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I seek a kind person

the Guardian ad that saved my Jewish father from the nazis, says Julian Borger

Small ads in the Manchester Guardian
Les annonces déchirantes que l’on pouvait lire dans le Guardian en 1938

Alors que l’on vient de commémorer le 76e anniversaire de la fin de la Deuxième guerre mondiale, Julian Borger qui dirige les pages internationales du quotidien britannique The Guardian rend hommage à son journal qui a, par ses petites annonces, sauvé des vies juives menacées par le nazisme.

L’article du Guardian

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V-DAY on May 8th

World War II ended in Europe on May 8, 1945

Un article du Guardian qui rend hommage aux hommes et aux femmes du Special Operations Executive qui ont perdu la vie, comme le Major Francis Suttil, pour défendre la France et la liberté.

Major Francis Suttill, codenamed Prosper
Major Francis Suttill, codenamed Prosper, led a network covering Paris. He was executed six weeks before VE day. Photograph: Courtesy of Francis J Suttill

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Le trésor de Sutton Hoo

The Anglo-Saxon ship burial

Eighty years (and more) of Sutton Hoo - British Museum Blog

Amateur archaeologist Basil Brown famously made the discovery of a lifetime back in 1939, when he brushed away the Suffolk soil and revealed the richest intact early medieval grave in Europe. More than a grave, it was a spectacular funerary monument on an epic scale: a 27m (88.6ft) long ship with a burial chamber full of dazzling riches.

The Sutton Hoo ship burial (article) | Khan Academy

As Basil and a team of archaeologists dug deeper, they unearthed fine feasting vessels, deluxe hanging bowls, silverware from distant Byzantium, luxurious textiles, gold dress accessories set with Sri Lankan garnets and the iconic helmet with human mask.

Fichier:Sutton Hoo helmet 2016.png — Wikipédia

The archaeologists and landowner Edith Pretty were dumbfounded. This was clearly the grave of an important person – someone meant to be remembered. But who was it? And what can the Sutton Hoo excavation tell us about Anglo-Saxon society?

More information on the British Museum site

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