In 1938, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann found one strange element in uranium residue and accidentally opened the atomic age

In 1938, German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann made a groundbreaking discovery. Their experiments with uranium ...
San Francisco Examiner

'Berlin 1938' broadcasts disappearing freedoms and the artists who pushed back

Daniel Hope and the New Century Chamber Orchestra are serving up a stunning combination of history, radio, classical and popular music in a show coming to the Presidio Theatre. Hope and NCCO perform ...
SF Station

Berlin 1938: Broadcasts from a Vanishing Society

New Century Chamber Orchestra opens its 30th Anniversary Season with a gripping musical radio drama that will transport you back to a pre-war era of disappearing freedoms-and tell the story of the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Berlin to Have First Rabbi Since 1938; Dr. Munk Sails Tomorrow Under J.D.C. Auspices

Dr. Michael L. Munk will leave for Europe aboard the S.S. Mauretania tomorrow to become the first rabbi of Berlin since pre-war days, it was announced yesterday by the Joint Distribution Committee ...
Hyperallergic

Revisiting Britain's Response to the Nazi "Degenerate Art" Show

Oskar Kokoschka, “Self-Portrait as a Degenerate Artist” (1937) (All images courtesy Liebermann Villa) BERLIN — In January 1933, the Nazis celebrated their first General Election victory with an ...
The Times Leader

Re-issued 1938 novel depicts desperate bid to flee Nazi Germany

This photo, released by Yad Vashem, World Holocaust Remembrance Center, shows Nazis carrying Jewish books, presumably for burning on Nov. 10, 1938, most likely in the town of Fuerth, Germany. The ...