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...Detroit high school for teens who are pregnant or have already become mothers, has for years had a working farm adjacent to campus. The school considers gardening and raising animals integral to its curriculum. Under the tutelage of life-sciences teacher Paul Weertz, the young women built a barn one year and provide daily care for rabbits, horses, goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys and peacocks. The students recently acquired a pig and, says principal Asenath Andrews, they're going...
...battalion set out on a brutal revenge operation with Scheungraber in command. The worst atrocity took place at a farm in the Tuscan village of Falzano Di Cortona in June 1944. The court said Scheungraber ordered his soldiers to round up 11 Italian men, who were herded into a barn and locked inside. The Germans then blew up the barn, leaving only one survivor, a 15-year-old boy named Gino Massetti who gave evidence at the trial. (See pictures of Hitler's rise to power...
Relatives of some of the victims had traveled to Germany from Italy to hear the verdict. "This is an important and just verdict for our families," said Angiola Lescai, who lost her grandfather in the barn that June day. "The massacre destroyed our family, and other families were also torn apart ... We think this is a gesture of reconciliation...
...trial was highly challenging for German prosecutors, who struggled to find proof of Scheungraber's involvement in the Italian barn massacre. Given that more than six decades had elapsed, prosecutors had trouble finding living witnesses, and the few witnesses they could find had only sketchy memories of that time. Ultimately, much of the case against Scheungraber was built on documentary evidence and expert-witness statements. (See pictures of Kristallnacht...
...Police had surrounded the house since Friday afternoon but were trying to assess if the house had been booby-trapped or if the suspect was holding any hostages. After sending in a small robotic camera on wheels, both possibilities were ruled out, allowing police to fire on the barn-like structure set between a rice field and a small hill, from where more than 150 police surveyed the hideout. When asked by police to identify himself and surrender, the suspect yelled that his name was Noordin M. Top but refused to come out. It is not yet clear whether...