Journalist
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On 28 August 1939, Europe stood on the edge of catastrophe. Adolf Hitler had already dismantled the post-WWI peace: Austria was annexed, Czechoslovakia was broken, and Poland sat squarely in Germany’s sights. Governments knew war was looming, but knowing war was possible was vastly different from knowing the German war machine was poised to strike.…
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Martha Gellhorn was a pioneering female journalist who often reported from the front lines during World War II. Her father was Jewish, and her mother was a protestant. She was married to Ernest Hemingway from 1940–1945. She was the only woman to land in Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944—D-Day. She was also one of…
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