World war ii
Rethinking 1953: Deconstructing the myth of Mosaddegh’s democratic legitimacy - opinion
Mosaddegh’s career was characterized by constitutional subversion, political violence, and radical foreign policies that paved the way for the 1979 disaster.
Jewish WWII British special forces veteran who fought against Nazis in Africa dies, aged 100
Nazi war criminal's chilling account of Warsaw Ghetto destruction reaches English readers
History must not be distorted, ‘Taiwan independence’ is ultimately doomed - opinion
What brings neighbors to violence? American historian searches history for answers - feature
Dan David Prize winner Prof. Max Bergholz on how ordinary people are swept into violence.
US World War Two memorial vandalized with soap, graffiti, government vows to find perpetrator
The fountain bubbled over with suds and someone painted "Clean hands Dirty $" on one surface, splattering the area with red and green paint.
Christian woman who saved Jewish baby during Holocaust honored by Yad Vashem 83 years later
Efraim Kochba (born Ernst Bernard Van Coevorden) was raised in the Netherlands during World War II by parents Ziegfried Fritz and Martha van Coevorden.
Europe’s summer heatwave reveals Ice Age mammoth bones, sunken Nazi relics in receding Danube River
Near Opatovac, Croatia,receding water levels have also begun to reveal a shows the wreckage of the Hungarian cargo ship Fulton which sunk in the Danube in 1937 while transporting coal.
Archaeologists uncover treasures of Vilnius’ Great Synagogue as Lithuanian Jews dispute its future
Vilnius was a major center of Jewish thought, famed for both its religious tradition and modern secular Jewish culture. It was home to the 18th-century Vilna Gaon, a highly influential sage.
UNESCO adds 25 new World Heritage Sites including Mount Olympus, Normandy's D-Day beaches
The List of World Heritage Sites includes sites in three categories: cultural sites, natural sites, and mixed sites which combine the two.
Editor's Notes: Germany’s ‘good Jews’ thought they were safe, New York should pay attention
Nobody has to work anything out anymore. The question is whether a single one of Mamdani's Jewish voters will say they were wrong.
Lost Holocaust music, nearly erased by Stalin, goes on tour in Asia
The story emerged from 263 songs recorded in 1944 by Soviet Jewish ethnomusicologist Moisei Beregovsky from Ukrainian Jews newly freed from Romanian occupation in 1944.
'Once-in-a-generation' expedition sets sail to survey famed polar expedition ships
The targets of the new survey include Quest, a schooner-rigged steamship captained by Sir Ernest Shackleton, and Terra Nova, Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s whaler and polar expedition vessel.
At 250, America must remember what made it worth fighting for - opinion
America’s anniversary is a moment to celebrate its ideals and recognize the forces challenging the freedoms it was built to protect.
