Hacker News with Generative AI: Jewish History

When the Nazis Seized Power, This Jewish Actor Took on the Role of His Life (smithsonianmag.com)
On an evening in May 1934, a crowd filed into an auditorium in the port city of Szczecin, now in northwestern Poland.
History, Jewish History, Germany
6 points by samclemens 27 days ago | 3 comments
Christopher Columbus may have been Spanish and Jewish, documentary says (theguardian.com)
A 20-year genetic investigation of the remains of Christopher Columbus has turned conventional historical wisdom on its head by concluding that the explorer whose voyage to the New World changed the course of global history may have been a Spanish Jew rather than a son of Genoa.
History, Genetics, Ancestry, Spain, Jewish History
29 points by marban 39 days ago | 2 comments