World war ii

Atomic scientists set 'Doomsday Clock' closer to midnight than ever

This was the third time in the past four years that the scientists moved the clock closer to midnight.

The location of the minute hand on its Doomsday Clock has been revealed, indicating what world developments mean for the perceived likelihood of nuclear catastrophe, during a town-hall in Washington, DC, US, January 23, 2026.
 Auschwitz

'Never Again': European Jews must be recognized as a protected minority - opinion

 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

On This Day in 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is liberated by Soviet Army

BBC Broadcasting House, London, UK.

The BBC haunted by bias - and the Israeli connection


Auschwitz through Jewish eyes: Lessons and reflections on memory

Reporters Notebook | Auschwitz through the eyes of Jews eight decades later.

  A visitor wearing the Israeli flag facing the execution wall in the death camp.

Auschwitz marks 80 years since liberation, potentially last with living survivors

Officials say the commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation could be the last of its kind.

  A freight train used to transport Jewish people to their death in Auschwitz

The One-China principle cannot be challenged - opinion

What the international community expects is win-win cooperation. Provoking bloc confrontation is not only against the trend of the times but also dangerous.

 Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the National Day reception on the eve of the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 30, 2024.

'Saints and Liars': A look at those who offered aid to persecuted Jews in WWII - review

In her book 'Saints and Liars,' Deborah Dwork presents micro-histories of activities in Prague, Vilna, Shanghai, Marseilles, and Lisbon.

 HARRY WEINSAFT of the JDC gives food to three-year-old Renati Rulhater, a Jewish DP in Vienna, Austria. The campaign to distribute food to needy refugees in Vienna was sponsored by the Jewish Joint Welfare Association of Vienna in conjunction with the JDC.

Echoes of a Nazi past: Israel keeping watch on Austria politics as far-right party forms coalition

Austrian president invited far-right Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl to try to form a coalition.

 Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen shakes hands with far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl in Vienna, Austria, January 6, 2025.

'War in Court': Dutch project reveals names of 425k. WWII Nazi collaborators

The archive, consisting of 32 million pages, includes about 425,000 mostly Dutch people who were investigated for collaboration with German occupiers during World War Two.

Arrest of Dutch Jews by the Nazis, February 1941

Is Justin Baldoni Jewish? Ashkenazi heritage and Baha’i faith

While Baldoni identifies primarily as Baháʼí, his mother, Sharon, is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, tracing her roots back to Central and Eastern Europe.

 Justin Baldoni attends the 'It Ends With Us' premiere in New York City, U.S., August 6, 2024.

How a Jewish teen’s description of New York City life in 1945 found a new audience of millions

A Jewish teen's journal about lie in New York City in 1945 has gone viral on TikTok.

 The repurposed 1916 diary used by Charlotte Buchsbaum to document her life and the end of World War II.

From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport: A personal story of hope - opinion

I have vivid memories of my own departure from Germany with the Kindertransport on July 25, 1929, almost one month before the outbreak of World War II.

  THE WRITER, at the age of three, walks with his parents.

Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ at the Israeli Opera

“When it was first performed, the work was a way to commemorate terrible days that, it was hoped, will never return, yet to our great sorrow they do,” director Ido Ricklin told The Jerusalem Post.

 SOPRANO SHAKED STRUL appears in ‘War Requiem’ by Benjamin Britten.