Nov 19, 2018
The Smithsonian has a super exhibit running from April 6, 2017 to February 3, 2019 about Modern Medicine and the Great War
This display explores the ways medicine was applied on the battlefield as well as highlighting important wartime advances in medical science. World War I provided a testing ground for the application of new medical technologies and procedures and, in some cases, accelerated their general acceptance or development in a much wider context. Simultaneously, wartime medical practice reflected the larger concerns and prejudices of early 20th century America as the country coped with the ever-changing complexities of modern industrial society.
About the Artifact Walls
Artifact walls, consisting of 275 linear feet of glass-fronted cases lining the central first and second floors, highlight the depth and breadth of the collections. They reflect the Museum’s core mission to collect, study, and exhibit objects from our nation’s rich and diverse history. This display is one of the special cases that highlight anniversaries, views into the collections, and research findings.
In April 1917 the United States entered a world war that had already claimed millions of lives and left millions more disabled by wounds or disease.
Health and fitness were central to building a strong military force, and sick and wounded soldiers required treatment to return them to the fight. The task ahead was enormous, but developments in science-based medicine—such as identifying microorganisms as the cause of diseases and developing sterile surgical procedures—gave medical practice increased prestige. Armed with new technologies and scientific methods, medical leaders were confident that health could be measured, disease prevented, and wounded bodies restored.
The war would put these ideas to the test on an unprecedented scale and under the most difficult conditions. Medical practices developed during the war changed the country’s approach to health care in ways that continue to affect us today.
Nov 15, 2018
Oh Lookee here! I’m up for a Chatty Award for my Radio Play “Zoe’s Promise” Go listen! Pump up the listens (pump up the stats? I dunno, just go and listen to a really fun play. It’s Zoe at her zany best)!
Zoe’s Promise Play can be found here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/…/sherris-playhouse-presents-z…
ZOE’S PROMISE; A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF EVA AND ZOE!
A prequel of A Widgie Knight, Zoe’s Promise is the fun and zany story of Zoe creating the setting of romantic promise that she made to Eva when they first met after they survived WW2 and the Nazis. Happily settled in Australia Zoe is now able to keep the promise that she made to Eva at the displaced people camp in Egypt. Join us for the fun and zaniness!
Check out the announcement!
Nominees for The Chatty this year;Hudson LeickChris York Steven L. SearsChris Lemmon Mary D. Brooks Gregg...
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Oct 30, 2018
Swastika over the doorway…
Terror in focus: the Jewish photographer who captured the rise of Nazism
Roman Vishniac is famous for his images of Berlin in the 1930s, as swastikas began to creep on to the streets. But did their sacred status overshadow the brilliance of his later work?
In 1920, Roman Vishniac and his new bride Luta arrived in Berlin. Having fled the turmoil of post-revolutionary Moscow, the couple had hastily been married by a station master in a Latvian border town, before traveling to Riga and on to the German capital. There, Vishniac was reunited with his wealthy parents, who had left Russia three years earlier, and he and Luta were married again in a register office before their union was blessed by a traditional Jewish ceremony. So began their new life in a city that an excited Vishniac described as “a living whole … the centre of western Europe”.
Roman Vishniac Rediscovered is at the Photographers’ Gallery and Jewish Museum, London, until 24 November.
Read Full Article here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/28/roman-vishniac-rediscovered-photographer-nazism
Oct 28, 2018
I have some great news to report. I’ve been working on a novella called “Enemy At The Gate”. The novella takes place in Greece in 1941 and follows Zoe Lambros in the first year of occupation. It’s part of a 10 author anthology and all the stories are about resistance during World War II.
You will get to meet a raw, inexperienced Zoe Lambros in the first year of the German and Italian occupation on Greece. If you thought Zoe was relentless and unstoppable in “In the Blood of the Greeks” wait until you see how she got that way – I haven’t read all the other stories in this anthology but they sound FANTASTIC.
You can now order The Darkest Hour anthology on Amazon and other online bookstores
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WW2. When the world falls to terror and tyranny reigns…
…how far would you go to resist?
Would you risk your own life or the lives of the ones you love?
From a young Jewish woman in love fighting her way out of the Warsaw ghetto, to a Czech assassin rising above his fears for an attempt on a Nazi Hangman’s life, to a daughter who vows to avenge her family by taking down a Japanese commander, and a French boy’s touching act of defiance no matter how small.
Come and get a glimpse of the invisible side of WWII – the Resistance, those who refuse to bow down to brutality.
Hold your breath and hope for the best in the darkest of times, when our heroes and heroines risk all to defy evil so the light of freedom will shine over their countries again.
This collection includes ten never before published novellas by ten of today’s bestselling WWII historical fiction authors.
Foreword by Terry Lynn Thomas, author of The Silent Woman, the USA Today Bestseller.
Featured Stories:
Bubbe’s Nightingale by Roberta Kagan
Catriona’s War by Jean Grainger
Reluctant Informer by Marion Kummerow
Killing the Hangman by Ellie Midwood
The Moon Chaser by Alexa Kang
Enemy at the Gate by Mary D. Brooks
The Occupation by Deborah Swift
Code Name Camille by Kathryn Gauci
V for Victory by John R McKay
Sound of Resistance by Ryan Armstrong
*** All proceeds will be donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum In Washington DC ***
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Oct 21, 2018
This is Zoe and her motorbike Mabel. Original Photography was by Derek Cutting from Firemate Photographics – when I saw his image of his war bike (LOVE that bike) and his model, it screamed Zoe at me. Well Lucia decided to recreate it for me and it’s AMAZING. Yes I have a desire to ride one of these gorgeous machines but driving a bike in Sydney is a suicide mission. I let Zoe ride instead – you can’t get killed riding a bike in a story…not unless the writer wants it to happen!
Oct 15, 2018
I was recently interviewed on Kathryn Gauci’s site about the upcoming anthology The Darkest Hour and my novella “Enemy at the Gate” which is included in the anthology and why I choose to write about WW2. Check it out! Thanks Kathryn!
