“It is impossible not to marvel at her steadiness and courage,” one reviewer wrote after reading her memoir.
Author: SAM ROBERTS
Tess Johnston, Diplomat Who Helped Preserve ‘Old Shanghai,’ Dies at 93
She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China’s “Paris of the East,” where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.
Patrick Ryan, ‘Terror Priest’ Who Aided the I.R.A., Is Dead at 94
He funneled cash and weapons to the Irish Republican Army from Libya, and was involved in bombings that targeted Margaret Thatcher and others, killing scores of people.
Marian Turski, Who Refused to Forget the Holocaust, Dies at 98
From influential platforms, Mr. Turski, an Auschwitz survivor from Poland, warned the world of rising antisemitism and the perils of indifference to it.
Marian Turski, Who Refused to Forget the Holocaust, Dies at 98
From influential platforms, Mr. Turski, an Auschwitz survivor from Poland, warned the world of rising antisemitism and the perils of indifference to it.
Valérie André, Daring French Army Copter Pilot, Dies at 102
She was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, in Indochina and Algeria. She was also the first Frenchwoman to become an army general.
Shalom Nagar Dies; Reluctant Executioner of Adolf Eichmann
He was the hangman chosen to carry out the sentence on the fugitive Nazi war criminal, in Israel’s only case of capital punishment.
Madeleine Riffaud, ‘the Girl Who Saved Paris,’ Dies at 100
Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.
Thomas J. Donohue Dies at 86; Transformed Chamber of Commerce
Under his 24-year leadership, the lobbying group developed enormous clout in Washington, but he broke with the Trump administration over immigration, tariffs and the 2020 election.
Masamitsu Yoshioka, Last Pearl Harbor Bombardier, Dies at 106
He was 23 years old when he took part in the attack that triggered America’s declaration of war against Japan. He rarely spoke publicly about it.