Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich, the magnetic movie star and singer who was an international symbol of glamour and sex for more than half a century, died May 6 1992 at her home in Paris. She was 90 years old. In her personal life, Dietrich was a strong opponent of the Nazi government in Germany. When Hitler… Read more »
Frenzel, born on 20 August 1911 in Zehdenick on the Havel, the son of a Reichsbahn employee, both his brothers were killed in the First World War. He took on a four year apprenticeship as a carpenter, but work in this field was difficult to find. He managed to find agricultural work, then became a… Read more »
The Battle of the Seelow Heights, Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen, was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched positions of the World War II. It was fought over three days, from 16–19 April 1945. Close to one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st… Read more »
Operation Cottbus was an anti-partisan operation during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany. The operation began on 20 May 1943 during the World War II occupation of northern Belarus in the areas of Begoml, Lepel and Ushachy. A number of Belarusian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian collaborationist units took part in the operation, along with the SS Special Battalion Oskar Dirlewanger. Numerous villages were depopulated and burned as part… Read more »
For the past 23 years, veterans age 55 and older have come together to compete in the National Veterans Golden Age Games . It’s the largest sports and recreational competition for this age group of military veterans in the world, and this year’s competition, held in Birmingham, Ala., in early June, marked a special commemoration…. Read more »