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Sally Mairs
An aerial picture taken on September 3, 2019 shows the location of a former Nazi camp, known as 'Staro Sajmiste' in Belgrade, used as a concentration camp during the Nazi occupation of Serbia of the World War II. (OLIVER BUNIC/AFP)
September 10, 2019, 11:52 am
In Belgrade, a struggle to excavate an urban Nazi camp
Some 7,000 Jews and thousands of Serbs were murdered at Staro Sajmiste but site’s location makes it prime real estate, complicating plans for a memorial and museum
By Sally Mairs
A man walks through Hebrew Street in the Albanian city of Berat on February 6, 2019. (Gent Shkullaku/AFP)
March 4, 2019, 12:26 pm
In Albania, a unique Jewish history museum on the brink
A tiny shop in the southern town of Berat tells the remarkable story of the only Nazi-occupied state that had more Jews after WWII than before
By Sally Mairs and Briseida MEMA
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is pushed on a wheelchair while leaving Siriraj hospital for the Grand Palace for a ceremony celebrating his birthday in Bangkok, December 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)
October 13, 2016, 3:51 pm
Thailand’s beloved king, unifying figure, dies at 88
Country plunged into uncertain future as Bhumibol Adulyadej’s seven-decade reign comes to an end after long illness
By Apilaporn VECHAKIJ and Sally Mairs
Fake passports are displayed at the immigration bureau in Bangkok on February 10, 2016 after Thai police broke up a major fake passport ring led by an Iranian known as "The Doctor". (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
February 10, 2016, 4:19 pm
Thai cops bust Iranian master forger ‘The Doctor’
Hamid Reza Jafary and gang allegedly crafted sophisticated passports for Middle Easterners trying to enter Europe illegally
By Sally Mairs
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