 Obituary: Marek Edelman / Warsaw Ghetto uprising leader
 03.10.2009 7:35  35 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: French, Associated, The Associated, Honor, Moss, Maria
Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis, died yesterday at the age of 90. Mr. Edelman died of old age at the family home of his friend Paula Sawicka, where he had lived for the past two years. "He died at home, among friends, among his close people," Ms. Sawicka told The Associated Press. Most of Mr. Edelman's adult life was dedicated to the defense of human life, dignity and freedom. He fought the Nazis in the doomed Warsaw ghetto revolt and later in the Warsaw city uprising. And then for decades he fought communism in Poland. His heroism earned him the French Legion of Honor and Poland's highest civilian distinction, the Order...
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| Warsaw ghetto uprising leader Edelman dies at 90
03.10.2009 2:27 25 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: French, Associated, The Associated, Honor, Moss, Poland, Maria
WARSAW, Poland – Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis, died Friday at the age of 90. Edelman died of old age at the family home of his friend Paula Sawicka, where he had lived for the past two years. "He died at home, among friends, among his close people," Sawicka told The Associated Press. Most of Edelman's adult life was dedicated to the defense of human life, dignity and freedom. He fought the Nazis in the doomed Warsaw ghetto revolt and later in the Warsaw city Uprising. And then for decades he fought communism in Poland. His heroism earned him the French Legion of Honor and Poland's highest civilian distinction, the...
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| Raymond Chandler Dior
(Fashion Wire Daily)
03.10.2009 1:24 22 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: German, West, Fashion, Fashion Wire, Wire Daily, Wire, Daily, Children, French, Christian, Party, Diet
 Fashion Wire Daily - Hard-boiled fiction, mixed with German Expressionism and a dose of that favorite French femme fatale Arletty, most famous for her role in Marcel Carne's 1945 film "Les Enfants du Paradis," or "Children of Paradise," were the wellsprings of a wickedly clever Spring 2010 collection by Christian Dior shown Friday afternoon, Oct. 2, in Paris.
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| Sumptuous Lanvin gives women what they want
03.10.2009 0:54 32 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: British, French, John, Christian
At Christian Dior, ever-inspired designer John Galliano served up yet another variation on the luxury giant's trademark Bar jacket, this time morphing the private detective's battered trench coat into an elegantly cinched jacket. Madcap British designer Vivienne Westwood sounded the alarm on climate change with a collection that looked like it had been rescued from the flames of a burning 18th century French chateau. (The models gravity-defying beehive 'dos, however, weren't that lucky). Japan's innovative Issey Miyake label mixed it up with a colorful collection of prints culled from four continents. Still, it was Lanvin that stole the show on Friday, with a sumptuous collection that had...
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| Warsaw ghetto uprising leader Edelman dies at 90
03.10.2009 0:54 22 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Former, While, Israeli, French, Associated, The Associated, Honor, Moss, Poland
Edelman died of old age at the family home of his friend Paula Sawicka, where he had lived for the past two years. "He died at home, among friends, among his close people," Sawicka told The Associated Press. Most of Edelman's adult life was dedicated to the defense of human life, dignity and freedom. He fought the Nazis in the doomed Warsaw ghetto revolt and later in the Warsaw city Uprising. And then for decades he fought communism in Poland. His heroism earned him the French Legion of Honor and Poland's highest civilian distinction, the Order of the White Eagle. Former Israeli ambassador to Poland Shevach Weiss paid tribute to Edelman. "He will remain in my memory as a fighting hero, a man...
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