On 8 September 1940, a new German movie premiered in Europe. Jew Suss [Jud Süss/Jud Süß] was an infamous, anti-Semitic, Nazi propaganda movie. Produced by Joseph Goebbels in 1940 Germany, it hastened the Nazi genocide against European Jews. The movie was a box office success, earning 6.5 million Reichsmarks and an audience of over 20 million.Continue reading “Jew Suss, the most Notorious Nazi Propaganda Film”
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Catcher, Lawyer, Soldier, Spy – the Odd Life of Moe Berg
Morris (Moe) Berg was all that and more, a life-long bachelor, devoted Jew, and eccentric intellectual. The son of a pharmacist in Newark, New Jersey, young Moe fell in love with baseball. He began playing baseball at age seven, first for a local Christian church, then high school, then at Princeton University. The sport becameContinue reading “Catcher, Lawyer, Soldier, Spy – the Odd Life of Moe Berg”