When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
Emotionally upset, and in the throes of depression, Verdi makes a decision. It is 1840, and he's had it with composing music. Then ... an unexpected e...
Initially, it seemed like a good idea for Paul Gauguin to paint with Vincent van Gogh (in October of 1888).
Today Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch painter, is one of the world's most-beloved artists.
After a painstaking reconstruction of the Spanish-Flu virus, Drs.
Vivian Leigh, who played the role of Scarlet O'Hara, in "Gone with the Wind," was married, for a time, to the famous actor Laurence Olivier. In this c...
President Roosevelt dies on the 12th of April, 1945, at his Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.
When Hitler decided to take-over Poland, he sent his military forces into that country in 1939.
This BBC documentary, evidencing life and death in the Warsaw Ghetto, first broadcast as a memorial to the people who lived there.
As Hitler's troops systematically destroyed Warsaw, it was becoming clear that Stalin also wanted the Poles crushed.
Streets became ravines in the massively damaged Warsaw as Poles faced the mounting consequences of their resistance.
On their own, the Polish people mounted the best resistance they could muster against Hitler's forces during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
In late February, 1910, days of endless snow in the High Cascades prevented two trains from traveling further on the "Great Northern Route through Ste...
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