Ordered to win fights or be put to death, Harry Haft, the subject of a new film, was haunted by the fates of his opponents.
Tag: World War II (1939-45)
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A Nazi Soldier Stole a Watch in 1942. It Turned Up 80 Years Later.
The watch, made as a gift in 1910, has been returned to the maker’s family in the Netherlands. It still works.
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World War II Navy Ship Is Tilting Into Lake Erie
The U.S.S. The Sullivans, which survived combat in the Pacific, suffered a hull breach this week at a naval park in Buffalo. “We have a problem and we don’t know what it is,” a park official said.
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When Classical Music Was an Alibi
The idea that musicians and their work are apolitical flourished after World War II, in part thanks to the process of denazification.