Photograph from the Franz Amicale Collection, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.
Six thousand Mauthausen prisoners wait in the camp courtyard for disinfection. After 24 hours, nearly 140 had died. (July 1941)
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Jan Larsen, of New Fairfield, holds a photo of his father, Frederick Larsen, who was involved in a dramatic World War II operation described in a new book, “At All Costs.” For his role in the operation, Frederick Larsen was awarded the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal “for heroism above and beyond the call [...]

It was unlucky that William “Al” Slaughter was wearing his slick, new dress shoes as he walked on an icy dock next to his houseboat on D.C.’s Southwest waterfront Monday night.
In an instant, he skidded deep into the 38-degree water and could not hoist himself out of the Washington Channel, he said. It was 10:30, [...]

Wildlife officials on Thursday credited a woman with saving her husband’s life by clubbing a mountain lion that attacked him while the couple hiked in a California state park.
Jim and Nell Hamm, who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next month, were hiking Wednesday in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, 60 miles south of the [...]

Benjamin Rubin has the combination of speed, size and mean wrist shot that any hockey coach looks for.
But perhaps only a former superstar like Patrick Roy would accept the condition that 17-year-old Rubin has insisted on throughout his rise through the sport’s ranks: he will not play or practise on Shabbat or the Jewish holidays.
Roy [...]