United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letters: Memories of the Holocaust

2013-01-16 00:00:00

Re "Youngest on Schindler's list," Obituary, Jan. 14 It is sad to learn of Leon Leyson's passing. He was a true mensch, a generously giving man. For the last 15 years or so, except this last one, Leyson spoke to students in my Cal State Fullerton...

Harry Eisen dies at 95; Norco Ranch founder

2012-07-29 23:13:00

Harry Eisen, a Polish-born Holocaust survivor who founded Norco Ranch Inc. in western Riverside County in the 1950s and built it into one of the state's leading egg producers, processors and distributors, has died. He was 95. Eisen died July 19 of...

Jack Tramiel dies at 83; founder of Commodore computers

2012-04-12 00:00:00

Jack Tramiel, the tough and aggressive Commodore International founder who brought millions of people into the world of personal computers in the late 1970s and early '80s with his low-cost PCs, has died. He was 83. Tramiel, who lived in Monte Sereno,...

Monster Mash: Holocaust Museum gets big gift; Wallis Annenberg and MOCA

2011-09-28 16:33:12

Sanford C. Sigoloff dies at 80; corporate turnaround expert

2011-02-23 00:00:00

Corporate turnaround expert Sanford C. Sigoloff, credited with leading ailing companies such as Wickes Cos. out of bankruptcy but criticized by many as a tough-as-nails boss, has died. He was 80. Sigoloff died of complications from pneumonia Saturday...

Hatred and the far right

2009-06-13 00:00:00

In 1865, with the Confederacy in extremis, Jefferson Davis bludgeoned appalled rebel lawmakers into accepting Robert E. Lee's request to recruit black troops into Northern Virginia's depleted army ranks. One outraged Southern diarist accused Lee and Davis...

Monster Mash: Seiji Ozawa ill; Holocaust museum shooter dies; new White House history center

2010-01-07 16:32:43

Accused Holocaust museum shooter dies

2010-01-06 14:03:00

The 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum died Wednesday in North Carolina, where he'd been held while awaiting trial, authorities said. James von Brunn died shortly before 1 p.m. at a local...

King Herod's return

2007-05-30 00:00:00

AFTER 2,000 YEARS of indignity and ignominy, Herod the Great has finally gotten his revenge. During their revolt against Roman rule over Judea between AD 66 and 72, Jews who remembered King Herod as a Roman puppet smashed his sarcophagus, which had...

The Darfur deception

2007-10-07 00:00:00

The Sept. 29 killing of 10 African Union peacekeepers in south Darfur by a splinter faction of one of the main anti-Sudanese government insurgent groups was shocking -- but especially so to those who have only followed the Darfur tragedy through the...

Ahoy, ye scurvy landlubbers!

2004-12-19 00:00:00

A treasure-trove of nearly 500 artifacts will fill Pirate Soul, a museum about the oft-romanticized robbers who terrorized commerce on the high seas. Aided by an animatronic Blackbeard, simulated ship battles and interactive displays, entrepreneur Pat...

The last graduation

2013-05-17 05:04:02

After 93 years, Round Lake will host its final graduation ceremony this evening. School officials decided earlier this year to close the high school due to declining enrollments. Brewster, paired with Round Lake for the past 28 years, will continue to...

Alice Abrams, left, Bob Abrams, Dee Botnick and Barbara Bloch promote the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's annual "South Florida Luncheon," which will take place Jan. 28 at Boca West Country Club. The luncheon will feature keynote speaker Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor.

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Angela Lacy, left, and John Lacy at the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach's "FREADOM: Spectrum of Banned and Burned" event, which took place Nov. 7 at the library.

2012-12-10 14:02:00

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attend the "In the Land of Blood and Honey" premiere at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

2012-11-30 16:52:00