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Hitler Beheaded!

July 6, 2008

A new Madame Tussauds wax figure museum opened July 5th in Berlin near the Brandenburg Gate. There was some controversy over the museum’s decision to include a wax figure of Adolf Hitler, and what do you know, the second museum patron in the door pushed guards aside, jumped over a desk, and ripped off the [...]

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Just how privileged are you?

January 30, 2008

I got this meme from Barbara over at Home in France.  It was developed for a research project (and copyrighted) by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University (see their project’s website here).  They ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright if you use this meme. Bold the [...]

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BallinStadt opens in Hamburg

July 9, 2007

On July 5, the newly rebuilt BallinStadt, Albert Ballin’s “Emigrant City” on Veddel Island in the Elbe River in Hamburg, reopened, giving visitors the chance to relive the history of the more than 5 million Germans who emigrated from the port of Hamburg to the US between 1850 and 1934. For more details, see my [...]

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Vacation, Teil 1

May 5, 2007

Yes, I am finally getting around to blogging our recent “Last Vacation As Two”. You’ll have to forgive my tardiness (well, I guess you don’t HAVE to, you can certainly hold it against me if you wish), I’ve been pretty exhausted the last week and I’ve also been working hard on several items for my [...]

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