World war ii
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.
WWII air-raid shelter buried beneath German playground rediscovered during construction work
Danish university study examines antisemitic stereotypes in Agatha Christie’s novels
Tucker Carlson claims UK had no reason to join WWII, appears to defend Hitler's invasion of Poland
‘It’s time to go home’: After 57 years in America, a Holocaust survivor comes home to Israel
DIASPORA AFFAIRS: From fleeing Nazi persecution as a baby to building a life in the US, Morton Pancer’s journey has brought him to Israel at age 86.
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.
