Dr. Maris Freiman, of Hayward, passed away February 14, 2024, at Tamarack Health Medical Center in Hayward, following a lengthy battle with esophageal and other kinds of cancer. He was born September 13, 1939, in Riga, Latvia, the son of Edvins and Lily Freimanis. At the onset of World War 2, he and his mother were able to escape the terror of the Russians by escaping to Germany. While there, his mother studied veterinary science while Maris attended school in Giesendorf. In 1949, with the help of Lutheran Social Services and sponsors in the United States, they were able to emigrate to America where he always boasted that he spent his tenth birthday crossing the English Channel and was a legal immigrant to their new home. In 1951, they relocated to Evanston, Illinois, where his mother became the first licensed female veterinarian in Illinois. He graduated from Evanston High School, Loyola University and the Loyal University School of Dentistry. He married Rita Smelte in 1961 and then w
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He developed one of the landmark technologies of the 20th century, while inventing a product brand that would become a household name the world over. And yet we know so little about the German engineer Oskar Barnack, the man behind the legendary Leica 35mm film camera. Written by Nick Smith
It was the shot that was seen all around the world – the raising of the flag of the Soviet Union over the Reichstag in Berlin. One of the most recognisable reportage photographs taken during the Second World War, this image has become a symbol of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany and of the end of the war itself. The date: 2