying power

2013-05-19 00:00:00

My nomination for American hero of the 20th century is someone who lived half his life in disguise and the other half as the world's most recognizable man. He appeared on more radio broadcasts than Ellery Queen and in more movies than Marlon Brando, who...

Hedda Bolgar dies at 103; renowned psychoanalyst

2013-05-18 14:04:00

Hedda Bolgar, a psychologist old enough to have attended Sigmund Freud's lectures in Vienna but youthful enough to have treated patients until just a few weeks ago, has died. She was 103. Her mind was sharp, her zest for work keen, and her social...

PASSINGS: Chris Kelly, Leopold Engleitner

2013-05-02 23:12:00

Chris Kelly, 34, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross that had a chart-topping hit with "Jump," was pronounced dead Wednesday at an Atlanta hospital of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said. Police were called to Kelly's home in south...

Israel's Netanyahu visits China but avoids Palestinian leader Abbas

2013-05-07 09:23:00

BEIJING -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured Shanghai on Tuesday, paying tribute to the city’s role sheltering Jews during World War II and conveniently avoiding Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who was visiting Beijing....

The Week in Pictures | May 5-12, 2013

2013-05-10 17:54:36

Women's prayer at Western Wall sparks protest

2013-05-10 03:24:00

JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Old City’s Western Wall Plaza early Friday in a boisterous and sometimes violent protest against a group of female activists exercising a newly court-affirmed right to pray at the holy...

West Hollywood says a hearty spasibo to Russian veterans

2013-05-11 20:29:00

Some of the speakers' attempts to speak Russian in the warm West Hollywood auditorium were clunky, but one word was repeated over and over Saturday afternoon. Spasibo. Thank you. In a Plummer Park auditorium decorated in red and white balloons and...

Pictures in the News | May 6, 2013

2013-05-06 09:12:58

'Tannhauser' production booed for using Nazi imagery

2013-05-06 06:45:00

A new production of Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhauser" in Germany was reportedly booed by members of the audience who were apparently upset over the use of Nazi imagery in the staging. The opera opened Saturday at the�Deutsche Oper am Rhein in...

Nazi-themed opera production canceled in Germany

2013-05-09 05:26:00

BERLIN -- A Nazi-themed production of the Wagner opera "Tannhauser" that featured scenes of gas chambers and the execution of a family has been canceled in Germany after some audience members had to receive medical treatment for shock. The Deutsche...

Holocaust films get personal with descendants of Nazis

2013-04-26 16:40:00

The Holocaust has long been a deep and disquieting source of material for filmmakers, especially documentarians. As firsthand accounts of World War II naturally dwindle, though, cinematic inquiries on the subject have been shifting into more personal...

7 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, PBS (10 p.m. Chicago, WTTW) This doc tells the little-known and fascinating story of how American soldiers in a top-secret mission unit tricked the Nazis using rubber tanks, sound effects and carefully crafted illusions during WWII. It includes interviews with some of the G.

2013-05-20 06:49:00

Mona Golabek�s classy, deeply stirring new one-woman show is thematically similar to the movie "The Pianist," in that it follows the life of a Jewish musician who played on through turmoil, adversity and dislocation.

2013-05-01 09:05:00

Ukrainian ultra-nationalists salute as they march in the center of the western city of Lviv to mark 70th anniversary of 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galician" foundation.

2013-04-28 00:00:00