Wwii
Were your ancestors Nazis? New research tool allows people to find out
Soon after the publication of the search engine, users took to social media to share their discoveries of Nazi ancestors.
Behind the US Air Force unit that spearheaded the mission to rescue downed airman
This Jewish artist fought Nazis with a paintbrush, when art like his still mattered
82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot Morton Sher is laid to rest
Jerusalem highlights July 9-15: What's new in Israel's capital?
Soviet war films, art exhibits, fitness classes and a panel including former-teenagers, now adults, from the 2005 Disengagement from Gush Katif.
Independence Day: A spoonful of hope
This 73rd Israel Independence Day we sing our National Anthem – Hatikvah - The Hope.
The heroic story of the Jewish Brigade in WWII
Tortured in Nazi concentration camps, these individuals survived to fight back. Many had lost relatives, who were assumed to have been gassed and slaughtered.
Building a unique Holocaust museum at Babyn Yar
Despite its notoriety, no museum or substantive memorial exists to mark Babyn Yar.
Letter sent by British WWII soldier delivered after being lost 76 years
British Lance Corporal John Wheldon-Williams, who was serving in Italy, wrote the letter to Pat Moore in 1944.
Russia deploys advanced S-300 missiles to disputed islands near Japan
Japan is highly sensitive to military moves by Russia on the strategically important chain of islands that stretch northeast from Japan's Hokkaido to the Russian Far East region of Kamchatka.
The Nuremberg Trials - 75 years on
After six years of war, the Allied powers came together to deliver justice on Nazi leaders who had caused the deaths of millions of people.
‘Glamour Boys’: When an LGBT group of British MPs foresaw Hitler’s threat
At a time when gay sex was still illegal in Britain, their decision to break ranks with then prime minister Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasing Hitler in the 1930s was all the more courageous.
The story of the Resistance Movement in Hungary
As we reflect 75 years after the end of World War II, we have much documentation about great resistance to the Nazis in many countries.
Australian chain criticized for 'WWII evacuee' children's costume
While the official Smiffys site markets the costume as "wwii evacuee girl," at least one major site which sold the costume overseas had marketed it as an "Anne Frank costume."
