I feel like the title is a misdirect because the book's material seemed more focused on George Antheil. The aspects of the environment of WWII and Hedy's personal life were fascinating. I am interested in reading more about Antheil, but I feel more informed about him than the woman in the title. ...
The Grim Details …Six million is a number that will always be synonymous with the Holocaust. While it may shockingly convey the magnitude of loss, the figure somehow comes across as disturbingly clinical in the way it overshadows the multitude of hideous incidents that contributed to the final f...
For Shau-Jin and myself, both born in China, the events really hit home. We were riveted to the television for weeks. When the student protests began, I was still at UC San Diego, working in Professor Milton Saier’s lab with a couple of students from mainland China. The students and I talked cons...
“I can state today,” Jäger writes in summary, “that the goal of solving the Jewish problem in Lithuania has been reached by Einsatzkommando 3. There are no Jews in Lithuania anymore except the work Jews and their families, which total “I intended to kill off these work Jews and their families too...
Sloan Foundation book committee and with Sloan programs vice president Doron Weber. A grant from the foundation supported the work of research.Hedy Lamarr’s daughter, Denise Loder-DeLuca, was generous with her time and enthusiasm. Sheila Weller introduced us. Hedy’s son, Anthony Loder, scanned vi...