Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00703)

I thought there may be some on this list who are interested in the following 
breaking news story:

(Clipped from forwarded message addressed to several hundred people)

> > Good afternoon. I wanted to give you a heads-up on a story that will be
> > running this Sunday, Dec. 17 (7PM ET/PT on CBS) on "60 MINUTES" about a
> > long-secret German archive that houses a treasure trove of information on
> > 17.5 million victims of the Holocaust. The archive, located in the German
> > town of Bad Arolsen , is massive (there are 16 miles of shelving 
> containing
> > 50 million pages of documents) and until recently, was off-limits to the
> > public. But after the German government agreed earlier this year to open
> > the archives, CBS News' Scott Pelley traveled there with three Jewish
> > survivors who were able to see their own Holocaust records. It's an 
> incredibly
> > moving piece, all the more poignant in the wake of this week's meeting of
> > Holocaust deniers in Iran . We're trying to get word out about the story 
> to people
> > who have a special interest in this subject. So we were hoping you'd 
> consider
> > sending out something to your listserve and/or posting something on your
> > website. Further information will also be available on our website (
> >
> > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/08/60minutes/main13502.shtml),
> > which you're welcome to link to from yours.
> >
> > Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, and thanks for
> > your consideration.
> >
> > Best,
> > Robin Sanders
> > CBS News 60 Minutes
> > phone: 212-975-7598
> > email: sandersr@cbsnews.com
> 



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