Wwii
Behind the US Air Force unit that spearheaded the mission to rescue downed airman
The concept of a dedicated pararescue force traces its roots back to the end of World War II. Becoming a PJ is widely considered one of the most grueling undertakings in the military.
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
Putin's warning: Russia is prepared to go to war against Europe
Austrian historian writes about Holocaust restitution - from prison
Austrian-Jewish historian slamms into his country's Holocaust resititution system, from prison.
Accomplices to the Holocaust
Recent research has shown that British and American planes stationed in Italy in 1944 could easily have struck Auschwitz. In fact, they were flying missions nearby and as far away as Warsaw.
Japan PM Abe honors 'Japanese Schindler' in Lithuania
The visit to Lithunia is the first by a Japanese prime minister and comes as Japan seeks greater cooperation with countries that were former adversaries in World War Two.
WWII refugee and three term mayor of Portland, Oregon dies at 84
The late former mayor Vera Katz escaped France by hiking through Pyrenees to Spain then arrived in New York City at the age of 7.
Riveting history: Weaved together the testimonies of Soviet women in WWII
The book is composed of oral histories Alexievich gathered in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Alexievich, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2015.
The moral choice of a diplomat who defied orders
In June 1940, as the German army was sweeping southward in defeated France, Sousa Mendes was faced with an impossible conflict between his conscience and his loyalty to his government.
L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt's messy dance with Jewish history
From a Nazi-sympathizer father to Jewish grandchildren, Liliane Bettencourt led a complicated but colorful life.
Warsaw residents join Sabbath dinner to remember the start of World War II
Among the guests was David D’or, an Israeli singer; Krystyna Willenberg, the wife of Samuel Willenberg, a Treblinka survivor who died last year.
Thousands evacuate homes in Germany prior to defusing of WWII bomb
Three police explosives experts in Goettingen were killed in 2010 while preparing to defuse a 1,000 lb (450 kg) bomb.
An encounter with Edith Lieberman
“My [Edith Lieberman] father was a member of the Revisionist Party under Jabotinsky."
