A house of horrors:us couple keep their 13 children captive

A house of horrors:us couple keep their 13 children captive

What happened in that huddled, brown house must have been scenes straight out of a horror movie. 13 siblings, children and young adults, have been held captive there by their parents. Some had little to eat or drink, some were chained to the bed.

The martyrdom in california only ended when one of the children found a cell phone in the house – and was able to escape.

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Eltmann plans a peaceful forest

At the war memorial chapel high above eltmann, the city of eltmann wanted to create a small peace forest. This is how mayor michael ziegler (CSU) and the city council members want to take into account the changes in the burial culture. The city council’s building committee inspected the land at its meeting on monday.

The chapel commemorating the warriors was erected on the initiative of spiritual advisor schilling with a wide view over the main valley. The chapel as well as the flat auben around are property of the catholic church foundation. She was open to the idea, michael ziegler reported from the preparatory discussions. Like in eltmann itself, the city was the operator of the "cemetery" on ecclesiastical ground. This also ensures that burial in the peace forest is possible for everyone, regardless of church affiliation or denomination.

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Chairman witter: the sonnefeld show riders represented their club in the best possible way

chairman witter: the sonnefeld show riders represented their club in the best possible way

The members of the riding and driving club of sonnefeld and surroundings look back on a successful, busy and exciting year. The well-attended annual general meeting showed that the management team works well together and manages the association with care. In order to better regulate the use of the facility in the future, the board introduced four corresponding motions. These were endorsed by those present. Chairwoman bettina witter recalled the three tournaments; they had been carried out in all areas very satisfactorily. There was a lot of positive feedback both from within and outside the association. And the numbers spoke for themselves. Time and again, foreigners also enjoyed taking part in the tournaments in bieberbach. The association has 51 sponsors, 16 are new. The show riders had been on the road all over bavaria, saxony and thuringia, representing the club in the best possible way. According to witter, 2018 was marked by many tree removals and work services to keep the plant in good condition. Among other things, the toilets and the entire indoor arena were renovated. This involved repairs as well as improvement and spare parts inspections. Both riding halls could be equipped with a new high-quality floor each. "All this was only possible thanks to the efforts of many helpers", resumed witter. She is convinced that without the commitment and financial support of the schumacher family, the renovation would not have been possible in such a short time.

Managing director annika graf went into detail about the sporting events and the membership statistics. Of the 357 members (plus 6), 82 were from the junior staff area. 29 riders can be found in the ranking list. 68 times a first place could be booked. Carolin kubus pays among the top 10 bavarian juniors in show jumping.

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The energy turnaround in the city council

The energy turnaround in the city council

Change of policy in kulmbach: the city is getting involved in the production of green electricity from the fields. A project that was stalled in february 2019 by the majority of the CSU and WGK has now been put on track.

The city council yesterday initiated the change of the land use plan for grafendobrach, so that a free-standing photovoltaic plant on twelve hectares can be built. The city wants to form an operating company together with the company munch energie, rugendorf. The energy turnaround has arrived at the city council.

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Rene’s health continues to deteriorate

Rene's health continues to deteriorate

There is news from rene wolf from fuchsstadt, who has been waiting for a heart transplant in spain for more than a year. They are not good. The seven-year-old’s health condition is getting worse and worse. With far-reaching consequences.

Two to three steps – that’s all rene can do without having to take a long break. For comparison: a good year ago, when his mother silvia wolf went to spain with him, his range of motion was still several meters. No doubt: rene’s health has increasingly deteriorated in recent months.

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Puppets distract children from corona crisis

With quadriga and quantus she takes a photo and a video every day to report on her time in quarantane. Currently, the two hand puppets give tips to small and large spectators on what to do with barlauch or how to prepare for easter. "I simply wanted to contribute something to get people thinking differently", she describes her motivation.

