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3 days ago · The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, [1] [note 1] was a failed coup d'état by Nazi Party ( Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9 November 1923, during the Weimar Republic.
- 8-9 November 1923
1 day ago · Hitler's Table Talk. Hitler delivered most of the "Table Talk" monologues at the Wolfsschanze (above) [1] and at Werwolf. [2] " Hitler's Table Talk " ( German: Tischgespräche im Führerhauptquartier) is the title given to a series of World War II monologues delivered by Adolf Hitler, which were transcribed from 1941 to 1944.
3 days ago · Triumph of the Will ( German: Triumph des Willens) is a 1935 German Nazi propaganda film directed, produced, edited and co-written by Leni Riefenstahl. Adolf Hitler commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive producer; his name appears in the opening titles.
4 days ago · Joan of Arc, national heroine of France, a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War. Captured a year afterward, Joan was burned to death as a heretic.
4 days ago · Jean Marie (Sweeney) Booth of Hingham died peacefully on July 19, 2024, surrounded by her family, she was 97. Daughter of the late Daniel J. Sweeney and Helen W. (Clausen) Sweeney. Devoted mother of Carol J. Booth of Hingham and Janet M. Finn and her husband Dennis of Bedford, NH.
1 day ago · Jean Loret was one of France's first journalists. He disseminated the weekly news of music, dance and Parisian society from 1650 until 1665 in verse, in what he called a gazette burlesque, assembled in three volumes of La Muse Historique (1650, 1660, 1665). The French press lagged a generation behind the British, for they catered to the needs ...
4 days ago · St. Jean Marie Vianney. From CNA. On August 4, the Church celebrates the feast day of St. John Vianney, patron of priests. John Vianney, also known as the Holy Curé de Ars, was born May 8, 1786 in Dardilly, near Lyon, France to a family of farmers. He was ordained a priest in 1815 and became curate in Ecully.
