Tag: remembrance
May 8 marks the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. By resolution 59/26 of 22 November 2004, the UN General Assembly declared 8–9 May as a time of remembrance and reconciliation and, while recognizing that Member States may have individual days of victory, liberation and commemoration, invited all Member States, organizations of the United Nations System, non-governmental organizations and individuals to observe annually either one or both of these days in an appropriate manner to pay tribute to all victims of the Second World War. Click here for more info.
UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade un-library: Today, March 25, is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history.
newyorker: Nora Ephron, 1941-2012 Read Ariel Levy’s remembrance of Nora Ephron, “Everyone’s Arch and Insightful New Best Friend”: http://nyr.kr/MooDBF And here are some of the many wonderful pieces that Ephron wrote for the magazine: “My Life As an Heiress”Ephron’s Personal History about her uncle and her inheritance.October 11, 2010 “The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut”A spoof of Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”July 5, 2010 “No, But We Saw the Movie”Confusion sets in after seeing the adaptation of “No Country For Old Men.”November 26, 2007 “Moving On”Ephron writes about her love affair with her Upper West Side apartment,…
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War I did not know about this one, but apparently we also remember victims of World War II this day (8th and 9th May actually).