Carolin sell is a social pedagogue and works as a specialist for language education in the hammelburg kindergarten st. Josef. Carolin sell grew up in frankfurt, but in 2016 she moved to hammelburg with her husband. For the 1300th anniversary, she made the hand puppet hamfred hammel. She regularly tours kindergartens and plays at festivals with her small mobile stage. Besides hamfred hammel, she has designed several other dolls, for example saalea saalenixe. The idea for quadriga and quantus came to her on the very day of the exit restrictions: "i bought some fabric and spontaneously started the close-up," she says, they tell. The result are two fuzzy hand puppets in yellow and purple, which since then have been telling a little story every day and for the "picture of the day model.

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New picture calendar from the rhon

Actually marin katzenberger is to blame. The owner of the stationery and book store "tintenfasschen" has got a rhon calendar on commission in the shop. It was the same as last year, all with square pictures", says teddy katzenberger. And so she said to her husband: "teddy, you have to make a calendar."

That is what he has done. The graphic artist, illustrator and printer has often created photo calendars, for example of munnerstadt and bad konigshofen, and two years ago he also created an A4 format calendar of the rhon region. Now he has created a for 2022 in the format DIN A3, which reflects all the diversity of rhon.

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Bank of england helped sell nazi gold

Bank of england helped sell nazi gold

This is according to historical documents released by the bank of england on wednesday. According to these calculations, the british government had frozen all czech assets held in london at the time. Yet the bank was involved in the sale of stolen gold bars for the reichsbank in 1939.

In the documents from 1950 an order from march 1939 is described. Gold worth 5.6 million pounds was to be transferred from the czech national bank's account at the bank for international settlements (BIS) to an account at the reichsbank, which also belonged to BIS. According to calculations by the "financial times," the value today is around 736.4 million pounds (845.3 million euros).

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After heated duel: eurocup showdown between bayern and alba

After heated duel: eurocup showdown between bayern and alba

Discussions about the heated bundesliga duel annoyed bavaria’s managing director marko pesic the day before the eurocup showdown against ALBA berlin.

"Such things as happened in the game are not in our interest. It hurts basketball," said marko pesic. "Nobody talks about the fact that we beat ALBA by 31 points, but about the incidents. That is a pity."

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The woman and the genius

if you don't know anything about fine art, if you can't think of any artist, you know one name: pablo picasso (died. 1973). The spaniard, who lived most of his life in france, is the very embodiment of the artist in the 20th century. The eternal avant-gardist of the nineteenth century, adored, loved and hated.
Portraying such a figure is difficult and new for him, says bamberger actor stephan bach. A challenge also for his partner ursula gumbsch in the two-person play "a picasso, from the "theater im gartnerviertel" from the 12th. October is staged. Written by the new york author jeffrey hatcher, who is rather unknown in germany. In his home country, however, he is a sought-after stage and film writer, who is u. A. For the series "columbo has written the screenplay. "A picasso" was created in 2005, the german premiere took place only last year in stuttgart.
The title is intentionally ambiguous. "A picasso can refer to the historical figure or even to a work of this figure. "A picasso was z. B. Sold in 2015 for 159 million euros. However, the play is set in 1941 in paris. A fictitious meeting between the artist and a woman fischer is described. This young lady with an educational background hired herself out to the nazis to help her family. Picasso turns 60 the day before his. Birthday "asked" to a store, where now a verbal duel with fraulein fischer in the service of the reich ministry of culture begins. The artist is to verify three of his officially posed paintings for an exhibition.
It's about art and power, about courage and ducking away. The historical picasso lived in internal emigration during the german occupation of paris, was a peace activist and communist after the war. But also frl. Fischer is an ambivalent figure who provokes questions, for example about the grace of the late birth. In the background one thinks also of art robbery by the nazis or of the gurlitt-affare.
The play is set in the story "mode macht mut", which has sociotherapeutic value. About 60 spectators sit in front of the stage – the store counter. Directed by marsha cox, costumes by aline joers. Olga seehafer has already decorated the shop with alienated portraits of picasso's women. For the genius was also a man who loved and needed women.

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