One country that has become unapologetically outspoken about its fear of refugees is slovakia. It has been heralded as an eu Success Story after breaking away from czechoslovakia and forming an independent democracy. But a worrying Development Today is a remarkable increase in the number of paramilitary groups in slovakia. Our reporter visited its largest, called the branci. Reporter twice a month they go to war. At least, thats what it looks like at first glance. These paramilitaries say they want to protect slovakia as though the country wasnt part of a europe at peace, but instead surrounded by enemies. If a future enemy sees whats going on here in slovakia if he sees a country that is prepared to defend itself, and its Democratic Values then that enemy will think twice about attacking. Hell think again before trying to take away our rights. Reporter peter vrcek is the socalled commandant of the slovak conscripts Paramilitary Organization, Slovenski Branci. The 20yearold and his tro
Were a senior in high school or kind of transitioning, because im sure that many of us have experienced certain difficulties, but maybe not to the extent that you have. What can you say that your attitude was, even as a young person . So as a High School Senior say having been through all that youd been through, what was your attitude in terms of going through transitioning of that life from being a child to a young adult, given all that youd experienced . Its a very good question. Unfortunately, im 87 now. Its hard to remember what it was like to be 19 or 20, but as i said before when you are very young, very elastic and plastic so you can adapt to you forget bad things and you just concentrate on the good. Thank you. All right. Thank you very much. I think were going to close our program now, and so, again, after julius finishes, joel will come up on the stage and ill ask you to stand at that point and well get julius heading upstairs to sign copies of his book. So julius. Yes. I was
Her familys experience in romania. At 10 00 eastern, holocaust survivor julius menn talks about growing up in poland and palestine in the 1930s and 40s. Wednesday night on American History tv prime time, the civil war and reconstruction. It begins at 8 00 p. M. Eastern with defeat and the idea of southern honor. At 8 55, photographs that show the history of emancipation. At 9 45 p. M. Eastern, the political battles during reconstruction after the civil war. And at 10 50, historians discuss the different narratives created after the war to explain why the south lost. Next on American History tv, holocaust survivor anna grosz recalls her familys experiences after hungary annexed a portion of romania that included their hometown. And then imposed antisemitic laws. The family was confined along with other jews to a ghetto when nazi germany occupied hungary. They were transported to the auschwitz concentration camp in poland and later forced to perform hard labor. This event was part of the
Zeilfreund. Am samuel owned a vineyard and was a wine mer shant while ilona cared for anna and her five series. In 1940 rockshaw fill under hungary rule and the people there became subject to antisemitic laws. Under the new laws annas father vineyard was confiscated and he was conscripted into the hungarian labor service. Samuel never returned home. This photo from 1943 shows anna and her sisters in order from left to right is clara, elizabeth, margaret, margarets daughter suzan, violet, anna and gisela. In march 1944, nazi germany occupied hungary. Hundreds of thousands of hungarian jews were turned over to the custody of the germans. Anna, her sisters and her mother were placed into the sahtu mory ghetto indicated by the circumstanceal on this map and then deported to auschwitz berk no. Auschwitz is indicated by the blue arrow on this map. Nazi authorities selected anna and three of her sisters for forced labor while they sent her mother and two other sisters to the gas chambers. In
Republic headlined, a world war were under attack by climate c change and our only he is to mobilize like we did in world war ii. Then in the first ever override of an obama veto, Congress Votes to allow americans to sue saudui arabia over the 9 11 attacks. There is mounting evidence that the saudi government, at least organizations and operatives within the saudi government, aided and abetted one of the most massive crimes in the united states. In our system, the truth behind those facts deseserves to be presented in court. Comes as the Obama Administration declassified 28 pages from the september 11 report detailing possible ties between the saudi government and the 9 11 attacks. We will speakith medeaa benjamin, cofounder of cododepi. Author of kingdom of the , unjust behind the u. S. Saudi connection. And inin news from the campaigin trail, a new investigation by newsweek reveals one of Donald Trumps businesses violated the u. S. Embargo on cuba, s secretly doing business there in