Author Archives: Michael Wehle

Omon is not a particularly common name, and perhaps not the best there is. It was my father’s idea. He worked in the police all his life and wanted me to be a policeman too. “Listen to me, Ommy,” he … Continue reading →

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When you look back on what you have lived through, you only see a single line of events, but when you look ahead into the future there is a cluster of paths splaying out, and you still do not know … Continue reading →

Once man has been under the wheel, for the rest of his life he ceases to believe in steering and brakes. —Ales Adamovich, Khatyn, (Glagoslav Publications, 2026), 72.

This evening I walked the ground where the majority of Vienna’s Jews were murdered. I posted the above April 1, 2018 after visiting the camp on my way into Minsk from the airport. In Minsk again for the 80th anniversary … Continue reading →

From the testimony of former hostages interviewed by the Russian media, it seems virtually certain that the terrorists did have ample time to destroy many of the hostages before they themselves had been overcome by the gas or shot by … Continue reading →