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Back to SearchGeorg Elser’s 1939 Beer Hall Bomb Plot To Kill Hitler (Part One)
Georg Elser’s failure is one of the most remarkable stories in European history.
Georg Elser, Circa 1939The contrast between Adolf Hitler and Georg Elser could not have been more dramatic. Hitler w…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
George Elser’s 1939 Beer Hall Bomb Plot To Kill Hitler (Part 2)
Georg Elser’s failure is one of the most remarkable stories in European history.
Burgerbraukeller, After ExplosionAt precisely 9:20, the first of George Elser’s clocks activated perfectly the bomb d…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Michelangelo, Giant of the Renaissance (Part One)
Michelangelo, the Eternal Genius
MichelangeloMichelangelo Buonarroti-Simoni was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy in Tuscany , about sixty miles east of Florence. A month later his father mov…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
Michelangelo, Giant of the Renaissance (Part Two)
Michelangelo, the Eternal Genius
Pope Julius II, by RaphaelThe relationship between Julius II and Michelangelo has been dramatized as a nasty battle of wills between two egocentric men. In actualit…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railway
Harriet Tubman, righteous heroine
Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross in the eastern shore region of Maryland in 1822. Her exact date of birth remains unknown. Both of her parents …
Published on 9 years, 5 months ago
Alexander Hamilton, His Life and Legacy
Alexander Hamilton, the Zelig of American military and political history.
Alexander Hamilton, First Secretary of the US TreasuryThe circumstances surrounding the birth of Alexander Hamilton are comp…
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
Francis Scott Key and The Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key and the National Anthem
Francis Scott KeyKey was a prominent lawyer from Frederick, Maryland who, through a sequence of incidents that occurred during the War of 1812, observed one…
Published on 9 years, 8 months ago
Amelia Earhart, Lost Heroine
Amelia Earhart, Lost Heroine
Amelia Earhart as a child.Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Although her mother came from a wealthy family, her father was an attorney but a…
Published on 9 years, 10 months ago
Paul Gauguin, Beauty and Bitterness
Paul Gauguin, the Bitterness and the Beauty
Paul Gauguin in Breton attire.From his very first days, Gauguin’s life was filled with a volatile instability that must have affected his development. He…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago
Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Champion of the World
Jack Johnson, the Real Deal
Jack Johnson, The Galveston GiantJack Johnson was born on March 31, 1878 in Galveston. Very little can be verified about his early life. Most historical information abo…
Published on 9 years, 11 months ago