Hitler’s Scientists: Science, War and Devil’s Pact Penguin, $26.95
SCIENTISTS sometimes like to place themselves outsiae history in a rational universe. The experience of Nazi Germany is the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 2005
66 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4
Banks publish data on more World War II-era accounts
ZURICH — Records of more than 3000 World War II-era Swiss bank accounts were published over the weekend on the internet in an effort…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldiers’ antipullout petition
JERUSALEM — Thousands of Israeli soldiers have signed a petition saying they will refuse to fulfil army orders to evacuate Jewish settlements in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There will be no civil war VIEWPOINT Menachem Begin brought Israel back from the brink of civil war three times. Ariel Sharon will do the same
THRICE, the rage of civil strife seeped into this nation’s soul, and thrice its fury was doused by a man who, himself,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fighting for Uncle Sam Book Review Gi Jews: How World War Ii Changed a Generation Harvard University Press, $35
THEY have been called the greatest generation, the men and women who lived through the Depression and then, more significantly, World…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fingelson enlists for JCA
WHEN Gavin Fingelson was in Athens making history as Australia's first Jewish Australian Olympic medallist, he had an epiphany. Six months later he agreed to be the Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day 2005 a Brisbane
- C'est de nouveau par une journée splendide que la section des oche r. 1814ème section d'AUSTRALIE et les Anciens des Troupes de Marine de…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →French Navy Take Part in West Australian Anzac Day Commemorations
The crew of the French frigate Nivôse took part in ANZAC Day ceremonies organised in Perth and Fremantle. As part of the ANZAC…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Greg van der Struik performed in France for Anzac Day
Principal Trombonist with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra since 1987, Greg van de Struik was invited to northern France to perform three concerts with the Orchestra de Piccardie to celebrate Anzac Day. of the performances took place in villages which were saved by Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Economist: Israel winning PR war
CONTRARY to prevailing perception among many Diaspora Jews, the wellrespected British weekly Economist magazine recently declared Israel the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Jews, Rwandans forge bond over war crimes
FEARS that Hutu perpetrators of genocide in Rwanda a decade ago may be living in Australia has prompted an alliance between Jews…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World War II Veteran receives France’s highest honour
On 30th March, the French Ambassador Patrick Hanault bestowed France’s highest honour, The Legion of Honour, upon World War II Veteran Leslie Coleman at a ceremony held in Coorabin Nursing Hone in Point Lonsdale, Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Monash, the Anzacs and the Jews The story of the 2200 or so Anzac Jewish volunteers and casualties in World War I is both remarkable and poignant. PARTISAN
THE first Anzac Day my father experienced was the 12th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli. It was in 1927, just a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The good, the bad and the crunchy Jerusalem Everyone has an opinion when it comes to matzah, which is why the AJN enlisted a group of celebrities, community personalties and full-time smartarses to take part in our inaugural ‘Great Matzah Taste Test’ Here are the results. $3.29
Aura: "It's a bit pale with burnt edges." John:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Perth remembers the ANZAC spirit
From left: Benji Meyers and Gina and Renee Tuch were among more than 300 people at an ANZAC day wreath-laying ceremony on April 22 at the Jewish war memorial in Kings Park. Ron Stone, guest speaker at the Carmel School’s commemorative assembly, with his granddaughters (from left) Sarah, Michal and Abby…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Anzac Day marked in Israel
JERUSALEM - Representatives of the Australian and New Zealand Multinational Force Observers in Sinai along with the defence attaches of several embassies arose early on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The banality of innocence Dispatches From Home Downfall’s downfall lies in the fact that it paints the paperpushers, acquiescent soldiers and loyal citizens of the Third Reich as banally innocent when in fact they knew the heinous crimes that were being perpetrated
AS direct memory of the Holocaust fades, the task of remembering will be entrusted to other forms - rituals, written and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Outlook Winning the propaganda war A program which sends Australian opinion-makers to Israel is turning the tide in the war of ideas about the Middle East conflict. Melissa Singer reports on the progress of the Rambam Israel Fellowship Program, whose 50th fellow just returned from a visit to the Jewish State
YOU don’t understand the place until you smell and feel it, until you walk around Jerusalem.”…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Nouvelles Du Monde Combattant. Adelaide 25 Avril, Anzac Day
A l'aube et comme chaque année unefoule importante était présente devant le mon aux morts de la ville. Dès 5h30 c'est plus de3000personnes qui entourait littéralem mémorial. Beaucoup de Jeunes, des écoliers mais aussi beaucoup d'anciens comb australiens. Les anciens combattants des nations alliées étaient venus, une impor…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →World Views Soldier, Terrorist Killed in Clash
JERUSALEM - An Israeli soldier - 21year-old Dan Talasnikov - and a Palestinian terrorist were killed in a West Bank clash near the West Bank town of…
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