Jennifer's 20th Century History Blog September 2004 Archive

On September 29, 1941, the massacre at Babi Yar began. The Nazis herded Jews from Kiev to a nearby ravine called Babi Yar, shot them, and buried them in mass ... Read More

A huge compilation of photographs taken during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and during the salvage operation that followed. The collection of Pearl Harbor photos includes historic images ... Read More

In a move that is sure to be controversial, the Buchenwald Memorial is working to design souvenirs to sell to visitors to the concentration camp. The director of the ... Read More

Early on Friday morning, July 9, 1982, Queen Elizabeth II woke to find a strange man sitting at the end of her bed. The man, dressed in jeans and a ... Read More

A new German film, Der Untergang (The Downfall), portrays Adolf Hitler's last days in the underground bunker. In this film, the filmmaker has attempted to show Hitler as he ... Read More

A new monument to the Navajo Code Talkers was unveiled at the 58th Annual Navajo Nation Fair in Arizona. The monument is a nine-foot-tall, bronze sculpture of a squatting ... Read More

How much do you know about the U.S. presidents? Encarta has a new 10-question presidential quiz.

During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the U.S. government looked for ways to ease the country's financial hardship. In order to make more jobs available, the government deported more ... Read More

Charlotte Guthmann Opfermann was just a teenager during the Holocaust. In an interview with Charlotte, she discusses life under Nazi rule from Kristallnacht to deportation to life in a ... Read More

Neil McCalmont is only eight years old, but he's already found a way to combine history and business. Neil has created a trivia game about U.S. presidents called "U.S. ... Read More

At the beginning of the twentieth century, people had to pay cash for almost all products and services. Although the early part of the century saw an increase in individual ... Read More

All journeys begin with a single footstep. The Civil Rights Movement was successful because individuals put a foot forward and diligently worked for equality. On September 14, 2004, ... Read More

For decades, it has been agreed that Italian partisans killed Benito Mussolini and his mistress on April 28, 1945. However, a new documentary claims Winston Churchill ordered Mussolini's death ... Read More

When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Britain and France responded with a declaration of war. Learn more about the beginning of World War II.