Dear sir or madam, will you read my ... essay? Early musings of Beatle discoveredSeptember 30th, 2009 Early McCartney musings discovered in LiverpoolLONDON — He famously wrote that he wanted to be a paperback writer. A recently discovered essay, penned in 1953 for a local competition, shows Paul McCartney got started early.
Hitler's bullet-punctured skull is actually a woman's, claim US researchersSeptember 28th, 2009 LONDON - German dictator Adolf Hitler's suicide in his Berlin bunker is being disputed by some American researchers who claim that a bullet-punctured skull, which has long been thought to belong to the Nazi leader, was actually that of an unknown woman. Kept in Russia's federal archives, the four-inch skull fragment has a hole where a bullet reportedly passed through Hitler's left temple when he shot himself.
Hitler's Beetle design may have had Jewish originSeptember 13th, 2009 JERUSALEM - A Dutch journalist and historian, Paul Schilperoord, has alleged in his new book Het Ware Verhaal van de Kever ("The True Story of the Beetle"), to be released later this month, that Ferdinand Porsche's iconic Beetle, officially commissioned by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, may well have been taken from a design by a Jewish engineer identified as Josef Ganz. In 2004, Schilperoord picked up an old edition of a magazine called Automobile Quarterly.
Hitler album could shed light on missing looted artAugust 16th, 2009 LONDON - A newly discovered catalogue of artworks stolen by the Nazis and compiled for Adolf Hitler could help unravel the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the lost masterpieces. Robert Edsel, an author and art historian based in Texas, recently uncovered two more albums, marked'6 'and'8'.
Hitler's infamous Mein Kampf manifesto goes under the hammer at British auction houseAugust 13th, 2009 Hitler's infamous manifesto up for auction in UKLONDON — A British auction house says a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" is going under the hammer. Mullock's Auctioneers says the semi-autobiographical book will be auctioned on Thursday in Ludlow, 124 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of London.
Jewish leaders for republishing of Hitler's Mein KampfAugust 6th, 2009 BERLIN - Leaders of the Jewish community in Germany have called for a republication of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf (My Struggle), which would be accompanied by a critical introduction and footnotes challenging Hitler's assertions. Currently, the German state of Bavaria has a 70-year exclusive copyright on publishing the book, which is due to expire at the end of 2015, leading to fears of a free-for-all among unscrupulous publishers, The Telegraph reported.
Brit woman lay dead in home for five yearsJuly 4th, 2009 LONDON - A woman's dead body, which may have been lying in her home for almost five years, has been discovered in Britain. The remains of Isabella Purves who would have aged 90 this year was found by police in an Edinburgh tenement, the Daily Express reports.
Rarest rock discovered from IndiaJune 25th, 2009 MUENSTER - German geologists Thursday said they have discovered in India one of the world's rarest rocks, dating back to the birth of the planet when the Earth was covered with a hot ocean of melted stone. The fragment from the primeval crust is only the second ever discovered, said scientists at the University of Muenster.
Austrian cellar kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch 'to pose naked for animals'June 19th, 2009 LONDON - Natascha Kampusch, who made headlines around the world when she was able to escape her kidnapper after being held for eight years in a dungeon in Austria, is reportedly in talks to strip off to promote animal rights. After becoming the new face of PETA in Austria, Kampusch is apparently planning to bare all to protest against animal cruelty, reports The Sun.
Arnie may become Austria's next PresidentJune 14th, 2009 LONDON - Arnold Schwarzenegger has a back up plan after his term as Governor of California ends next year- he has his eyes on presidency of Austria, his home country. The 61-year-old has both US and Austrian citizenship.
24 bodies recovered from Air France crashJune 9th, 2009 SAO PAULO - The number of bodies recovered from the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last week rose to 24, Brazilian authorities said. Another eight bodies from the flight that had been carrying 228 people were found Monday, the Brazilian Navy and Air Force said in the northeastern city of Recife.
Hitler's 'self-portrait' may be a fakeMay 10th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler, which sold at an auction for 10,000 pounds - ten times its reserve price, is now being denounced as fake. When the painting, signed "A.
Hitler's self-portrait fetches 10k pounds at auctionApril 24th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait by Adolf Hitler has fetched 10,000 pounds at an auction. The watercolour is thought to be one of the Nazi leader's earliest works.
The Nazi clock that might have ticked away Hitler's last hoursApril 7th, 2009 LONDON - A Nazi clock that might have called time on German dictator Adolf Hitler's final hours in his bunker is now available at an antiques shop in England. Michael Fanthorpe, the owner of the shop in Dereham, Norfolk, describes the eagle-topped timepiece as a gilded bronze clock.
Hitler's first self-portrait up for auctionMarch 26th, 2009 LONDON - A self-portrait of Adolf Hitler is to go under the hammer. The Nazi leader is hardly recognisable with no moustache in the picture which is thought to be the first he ever painted.
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