Showing results for "Sisi" in History

From 1941 to 1944, Bignor Manor, a farmhouse in Sussex, provided board and lodging for men and women of the French Resistance before they were flown by moonlight into occupied France. Barbara Bertram, whose husband was a conducting officer for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), became hostess for these daring agents and their pilots during their brief stopovers in their house.

A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today’s food and hospitality landscape—from farm to table and beyond—chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom, personal recipes, and more.

25. august 1944 rullet de franske og amerikanske divisjonene inn i Paris. De svette og slitne soldatene ble kysset og fikk overrakt blomster og vin. Hitlers guvernør hadde overgitt seg, og nazistenes svarte og røde hakekorsflagg ble skiftet ut med trikoloren på alle offisielle bygninger etter hvert som befrierne nedkjempet tyske soldater som hadde forskanset seg rundt om i byen. Resten av landet var likevel ikke befridd, og i resten av Europa raste krigen fremdeles. Tidlig om morgenen 16. desember brøt helvete løs i Ardennene i Belgia.

Die strahlend schöne Sisi ist die Verkörperung der Märchenkaiserin – aber was ist wirklich dran an dem Mythos? In diesem Podcast lernen wir eine ganz andere Sisi kennen. Eine Kaiserin, die gegen ihre Rolle rebelliert und nach Sinn und Selbstbestimmung sucht. Begleitet Host Tim Pommerenke auf dieser fünfteiligen Spurensuche nach der wahren Elisabeth.+++Redaktion und Host: Tim Pommerenke // Produktion: Andolin Sonnen // Redaktionelle Mitarbeit: Ivy Haase, Luisa Hannke, Silvana Katzer, Marie Röder // Gedichte: Dominique Devenport+++Unsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie ...

During the hardships of obtaining emancipation, two couples shared one home in Illinois. Residing with them was a young Black girl named Polly Crocket. But after five years, Polly, along with the two couples, were abducted, placed into a canoe, and taken down South where they became slaves. Polly was then bought by a prior who, after a year, faced setbacks that required him to sell all he owned, including Polly.