The Holocaust (1934-1945)

With new book, Madeleine Albright sheds light on long-hidden family secrets

2012-05-05 00:00:00

In 1997, Madeleine Albright couldn't have been more certain that she knew everything important about herself and was in possession of every relevant fact about her life. And then, at age 59, just days after being confirmed as U.S. secretary of state,...

Madeleine Albright sheds light on long-hidden family secrets

2012-05-07 14:35:00

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will be at the Enoch Pratt library's main branch on Thursday to discuss her new memoir, "Prague Winter," which delves into a family background that had been shielded from her for decades. As The Baltimore Sun'...

Maurice Sendak lit up dark corners of childhood

2012-05-09 11:44:00

Not everything in childhood is bowls of mush and little old ladies whispering "Hush," and Maurice Sendak understood that. Our children understand that, too. Instinctively. That's what makes his books, like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night...

Maurice Sendak appreciation: Author left mark on Baltimore readers

2012-05-08 16:08:00

Somewhere the wild things are roaring their terrible roars and gnashing their terrible teeth and rolling their terrible eyes and showing their terrible claws. They're mourning their creator, children's book author Maurice Sendak, who stepped into his...

'We are here' -- in memory and in hope

2012-04-18 11:36:00

The song composed in the Jewish ghetto of Vilna, Lithuania's capital, is defiant. "Mir zaynen do!" it thunders. "We are here!" For all its bold determination, this song, known as the Partisan Hymn, always used to strike me as unspeakably sad. So few of...

Lithuania tries to whitewash its role in the Holocaust

2012-04-23 09:45:00

In response to Ellen Cassedy's "We are here" (April 18), I offer a second opinion. Can there be hope for a country that claimed the highest percentage of Jewish deaths in all of Europe? More than 95 percent ofLithuania'sJews were annihilated — most...

Wilde Lake Middle students raise funds for Darfur refugees

2012-03-11 07:07:00

Someday, members of this year's seventh-grade class at Wilde Lake Middle School might be at the forefront of efforts to eradicate such social ills as genocide, animal cruelty, homelessness and deforestation. The students are learning about social...

The promise of technology in the classroom

2012-01-01 05:00:00

It's getting harder for a public school teacher to reach excellence. By "excellence," I mean being responsible for helping each student significantly develop his or her knowledge or learning capacity. This increased difficulty is not the fault of...

Edwards offers resolution on Fla. congressman's Nazi comment

2011-12-20 13:04:00

(Dec. 20) Rep. Donna F. Edwards offered a resolution on the House floor Tuesday that would disapprove of Florida GOP Rep. Allen West for telling reporters recently that Nazi propagandists would be proud of the Democrats’ “propaganda machine.&...

'Help' yourself to some rich cinema soul food

2011-12-05 11:56:00

Nothing leaves movie-lovers feeling more nourished and content than a good drama. Watching a finely observed human struggle played out on screen is like cinema soul food, providing sustenance through its vital new connection to the world. Indeed, the...

Finalists for One Maryland One Book program

2012-01-26 14:33:00

I spent part of the day at the offices of the Maryland Humanities Council, as part of the group that selects the book for the One Maryland One Book reading program. (Is there anyything better than a good discussion about books?) The group of about a dozen...

Lessons learned in Iraq, Rwanda

2012-01-09 06:00:00

Letter writer Paul R. Schlitz Jr. can't seem to grasp the fact that an acknowledgment of Iraq's potential to harbor weapons of mass destruction doesn't necessarily indicate current agreement with the decision to invade, nor does it require someone to...

Kayla Stahl, a senior at Greencastle-Antrim High School, is pictured April 22 with her art at the Holocaust Memorial Service. Her art will be featured at Tuesday night's debut of "The Glorious & The Brave."

2012-04-30 00:00:00

Jan Karski was an officer in the Polish Underground during World War II, and was among first to provide eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to the rest of the world. Karski passed away in 2000.

2012-04-23 00:00:00

President Obama speaks at the Holocaust Museum in Washington.

2012-04-23 00:00:00