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Remembering Kristallnacht in Berlin: The Story of Hans Riess

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Stefan Sirucek

The reason November 9 -- the day the Berlin Wall fell -- is not a national holiday in Germany, is that it also marks a much darker anniversary: Kristallnacht, the so-called "Night of Broken Glass."

Letter From Paris: Let the Saints Come Marching In

Beth Arnold | Posted 10.31.2009 | Style


Beth Arnold

We headed over to the beautiful cemetery to say hey to Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and others. If the 20th Arrondissement is good enough for them, then it certainly should work for us.