Tag: World War II (1939-45)
The Last Survivors of the Emperor’s Army Tell Their Tales
As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, few of Japan’s aging war veterans are left. When they go,...
This French Senator Has Become Trump’s European Nemesis
At a recent ceremony in Vichy, France, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, a small, dapper...
Pope Leo XIV Calls for End to War in First Sunday...
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday returned to the balcony where he was presented to the world as the new leader of the Roman...
Margot Friedländer, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Her Voice, Dies at 103
Margot Friedländer, a Holocaust survivor who spent more than 60 years in exile (as she saw it) in New York City before returning...
Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust
Eighty years since the end of World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam apologized on Thursday for the city’s role in the...
Irmgard Furchner, Secretary at a Hub of Nazi Atrocities, Dies at...
Irmgard Furchner, whose role as a teenage secretary in the administration of a Nazi concentration camp in German-occupied Poland led to her conviction...
Betty Webb, Who Helped Bletchley Park Code Breakers, Dies at 101
Charlotte Webb, who as a young woman helped code breakers decipher enemy signals at Britain’s top-secret Bletchley Park, died on Monday. She...
Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech
The American vice president visited a concentration camp on Thursday afternoon. He laid a wreath at the foot of a statue, made the...
More Than 150 World War II Practice Bombs Found at Playground...
More than 150 bombs from World War II have been found under a children’s playground in northern England, with concerns that more may...
At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism
More than 50 world leaders, including King Charles III, will join a dwindling group of Nazi death camp survivors on Monday in southern...
