Ich habe gelernt,
dass der Weg des Fortschritts
weder kurz noch unbeschwerlich ist.
Marie Curie
1867 - 1934
Physikerin und Chemikerin
polnischer Herkunft
lebte und wirkte in Frankreich
Vor 56 Jahren wurde das Wahlrecht für 18-Jährige eingeführt.
"Mehr Demokratie wagen" war für die Brandts durchaus auch in der eigenen Familie ein wichtiges Motto. Der skandinavische Einfluss Rut Brandts war hier unverkennbar.
1/2 Foto: LA Berlin
Die Aichwalder Lokale Agenda 21 wurde 2000 ins Leben gerufen. Sie verstand sich als Diskussionsforum und setzte sich ein für ein gemeindebezogenes Programm zur Verwirklichung eines dauerhaft attraktiven Aichwalds. So stärkte sie die direkte Demokratie. https://t.co/9ZHGhWXxB2
Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist from Canada, known for her artworks which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt#CanadianArtistsWeek
The Pat O’Leary Escape Line was run by Belgian doctor Albert Guérisse under the alias Pat O’Leary.
This MI9 network helped over 600 Allied airmen escape occupied France via the Pyrenees.
Betrayed and sent to concentration camps, Guérisse survived multiple tortures.
His line became a lifeline for evaders across southern Europe.
Tonight, please remember his bravery and commitment:
On Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938, Aracy de Carvalho watched Hamburg burn.
The next morning she hid a Jewish family in her apartment.
Aracy was 30 — a Brazilian clerk at the Hamburg consulate. A divorced single mother from a small town who spoke German, French, and English. Not a diplomat. Just chief of the Passport Section.
Brazil’s dictator had secretly ordered consulates to reject Jewish visas. Most obeyed. Aracy refused.
She processed Jewish applications, walked them personally to the consul, and got them approved. She worked around the Nazis’ red “J” stamps and sheltered families before they sailed.
In 1938 she partnered with João Guimarães Rosa, the assistant consul. Together they ran a quiet rescue operation for four years. Hundreds of Jews — including the Bertel-Levy, Tuch, and Kazenstein families — reached safety in Brazil.
Aracy never sought credit.
She married Rosa in 1940 and stayed in the background while he became a literary giant.
For decades almost no one knew.
Then survivors spoke.
In 1982 Yad Vashem named her Righteous Among the Nations — the only Brazilian woman ever honored, and the only woman featured in their “Visas for Life” exhibit alongside Wallenberg and Sugihara.
Aracy de Carvalho, the Angel of Hamburg, died in 2011 at 102. A small-town clerk who used a stamp, a signature, and quiet courage to save hundreds of lives and thousands of descendants.
She simply did what her heart demanded when most did not.
I wonder how many people would do the same today?
18 June 1936 | German Jewish girl, Ursula Gerson, was born in Munich. She emigrated to the Netherlands in June 1939.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 5 September 1944 in a transport of 1,019 Jews deported from #Westerbork. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
Arturo Castellanos, ein salvadorianischer Diplomat rettete als Konsul seines Landes in Genf rund 40.000 Juden, indem er ihnen die angebliche Staatsbürgerschaft EI Salvadors attestierte.Unter dem Schutz des Roten Kreuzes entgingen sie dem Holocaust
23. Dezember 1893 -18. Juni 1977
🚨 I'm posting this video everyday so we NEVER forget what Donald Trump wants Americans to forget about what he did on Jan 6!
Do you agree that THIS is what an insurrection looks like. 👇👇👇
An einem Sommermorgen
Da nimm den Wanderstab,
Es fallen deine Sorgen,
Wie Nebel von dir ab.
Des Himmels heitere Bläue
Lacht dir ins Herz hinein,
Und schließt, wie Gottes Treue,
Mit seinem Dach dich ein.
So heimisch alles klinget
Als wie im Vaterhaus,
Und über die Lerchen schwinget
Die Seele sich hinaus.
Rings Blüten nur und Triebe
Und Halme von Segen schwer,
Dir ist, als zöge die Liebe
Des Weges nebenher.
(Theodor Fontane)
To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
Leben ist das, was passiert,
während Du eifrig dabei
bist,
andere Pläne zu machen.
John Lennon
1940 - 1980
britischer Musiker, Komponist, Friedensaktivist
The Beatles
Mary Lindell, one of the few women parachuted into France for MI9, ran escape lines under the alias Marie-Claire.
Despite arrest and concentration camp imprisonment, she continued organising routes for downed airmen.
Her resilience helped save hundreds of Allied lives and exemplified MI9’s daring operations.
Have you heard of her before?
17 June 1933 | An Italian Jewish girl, Emma Terracina, was born in Rome.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Rome on 18 October 1943 and murdered in a gas chamber after selection on 23 October.
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▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://t.co/gdlOOb5kD9
Auf der Fahrt in den Urlaub gerät Privatdetektiv Michael Warthens in einen Fall, der ihn in die Wendezeit 1990 führt. Fall 7 bei Amazon https://t.co/HM1nXSGUCX