1939: A People’s History By Frederick Taylor Picador; 368 pp; $26.00 [divider] Library shelves are full of books whose titles celebrate, commemorate or contemplate a single momentous year: 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England; 1774: The Long Year of Revolution; 1776; 1917; 1941: The Year Germany...
During the mid 19th century, the island’s Jewish population reached 900, but after much emigration, by World War II only around 300 Jews were left, all in Hania....
By Eliezer M. Rabinovich [caption id="attachment_18867" align="alignright" width="300"] Admiral and Mrs. Horthy[/caption] In 1944, Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy saved more Jews than anyone else in the world. Yet today, next to the efforts of heroic diplomats like Carl Lutz and Raoul Wallenberg, Horthy has become a forgotten footnote...