World war ii

Europe at a crossroads between denial and reality - opinion

Across Europe, rising unrest and policy hesitation are exposing cracks in governance, identity, and state authority.

|ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
A demonstrator, standing next to an England flag, gestures as a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) vessel carrying migrants arrives at the Port of Dover, Britain, April 1, 2026.
A container installed near the site of the Jedwabne pogrom proclaims in Polish, "The earth doesn't lie." The container, installed in April 2026, promotes the narrative that Nazis, not Poles, killed the Jews of Jedwabne in 1941.

New ‘information center’ in Polish town denies murders of Jews by local Poles in 1941

The information center was installed earlier this month and celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, which Wojciech Sumlinski, a right-wing Polish activist, shared online.

|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
A Zikaron Basalon event held at the Anti-Defamation League office in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026.

From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats

At the event organized by Zikaron Basalon and the Anti-Defamation League at the latter’s Jerusalem office, Clevs brought the diplomats back in time to when he was eight years old.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Participants stand under the main gate with the lettering 'Arbeit macht frei' (Work sets you free) as they attend the annual March of The Living to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust during World War II, April 14, 2026.

Holocaust education gets a bad rap, but it’s not falling short, we are - opinion

Countering misinformation, disinformation, and lies with facts and evidence will always be an uphill battle, but in the end, Holocaust educators’ first responsibility is to get this history right.

|ByDANIEL GREENE/JTA

Shalom & Aloha: Volcanoes, beaches, sunsets – and Jews – in Hawaii

The history of Jews in the Hawaiian Islands, when they arrived, what happened during World War II, and what their lives are like today – including the Big Island's first bar mitzvah boy in 1970.

MARCH 29, 2025ByHOWARD BLAS, NATAN ROTHSTEIN
ON OAHU: View at sunrise from Lanikai Pillbox Trail.

Confronting the complex realities of Polish-Jewish identity - opinion

Nuance is in order regarding Poland and its Jews; Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal calls for a reevaluation of Jews’ attitudes toward Poles, as well as Poles’ understanding of Jews. 

MARCH 24, 2025ByELI KAVON
OSWIECIM, POLAND - APRIL 16, 2015: International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Remains of seven Norwegian resistance fighters executed in 1945 found in Oslofjord

Norwegian Police plan to recover the remains and identify them using DNA analysis.

MARCH 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Oslofjord, Norway.

Albania's secret Jewish history, how its population saved Jews during the Holocaust

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: During WWII, Albania defied the Nazis, sheltering Jews and preserving its tradition of hospitality. Discover how this Muslim-majority nation became a haven for Jewish refugees.

MARCH 15, 2025ByHAREL KOPELMAN
BERAT, DESIGNATED as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008, served as a major hideout for the Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi occupiers. Here, visitors attend the opening ceremony of the renovated Solomon Jewish History Museum in Berat in 2019.

'A Picasso': A window onto a less familiar corner of World War II history - review

Set in 1941 Paris, the play portrays a fictional encounter between legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso and a certain Fräulein Fischer.

MARCH 9, 2025ByYAEL UNTERMAN
'A Picasso' performed by the Bad Bard Players.

Volunteer discovers over a thousand World War II casualties’ remains which await identification

Over 180,000 remain unidentifiable.

MARCH 7, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sawaka Nakano, 42, a soldier with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), stands on the flight deck under a rainbow on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's amphibious transport ship JS Osumi (LST-4001) in waters close to Okinawa (illustrative)

Bayeux Tapestry fragment linked to SS project found in Germany

The fragment, found in the estate of textile archaeologist Schlabow, is set to be returned to France this year.

MARCH 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman invasion of England in the 11th Century.

'Propaganda Girls': The women who fought to break Axis powers morale - review

Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS by Lisa Rogak reveals yet another untold chapter of the history of women in America.

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByRIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
HOLLYWOOD ACTRESSES Marlene Dietrich (L) and Rita Hayworth serve food to US soldiers at the Hollywood Canteen, Nov. 1942.

'Beyond Borders': The story of a fighting Jew - interview

Rudi Haymann highlighted details about the masses of survivors and displaced people not often discussed in the Holocaust.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025ByRAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICH

Grapevine February 16, 2025: The importance of aiding others

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

FEBRUARY 16, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
RAN GURON, seventh from left, with scholarship recipients.