Former LIFE editor Richard Stolley shares the incredible story of how he tracked down and purchased the Zapruder film of JFK’s murder — “the most famous home movie in American history” — for LIFE magazine in 1963.
After almost 80 years, it was possible to restore some extent of justice.
Medical director of the University of Hamburg’s hospital
On June 9, 2015, Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, a 102-year-old Jewish woman, received the doctorate from the University of Hamburg that Nazis denied her nearly 80 years ago.
![“If he were indeed dead, the hope of most of mankind had been realized,” TIME observed. “For seldom had so many millions of people hoped so implacably for the death of one man.”70 years ago today](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c0b215f89fb2df5849dffbfd5dbdb61a/tumblr_nnmrruNwAo1qcy1c2o1_400.jpg)
“If he were indeed dead, the hope of most of mankind had been realized,” TIME observed. “For seldom had so many millions of people hoped so implacably for the death of one man.”
This week’s cover details the moment that changed America forever, and why the case of John F. Kennedy’s assassination will never be closed.
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(Photo by: H. Warner King)
A History of the World in 90 TIME Covers
Where has the time gone? It was back in March of 1923, that the first issue of TIME hit newsstands. As we celebrate our 90th birthday, a look back at world history as told through 90 memorable cover stories.