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- On the 14th of July 1994, a woman was found dead close to the Northern Irish border. 34-year-old Caroline of Belfast had been executed by the IRA for being a spy. 6 months earlier, filmmaker Brenda Parkerson had met with Caroline's daughter Shauna. Caroline said in an interview that she could not remember living in a time of peace; she has been a young child when the "troubles" in Belfast started.
- In 1941, Mexico became a country of refuge for refugees who were denied the United States because they were communists or were considered sympathizers of communism. In Marseille, which is overflowing with refugees, there is a Mexican consul who goes far beyond his duty, who issues thousands of visas, petitions German intellectuals imprisoned in French concentration camps and enables them to leave occupied France. In 1994, some former exiles went to Mexico and presented the 102-year-old ambassador with a certificate: "For Gilberto Bosques, whose human greatness will always be present in all of our hearts."