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The story of the French Jean Weidner, the head of a resistance group, who saved the lives of many Jews during the Nazi occupation of France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Few events have been the subject of more conspiracy theories than the assassinations of the two Kennedy brothers. Indeed, a great many people consider that there were other individuals than Lee Harvey Oswald and Sirhan Sirhan involved in both murders. Was a shot fired from Dealey Plaza’s grassy knoll? Why did Jack Ruby shoot Oswald? Was it the CIA, the Soviets, Cuban nationalists or the Mafia that arranged John Kennedy’s assassination? Was Robert Kennedy shot from in front and behind, and who had the most to gain from his death? These are just a few of the questions that have been put forward by a myriad of conspiracy theorists and it is those people and their ideas that Mel Ayton has ta...
The Weidners in Wartime is the intimate story, told in their own words, of a family separated by war. Despite the dangers of writing under the inspection of censors, their letters paint a vivid portrait of decent human beings fighting valiantly to maintain their courage, their humor, and their faith during history's darkest hour. It so happens that one member of the family is also a leader of the resistance, whose heroic actions to save fleeing refugees will make him a hunted man and one of the greatest rescuers of World War II. In 1942, Jean Henri Weidner founded the "Dutch-Paris Line" to guide Jews, downed Allied pilots, and other persecuted people out of Nazi-occupied Europe to freedom in...
Journey with me, back in time, to enjoy the street-wise Bonx neighborhood characters and characteristics of a misspent youth. Passion and lust mesh harmoniously with the humanistic traits of love, concern for others in a compendium of short stories, paragraphs and essays that provoke, prod and get-your-attention.