Jerry Amernic is an author of fiction and non-fiction books. In doing his research for The Last Witness, he interviewed such people as noted Holocaust historian Sir Martin Gilbert, and met with real-life survivors who were children when they were liberated in 1945. Read More
The oldest person I ever interviewed was Helge Ingstad, the famed Norwegian explorer who discovered the old Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. That put to rest Christopher Columbus discovering America since the Vikings had beat him by 500 years. Ingstad was 100 years old when I met up with him at his home… Read more
What do we make of it when a 22-year-old, hockey player can identify lyrics from classic rock’n roll hits of the 1960s and 1970s, but most of his demographic knows nothing about a major historical event like the Holocaust? On the weekend I watched a TV interview with Jack Eichel of the NHL Buffalo Sabres… Read more
Bridges to the past I cherish stories that provide a bridge to the past which is probably why novelist James A. Michener, who penned many historical epics, is my favourite scribe. But photographs can do this as well as books. One such photo, taken June 5, 1948, is of two men. One of them is… Read more
Four years ago I visited a major Canadian university and asked students questions about World War II. FDR? Never heard of him. Churchill? There’s a statue of him but I don’t know what he did. The Allies? Can’t tell you who they were. D-Day and the Beaches of Normandy? Nope. It wound up in a… Read more
Stormy Daniels has a new book out – I guess it’s her first book – called Full Disclosure. On Amazon it’s already listed no. 1 in the category ‘Biographies of Political Leaders.’ For the record, no. 2 on that list is What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton, while others near the top are The Restless… Read more
