It was once the largest and most magnificent synagogue in germany. A palace of faith a temple of understanding. Beneath its gilded dome fragments of the past disaggregated torah scrolls mysterious inscriptions. And charred remnants of darker times. The noirs in a gold or new synagogue in the heart of berlin paris testimony to a bygone era. The shimmering dome is visible for miles around the synagogue on iranian birth the is a magnet for tourists a landmark and a solemn or. Built as a house of worship more than 150 years ago its a jewel of the city. Yet it was almost lost on november 9th 1938 kristallnacht the night of broken glass when thousands of synagogues across germany were set ablaze. Doctor is on his way home near the station he sees the facade in the synagogue and claims. The administrative director of a song he preaches hospital rushes back to work. His hospital is directly next to the synagogue us and sure enough here to the starting a fire. Calls the police and threatens to
Good afternoon welcome to our seminar book talk and conversation it is a great pleasure to welcome back authors Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan the talks about russias exile to be to distinguish investigative journalist and authors of the red web of the governance of the internet and also of the new nobility with Russian Security services. So this is the third part of the trilogy and we are so excited that you are here with us today. We are filming this so go to the audience will ask you to identify your self and it is on the record in terms of a discussion. In terms of format we will start with general questions i will ask of our core authors and one coauthors and there are copies of the book that they will happily sign for you after the event. Welcome back, welcome to york but tell us about what motivated you to write this book at this particular point in time spin i thank you very much. Have to say you contributed a lot. But not with russian exile. So with the research in new york
Me. But yesterday i asked the police what happened and they didnt want to tell me. Police say the man was found by his roommate. So far, they have not released his name. Police say b. A. R. T. Is up. And it is just one of the reasons ridership on the agency has declined. Reporter we spent the morning talking to b. A. R. T. Riders here at the lafayette station and when we asked team them what theyd like to fix or improve, just know everyone mentioned this. Bart needs to improve four things, when it comes to ridership and satisfaction. They include cleanliness on trains, fare evasion and security. People shooting up, you it like there is any police presence. The grand jury report released yesterday found that overall, crime on b. A. R. T. Is up only slightly robband 14. Aggravated assault is up more than 115 over the same period. Were at a point now, where its almost like the wild, wild west. On borah allen says believes the security are connected. Plement personnel tell me that the peop
To the Second Annual Kenneth Rendell lecture on importance of historical letters and documents. Ken rendell has been a dealer since 1959 in historical letters and documents dating from the renaissance to the present period. His business for many years included offices boston and the gallery in new york city encompassed politics. The law, art, literature, music, science, the military amongst, other areas. Ken has authored some of the standard reference volumes in this field, including his history comes to life. Ken has been a member of the grolier club since 1972 and is significant contributions to our club over course over 50 years. Reflect just a few of his many interests and areas of expertise. One of kens historical interests is the american frontier, the foundation of his 2004 book, the western of the American Dream. Its his own extensive collection of western american memorabilia here. And the club was fortunate to have a selection of this material on show in this very room in 200
Our speaker candice shy hooper, our fine careers on capitol hill and as a lobbyist, candice earned a masters degree in history with a concentration in military history from the George Washington university. She has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal of the ulysses s and julia d grant home, and the board of directors of president lincolns her work in the historical field has also included publications in the New York Times. The journal of military history and the michigan war studies review her book lincolns generals wives for women who influenced the civil war, for better or for worse, won three nati awards. Her most recent publication, delivered under fire, absalom the first biography of thel, childhood friend ulysses us grant. And while serving as a special agent of the Us Post Office department, he was often called grants postmaster general in his role as agent of the Us Post Office department during grants presidency. Mark passage of the ku klux klan act of 1871.