Albania’s New Pavilion On Communist Regime Abuse

source: www.huffingtonpost.com TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s National Museum opened a new wing Monday on the abuses of the former communist regime, timing the dedication to the 21st anniversary of the toppling of former communist dictator Enver Hoxha’s monument. Some 100,000 Albanians were imprisoned, sent to internment camps or executed during the 46 years of Hoxha’s […]

Kim Jong Il’s Funeral Procession: My Thoughts on the Weirdness

www.huffingtonpost.com Margaret Cho Comedian, actor and recording artist GET UPDATES FROM Margaret Cho Posted: 12/30/11 02:54 AM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-cho/kim-jong-il-funeral-procession_b_1175376.html The photos from Kim Jong Il’s funeral look surreal and way old-timey. That this happened in our world in modern times is totally weird. In the photos, the people are crying, and it is snowing, and […]

Research sheds new light on Nazi-era art

German art institute puts more than 100,000 photographs from Munich art exhibitions online By Julia Michalska. News, Issue 230, December 2011 Published online: 06 December 2011 Images documenting the Nazi-sponsored Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung (GDK) have been made available to the public for the first time in an online catalogue created by Munich’s Central Institute for […]