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Sachsenhausen: Blueprint for Evil

You know about Auschwitz, Dachau, Buchenwald. This place was the blueprint for them all. Sachsenhausen is in the town of Oranienburg, a nice 45-minute country drive north of Berlin. But the pleasant rural surroundings do little to mask the ugly … Continue reading

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D-Day

The Normandy coastline of France is one of the places on my “bucket list,” and this day is the reason why. Today is the 66th anniversary of D-Day, the landings at Normandy that began the Allied liberation of Europe. Some … Continue reading

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Where your Christmas comes from

Want to get to the root of our Christmas traditions? Don’t bother with the Holy Land or the North Pole. Head for France, the birthplace of a delightful European tradition called the Christmas market. Okay, so you know all about … Continue reading

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