Рапорт польской акушерки из Освенцима.  Станислава Лещинска, акушерка из Польши, в течение двух лет до 26 января 1945 года оставалась в лагере Освенцим и лишь в 1965 году написала этот рапорт.  «Из тридцати пяти лет работы акушеркой два года я провела как узница женского концентрационного лагеря Освенцим-Бжезинка, продолжая выполнять свой профессиональный долг. Среди огромного количества женщин, доставлявшихся туда, было много беременных.  Функции акушерки я выполняла там поочередно в трех бараках, которые были построены из досок со множеством щелей, прогрызенных крысами. Внутри барака с обеих сторон возвышались трехэтажные койки. На каждой изRead More

Facebook Bars Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan and Others From Its Services Facebook said on Thursday that it banned the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and others from its social media services.CreditJose Luis Magana/Associated Press By Mike Isaacand Kevin Roose May 2, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — After years of wavering about how to handle the extreme voices populating its platform, Facebook on Thursday evicted seven of its most controversial users — many of whom are conservatives — immediately inflaming the debate about the power and accountability of large technology companies. The social network saidRead More

Everyone’s Welcome at the Statue of Liberty. Except Tour Guides.  Officials with the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are banning commercial tour guides from many areas, saying they clog the sites and behave badly.The ban will take effect on May 16, the same day a new museum will open at the Statue of Liberty. CreditNatalie Keyssar for The New York Times By Corey KilgannonMay 1, 2019 The familiar words etched on the Statue of Liberty read, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretchedRead More

Борис Херсонский сонет сонет петрарки осип мандельштамчитал своим несчастным побратимами лагерным костром со смертным дымомтела страдальцев согревались там но и в темнице есть простор мечтами есть тропа в лесу непроходимомвесной холодною холодным старым крымомпотерянным покинутым местам как дух лауры как прекрасный ликпокойной беатриче как касаньеархангельского легкого крыла как солнечный закатный тусклый бликнавеки покидая мирозданьекак жизнь поэта до конца дотла

Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed Where Bitcoin Failed By Nathaniel Popperand Mike Isaac CreditEden Weingart SAN FRANCISCO — Some of the world’s biggest internet messaging companies are hoping to succeed where cryptocurrency start-ups have failed by introducing mainstream consumers to the alternative world of digital coins. The internet outfits, including Facebook, Telegram and Signal, are planning to roll out new cryptocurrencies over the next year that are meant to allow users to send money to contacts on their messaging systems, like a Venmo or PayPal that can move across internationalRead More

By Maureen Dowd Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez had some secrets. But then The National Enquirer put a high price on not showing the world.CreditLeft, Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Moët & Chandon; right, Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage, via Getty Images WASHINGTON — Jeff Bezos understands survival instincts. As a hedge fund refugee, he conjured Amazon, the world’s biggest store, by tapping into our hunter-gatherer instincts, the compulsion to collect more stuff with less effort. Amazon became “the Prince of Darkness for retail,” Scott Galloway writes in “The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon,Read More

Lenny Fisher in Seattle, Washington NSA bugged Amazon offices and it’s CEO Jeff Bezos These days there’s a lot of talk in the intelligence community about NSA’s latest projects. One of them stood out. In 2017 President Donald Trump ordered NSA to investigate Amazon and it’s CEO. As a result, many Amazon’s offices and it’s workers were on NSA’s radar, their phones, cellphones, their families, and their houses under 24/7 surveilance.

Drink Up at the Booze History Museum of Staten Island Lev Mezhburd, behind the bar. Mark Abramson for The New York Times By Alex Traub Upon arrival at the Booze History Museum in Staten Island, visitors are treated to what Lev Mezhburd, the museum’s founder, director, curator and tour guide, calls a “disinfection.” “The items in the museum are very sensitive,” Mr. Mezhburd said. “To go in there, you have to get rid of the microbes that live on us.” This is how Mr. Mezhburd’s cleansing process works: Wielding a fireRead More

Музей Выпивки в Нью Йорке

Eлена Ахтиорская Моя любимая племянница, Елена Ахтиорская, напечатала большую статью в Нью Йорке Таймс. Brighton Beach is the grumpy neighbor of Coney Island and home to a population of Soviet exiles. And if you don’t get it, well, your loss. Semyon Krasilschikov, who served in the Great Patriotic War, celebrating his 100th birthday in Brighton Beach.CreditCredit Photographs by Alexey Yurenev  Written by Yelena Akhtiorskaya New Yorkers tend to discover Brighton Beach by accident. They set off for Coney Island, but through train mishaps or sheer excitement at the first sight of theRead More