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When Gunfire Reached the House Floor: The 1954 Puerto Rican Nationalist Attack on the US Capitol
On 1 March 1954, gunfire erupted inside the US House of Representatives. Led by Lolita Lebrón, four Puerto Rican nationalists forced the world to confront the island’s unresolved political status. A detailed look at the story behind the shots.
Virginia Tonelli and the Weight of Refusal at the Risiera di San Sabba
After the 8th of September 1943, Italian partisan Virginia Tonelli was captured in Trieste, interrogated at the Risiera di San Sabba, and burned alive for refusing to betray others. She was later awarded Italy’s Gold Medal of Military Valour.
Bob Crane, Hogan’s Heroes, and a Murder That Never Went Away
Bob Crane was America’s favourite POW camp hero until his brutal murder in Scottsdale on 29th of June 1978 exposed a secret life of obsession and excess. More than four decades later, the killing of the Hogan’s Heroes star remains unsolved.
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