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Investigates WWII massacre of American soldiers at Malmedy, Belgium, and investigates allegations German soldiers confessed to the crimes under duress.
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Discover the tapestry of colors that Slovenian folk music is with Cultural Cadence, a fascinating look at the music of Slovenia. This book opens up the corner where one can find the exciting beat, tune, and step that has characterized the Slovenian spirit for centuries. Based on archeological finds and folklore that has survived to this date, this book provides a detailed chronological exposition of Slovene music. Experience the stories behind popular instruments including the accordion and the zither; explore Slovenia's rich folk musical sphere that comes from different parts of the country. Learn about the meaning of such dances as the polka, the dance that conquered the world, and the bri...
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Ravensbrück was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women. Located about fifty miles north of Berlin, the camp was the site of murder by slave labor, torture, starvation, shooting, lethal injection, "medical" experimentation, and gassing. While this camp was designed to hold 5,000 women, the actual figure was six times this number. Between 1939 and 1945, 132,000 women from twenty-three countries were imprisoned in Ravensbrück, including political prisoners, Jehovah's Witnesses, "asocials" (including Gypsies, prostitutes, and lesbians), criminals, and Jewish women (who made up about 20 percent of the population). Only 15,000 survived. Drawing upon more than sixty narratives and inter...
In this rip-roaring retrospective, Basil Wolverton’s often warped imagination combines with his outlandishly wacky visual humor to fascinate and delight It collects the ultra-rare treasures Scoop Scuttle, Mystic Moot, Bingbang Buster, and Jumpin’ Jupiter — as they’ve never been seen before! Due to the rock-bottom printing methods of 10¢ comic books, Wolverton’s intricate line work was routinely obscured, and often obliterated. In this collection, every effort has been made to restore the art to its original splendor, and to at last present the uniquely detailed graphics of this justly revered comic book master.