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Czeslawa Kwoka was just 14-years-old when the Nazis executed her in 1943, but her photographs remarkably survived World War II and have since come to represent the children slaughtered at Auschwitz.

Holocaust Remberance Day: How Czeslawa Kwoka Became Symbol for 1.5M Children Executed by Nazis

Keith GirardJanuary 27, 2022

Czeslawa Kwoka was just 14-years-old when the Nazis executed her in 1943, but her photographs remarkably survived World War II and have since come to represent the children slaughtered at Auschwitz....

CULTURE

Gens. Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and George Patton examine stolen Nazi art during World War II. (Photo: U.S. Army)

Plundered Nazi Art Finally Finding Its Way Home From Gurlitt WW II Horde

Keith GirardFebruary 5, 2020

Hildebrand Gurlitt’s horde of art stolen during World War II is finally beginning to find its way back....

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Keith F. Girard Debuts ‘Trippy Read’ in New Novel ‘The Heidelberg Conundrum’

Keith GirardMay 15, 2019

Award-winning journalist Keith F. Girard, has released his first novel “The Heidelberg Conundrum."...

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Germany Takes Dim View of Donald Trump; Pronounces End of American Era

Keith GirardNovember 14, 2016

President Woodrow Wilson forged the American Era out of the bloodshed and carnage of World War I. Will Donald Trump end it with his nationalist isolationism? Donald Trump wants to make America great again, but European allies are casting his electio...

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Whitney Hosts Richard Artschwager Review (Photos)

Keith GirardOctober 24, 2012

Artist Richard Artschwager is the subject of a sweeping career retrospective at the Whitney Museum Of American Art in New York. Artschwager, 88, is associated with the pop-art movement, conceptual art and minimalism. Over the years, his artistic repertoire has expanded to include Formica-covered interpretations of everyday objects such as tables, chairs and mirrors....

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