From: Sally MacLaren (sally@amug.org)
Date: Thu Feb 22 2001 - 05:25:53 PST
Thanks for the information. I do feel this is a very worthwhile project. Sally Mac Laren Tom Holloway wrote: > Hello. This list -- memories@maelstrom.stjohns.edu -- has been relatively > silent during the last year; and yet I (and many others) believe it still > has an important part to play. Young people still want to learn more about > the events of the last 50 years of the 20th century from those who witnessed > it. > > I've now asked a colleague, Sally Negus - sally@timewitnesses.org - to help > me to make several important changes:-- > > o The MEMORIES project has been renamed TIMEWITNESSES > and now has its own website at http://timewitnesses.org > > o Many of the stories on that site have been translated into German > with the help of Heinz Mohn and his students at the Anna Essinger > School in Ulm. (Most stories are now tri-lingual) > > o More stories are being added about the post-war years when > Europe was still struggling to recover from World War 2. (as an > example see http://timewitnesses.org/english/food/ -- also now in > German with help from the Seniors of Leipzig University) > > We are also planning to move this list to a new home with more facilities at > timewitnesses@yahoogroups.com -- but I will wait for Sally to explain > further about that. > > ================ > Tom Holloway > tom.holloway@u3a.org.uk > tom@holloways.org <=== private email > http://timewitnesses.org > 01926-771772