The Jewish artists was forced to sell the artwork in 1939 for 900 Reichsmarks (360) to obtain a visa and flee Germany, but was never paid.
Viviers is a charming medieval town with typical narrow, winding cobblestoned streets situated along the right bank of the Rhone River. But this small French town has a hidden Holocaust story.
The legacy of Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean peninsula remains politically sensitive for both sides.
As an "open port," a visa wasn't required for those arriving in Shanghai from Europe, mainly by boat.
It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
In light of Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin visit to Israel last month, is Ireland ready to acknowledge their Nazi-sympathizer past?
The statement comes in the wake of a scandal over Yaroslav Hunka, a former Nazi soldier who was praised in Canada's parliament.
Army Sgt. Bernard J. Sweeney will be buried in New York next week on Tuesday.
This new exhibit is expected to give the Churchill War Rooms - located only 12 feet underground and a small percentage of the length - a run for its money.
The letter reveals Einstein's desperate appeal to Scottish philosopher Sir William David Ross to aid in the rescue of a Jewish German philosopher targeted by Nazis.
JPOST Digital Library
