And so Paddington Bear was born.
They began arriving on a cold day in December of 1938. Eventually almost 10,000 would arrive at the cavernous Reading Station in London....
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Paperclips.
In a previous posts, titled "They refused, simply refused," we talked about the heroism of the Norwegian teachers who took a courageous...
They refused, simply refused.
It was 1942. Norway was in the second year of Nazi occupation with a puppet prime minister in place. New orders arrived - all teachers...
63 days of heroic effort.
Seventy-eight years ago this week, the Warsaw Uprising was crushed by the Nazis. The military action by the Polish Home Army had lasted...
One brave Catholic teacher.
In 1942, Belgium was experiencing its second year of brutal occupation by the Nazis. Jeanne Daman was a teacher in Brussels and a...
7,220 of 7,800 were nowhere to be found.
In late September, 1943, the Nazis decided to deport the entire Jewish population of Denmark, numbering 7,800 persons. A high-level Nazi...
Two time Tour de France winner saved hundreds of Italian Jews.
Gino Bartali was a two-time Tour de France winner in 1938 and 1948 - an amazing feat to win cycling’s greatest prize with a ten-year gap...
Curious George, tucked in their coats.
Hans and Margret were desperate to escape Paris as Nazi tanks rolled in in 1940. Having no transportation, Hans assembled bicycles for...
Yes, I'll take him!
The year was 1941; the place the Bialystok ghetto in Poland. A baby boy was fighting for his life, his father a freedom fighter and his...
Catholic Saint, Prisoner #16670.
Today, August 14th, is a day of remembrance for Maximilian Kolbe. Let me share with you his Holocaust experience. Father Kolbe was a...
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