world war ii

Germany commits $1.4 billion for Holocaust survivors

The negotiations have resulted in an unprecedented commitment of $1.4 billion for Holocaust survivors worldwide.

15/06/2023

Good for more than a single reading

Helen Joyce uses her real-life family histories as the basis of her semi-history, semi-novel that traces the traumatic impact of 20th-century politics on a Jewish family.

Return to Dushanbe: A family's story of survival after the Holocaust

I wanted to “return” to Dushanbe as a representative of my family (the non-espionage practicing ones) to say (metaphorically), “Here I am. We survived.”

By ELAINE ROSENBERG MILLER
02/06/2023

Chinese ship detained for hoarding British WWII-era weaponry

The discovery comes amid reports this month that scavengers have targeted two British World War II wrecks off the coast of Malaysia.

By REUTERS
29/05/2023

Sunken WWII US warship uncovered by archaeologists in Japanese waters

84 US sailors had lost their lives during the battle, which the father of one of the Lost 52 Project archaeologists had witnessed first-hand

WWII unexploded bomb found in Polish city, 2,500 residents evacuated

The bomb weighed 550 pounds and was a German SC-250 aerial bomb.

Russian prosecutor asks court to recognize Nazi crimes as genocide

It's unclear whether the move was a prelude to a new financial compensation claim from Russia to modern Germany, with which relations have soured badly over the war in Ukraine.

By REUTERS
25/05/2023
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