World war ii

Nearly 90 years after a German officer defied Nazis on Kristallnacht, police pledge to protect Jews

Over 1,400 synagogues were burned and ransacked, including Germany’s then-largest Neue Synagogue in Berlin. Because of one police officer’s moral conviction, this historic synagogue was saved.

ON THE street during Kristallnacht. Riots broke out across Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland border.
VIEW INSIDE the detecter at the CMS cavern of the Large Hadron Collider in Cessy, France. Niels Bohr was a central mover in the collider construction.

Jewish physics: 'The Man Who Broke Reality' spotlights Nazi-defying scientist Niels Bohr - review

AVRAHAM SAIDE’S passport, issued on November 3, 1926, defines him as a British protected Palestinian citizen.

Avraham Saide: The 100th anniversary of British-Palestinian passport No. 1

 J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Guest Lodge, Oak Ridge, in 1946.

The enigma of Robert Oppenheimer: New biography revisits the man behind the atomic bomb - review


Britain’s colonial legacy undermines its moral lectures against Israel - opinion

A country that once closed its gates to Jewish refugees should exercise particular caution when lecturing the Jewish state about morality and justice.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London

Painting Nazis stole from French Jew during WWII to be returned to owner's family, Paris court says

Per the court order, the current owner of the painting, who bought it during the 2024 auction, will be required to return the painting to the family of its original owner.

Two members of staff hold the painting by late Franco-Danish painter Camille Pissarro "Darse de peche et bassin Duquesne, Dieppe, apres-midi ensoleillee" (Fishing dock and Duquesne basin, Dieppe, sunny afternoon) during the photocall at the Sotheby's auction house, in central London, in 2024

Canada declassifies report exposing US intelligence role in resettling Nazis after WWII

In early September, the Federal Court sided with B'nai Brith, ordering the government to remove almost all redactions from the 618-page report pursuant to the Access to Information Act.

Corporal Urban Mayo from Ontario, Canada, watches the warning under the double swastikas on the border of German in the Canadian sector of the Western Front a few month before the end of World War II, February 14, 1945

WWII air-raid shelter buried beneath German playground rediscovered during construction work

During the time of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the shelter was partially back-filled through the ventilation shafts, before a playground was built over it and the structure below forgotten.

Inside the WWII-era air-raid shelter discovered in Saxony-Anhalt, October 9, 2026.

Danish university study examines antisemitic stereotypes in Agatha Christie’s novels

New research finds Agatha Christie used antisemitic tropes as plot devices to mislead mystery readers, shifting to coded caricatures after WWII.

British mystery author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) autographing French editions of her books, circa 1950.

Tucker Carlson claims UK had no reason to join WWII, appears to defend Hitler's invasion of Poland

"The idea that Hitler just randomly rolled into Poland is a lie… Hitler repeatedly said, ‘I do not want to go to war with the UK,’” Tucker Carlson said in a recent interview with Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Tucker Carlson looks on during US President Donald Trump’s meeting with oil  industry executives, at the White House in Washington, Jan. 9.

The UN’s double standard toward Israel exposes its moral bankruptcy - opinion

Israel has a duty to expose the double standard practiced by the leaders of UN member states and to denounce a system that gives a political majority permission to stigmatize one country.

 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

Zara removes Halloween costume likened to concentration camp uniform from website after backlash

Zara described the ensemble as “Kids costume featuring vertical stripes with decorative topstitching, a lapel flower and a distressed effect. Includes a cardigan and shorts. Gray / Blue.”

Halloween costume promoted by ZARA resembling the uniform worn by prisoners in Nazi concentration camps, October 2, 2026.

Zelensky, Ukrainian Jewish leaders mark 85 years since Nazi Babyn Yar massacre

Zelensky, during his speech at the memorial ceremony for the Holocaust massacre, likened Russia's actions in the Ukraine-Russia War to horrors committed by the Nazis during World War II.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a memorial commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre, September 29, 2026

Cantor brings Jewish music lost in Kristallnacht back to Germany - interview

Assaf Levitin told The Jerusalem Post that his work is intended to be comprehensive. "I do not want to only bring one or two pieces back in the repertoire and say 'never again.'"

Assaf Levitin (right) with Amnon Seelig (left).