World war ii
Yehuda Widawski, Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 107 on Rosh Hashanah
Born in Poland in 1919, Widawski was imprisoned with his family in the Lodz Ghetto following the Nazi invasion. He was later deported to Auschwitz, where he lost his parents and most of his siblings.
'Death of a Democracy': Exploring the rise and fall of Weimar Germany - review
Republican campaign staffer fired over use of SS soldiers in Facebook profile photo - report
‘It’s time to go home’: After 57 years in America, a Holocaust survivor comes home to Israel
Switzerland releases digital files on Josef Mengele to public with 'as little as possible' redacted
In light of the “exceptionally high public interest,” the authorities decided not to limit access to individual reviews at the archives, but instead publish the file online.
Canadian federal court rules to release redacted sections of 1986 Nazi resettlement report
The ruling follows longstanding efforts of B’nai Brith Canada to make the entire document public.
Lithuania's Jewish partisan bunkers caught between Holocaust memory and military expansion
Lithuania was for centuries a center of rich Jewish thought, religious life and secular culture; Vilna, as the capital was known in Yiddish, was nicknamed the “Jerusalem of the North.”
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
Cairo-born Jack Mann served as a radio operator in a reconnaissance and raiding unit formed to fight Nazis in Africa, later joining the SAS and SBS, including a posting in Mandatory Palestine.
Nazi war criminal's chilling account of Warsaw Ghetto destruction reaches English readers
After decades of being translated into over 15 languages and adapted for the stage and screen, “Conversations with an Executioner” was published Tuesday for the first time in English.
History must not be distorted, ‘Taiwan independence’ is ultimately doomed - opinion
The Chinese mainland and the Taiwan region, as the main Eastern battlefield of the World Anti-Fascist War, waged arduous and heroic struggles and made enormous national sacrifices.
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.
