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Julián Zugazagoitia

By & • Sep 8, 2017
Paul Andrews / paulandrewsphotography.com

Julián Zugazagoitia runs a classic Kansas City institution, but his own story is international. His grandparents fled fascism in Europe, and he grew up in Mexico as the son of a renowned actress. Hear more of his story.

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75-Year-Old Tragedy Remembered Through Children's Art In Kansas City's Crossroads

By Anne Kniggendorf • Jul 20, 2017
Šárka Ponroy Vamberová

A village in the Czech Republic was the site of a brutal massacre during World War II. 

On June 10, 1942, every man in Lidice over the age of 15 was executed. Some children were sent to German homes to be "re-educated" to Nazi standards, and others were gassed in a concentration camp at Chełmno in Poland. Most of the mothers were killed at Ravensbrück, a camp north of Berlin.

With the inhabitants gone, the Nazis razed the village.  

Heartland Men's Chorus Explores Love, Before And After the Holocaust

By • Mar 22, 2013
Laura Spencer / KCUR

In the 1920's and into the early 1930's, there was a thriving gay culture in Europe, especially in Berlin. But, with the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, that all changed.

'Nazi Persecution Of Homosexuals' Exhibit Comes To KC

By , & Claire McInerny • Feb 19, 2013

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's traveling exhibit, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 opened at the Dean's Gallery at the Miller Nichols Library at UMKC. Stuart Hinds, head of Special Collections for UMKC libraries, joins us to talk about the exhibit and other events the museum is hosting to accompany the exhibit.