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Swiss Heroism
julescrittenden.com - 11/9/2008
Swiss Heroism
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The Swiss have honored a heroic student who was executed for trying to kill Hitler. They say they're sorry they didn't try to save him. Swissinfo reports, Would-be Hitler Assassin Rehabilitated: The government has officially rehabilitated the reputation of the young Swiss man executed in Nazi ...

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Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  “Imagine If Bavaud Had Got His Shot Off In 1938″: The Swiss Honor Would-Be Assassin Of Rising Young Hitler

We’re No 1!
julescrittenden.com - 11/15/2008
We’re No 1!
— julescrittenden.com — Boston City Hall ... the Ugliest Building in the World. Boston Herald: Bostonians didn’t need VirtualTourist.com and City Hall’s top billing on the World’s Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments list to figure that out. Residents have known it ... (more) We’re No 1!
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“Imagine If Bavaud Had Got His Shot Off In 1938″: The Swiss Honor Would-Be Assassin Of Rising Young Hitler
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — “Germany eventually paid reparations to the family of the man who tried to off their head of state.” Jules Crittenden: The Swiss have honored a heroic student who was executed for trying to kill Hitler. They say they’re sorry they didn’t try to save him. Swissinfo reports, Would-be Hitler Assassin Rehabilitated: The government has officially rehabilitated the reputation of the young Swiss man executed in Nazi Germany after his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler in 1938. President Pascal ...

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