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Speech on V-J Day
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt expresses a myriad of emotions as she addresses the nation on Victory over Japan Day - sorrow for the casualties of war, gratitude for the dawning of peace, and a kind of fearful awe of the technology that had brought it all about.
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Speech on V-J Day
August 18, 1945 (over 78 years ago)Eleanor Roosevelt expresses a myriad of emotions as she addresses the nation on Victory over Japan Day - sorrow for the casualties of war, gratitude for the dawning of peace, and a kind of fearful awe of the technology that had brought it all about.
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Pan American Coffee Bureau Series, Program # 11
December 7, 1941 (over 82 years ago)Deviating from the script she had prepared for that week's broadcast, U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt proceeds to address the nation regarding the Pearl Harbor attack, becoming the first public figure to do so.
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Clemens von Galen: The Third Sermon
August 3, 1941 (over 82 years ago)In this sermon, Bishop von Galen attacks the state's practice of euthanasia and condemns the Nazi doctrine that permits the murder of individuals deemed "unproductive' and of no use to the state.
1 people like thisClemens von Galen: The Second Sermon
July 20, 1941 (almost 83 years ago)Bishop Clemens von Galen continues his open rebuke of Gestapo rule and Nazi philosophy, and exhorts his parish to remain steadfast in obeying the Lord, unretaliating yet unyielding.
1 people like thisClemens von Galen: The First Sermon: We Demand Justice
July 13, 1941 (almost 83 years ago)The transcript below is an English translation of a sermon delivered one Sunday morning at the Church of St. Lambert in Munster, Germany. Though it was the height of Nazi power in Germany, Bishop Clemen von Galen boldly and openly comdemned the Gestapo's tyranny and the arrests that were being ma...
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Robert Menzies: Women in War
February 20, 1942 (about 82 years ago)Then Prime Minister Robert Menzies exhorts the Australian people to cast aside, once and for all and in the name of victory, the notion that women ought to perform only genteel tasks
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Robert Menzies: Hatred as an Instrument Of War Policy
April 10, 1942 (about 82 years ago)Former Prime Minister Robert Menzies urges Australians to rise above the grip of racial animosity and hatred and to instead, fight the war out of a noble desire for peace and justice.
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Robert Menzies: The Four Freedoms: Freedom of Speech and Expression (Part 1 of 2)
June 19, 1942 (almost 82 years ago)Former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies begins a series of commentaries on the four freedoms coined by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in an attempt to enjoin his listeners to reflect on the full meaning of these phrases. In this particular broadcast, he examines the first freedom, ...
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Robert Menzies: The Four Freedoms: Freedom of Worship
July 3, 1942 (almost 82 years ago)In this beautifully-worded broadcast, Former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies shares his insights on religious freedom and tolerance.
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Robert Menzies: Our American Allies
January 23, 1942 (over 82 years ago)In this broadcast, Robert Menzies tackles some of the most pervasive stereotypes that Australians had of Americans at the time.
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