Christian B. Boyer
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War/politics (military history/foreign affairs) - Litterary belvederes & other sensitive viewpoints (medias/music/movies...) Form. aca/consult freelancer (PhD)
Punishment Without Crime: who is promoting Russian literature in the West — and why ? "The world — or at least its leading literary journals — once again seems to be repeating a familiar misconception: that politics can be separated from culture" 👇 ukrainianweek.com/russian-litera…
Many residential and commercial buildings were damaged by Russia's latest airstrikes. The roof of a hotel in the city centre was on fire and the top floors of a high-rise apartment building were engulfed in flames, trapping residents, authorities said. ft.com/content/f85948…
#LaBatailleDeGaulle, vraiment à voir. Pas mal de traits réels et forcés (Roosevelt prédateur envers la 🇫🇷), comme réels et peu traités (l’armée de l’armistice reversée dans la 🇫🇷 combattante). Mais quel souffle et quel message : notre liberté mérite qu’on se batte pour elle. Et cette séquence du poème d’Eluard #JEcrisTonNom
A German-Jewish WWI veteran wears his Iron Cross while a Nazi soldier stands in front of his shop for intimidation, 1933..... This photo was taken in April of 1933, during the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses. It was the expression on the shopkeeper’s face that captivated MyHeritage’s Research team: proud, unafraid, smiling wryly, he exudes a quiet power that contrasts starkly with the hunched body language of the Nazi standing nearby. Who was this man? And what became of him in the dark days that followed? The Research team had to find out — and what they uncovered about the rest of the man’s story blew them away. The man’s name was Richard Stern. After being awarded the prestigious Iron Cross for his service in the German army during World War I, he was driven out of his home country by the hateful Nazi regime. The Research team discovered records of Richard arriving at Ellis Island at the age of 40 in May 1939 — narrowly escaping the beginning of the war. In 1942, when Richard was 43 and not yet an American citizen, he enlisted in the U.S. Army to join the war efforts. And not only did he fight against the country he had once been decorated for defending, he was awarded a Silver Star in 1944: the third-highest combat award in the U.S. Army. Research team discovered a newspaper clipping from The Long Island Star-Journal printed on July 6, 1944, describing his service: “The victim of German brutality, 45-year-old Sergeant Richard F. Stern, earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action during an assault Jan. 7 on the slopes of Mount Porchio when in the face of heavy enemy fire he addressed the Germans in their own tongue and demanded that they surrender, convincing them they were hopelessly outnumbered.” Richard did not have any children of his own, but his great-nephew Jack Romberg, a rabbi living in Florida, is well aware of his great-uncle’s actions in the war. He reports that his uncle kept the Silver Star in a box at the bottom of a drawer in a back bedroom — but he did not keep the Iron Cross. Instead, he gave it to the U.S. Army, which was collecting metal to melt down and make into ammunition. That’s right: he turned his German military award into bullets to shoot the Nazis. © The Jewish Observer #archaeohistories
🇺🇦🇷🇺 L'Ukraine frappe pour la deuxième fois la raffinerie d'Ufa, à plus de 1 300 km de la ligne de front Je dois avouer que je suis profondément impressionné par ce que fait l'Ukraine. Elle fait preuve d'une capacité d'innovation remarquable, notamment avec l'entreprise Fire Point et ses missiles FP-1 et FP-2. Jour après jour, elle frappe des raffineries, usines et infrastructures stratégiques russes. L'impact économique de cette campagne devient de plus en plus difficile à contester : baisse de la production de carburants, perturbation des exportations, tensions sur le marché intérieur et coûts croissants pour Moscou. Frapper avec une telle précision, cibler autant de points névralgiques dans un pays de 17 098 246 km2, est un véritable exploit. Quant à Volodymyr Zelensky, il faut mesurer ce que représente la décision de frapper chaque jour dans la profondeur du territoire russe. Chaque frappe expose son pays à des représailles potentielles. Continuer malgré tout exige un sang-froid et une détermination hors du commun. On ne le dira jamais assez, mais Zelensky, c'est LE Churchill du 21e siècle, celui qui aura refusé de céder. Ce matin, je m'incline devant le courage des Ukrainiens et de Monsieur le président Volodymyr Zelensky.
RIP Michael Byrne 1943-2026. Another Indiana Jones legend has passed away 🙏😭😭😭
