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7-5-15
When Europeans Contemplated Turning over Africans to Nazis to Save Their Own Skins
by Susan Pedersen
It happened in 1938. We should remember this.
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SOURCE: Huffington Post
5-2-13
Vatican uncovers first known European depiction of Native Americans
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Preservationists working on a Renaissance fresco in the Vatican have uncovered what experts believe is the first European representation of Native Americans, from 1494.Writing on April 27 in the Vatican’s semi-official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, the director of the Vatican Museum, Antonio Paolucci, said the previously unnoticed detail was discovered in a Resurrection scene painted by the Renaissance master Pinturicchio.Covered by centuries of soot, the restoration of the painting revealed a small depiction of naked men with feathered headdresses who appear to be dancing. A man on horseback is also visible....
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SOURCE: Guardian (UK)
3-28-13
Timothy Garton Ash: The Euro Survives, But Where are the Europeans?
Timothy Garton Ash is a historian, political writer and Guardian columnist. His personal website is www.timothygartonash.com'We have made Italy, now we must make Italians" – thus the old saying. Today we have made the euro and the crisis of the euro is unmaking Europeans. People who felt enthusiastically European 10 years ago are reverting to angry national stereotypes.
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