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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.

Members of the US Air Force Pararescue, April 5, 2026; illustrative.
A detail from Arthur Szyk's “They Too Have a Right to Live,”  which first appeared in the May 12, 1943 issue of The New York Times and was presumably sponsored by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, an organization founded by Zionist activist Peter Bergson in 1943.

This Jewish artist fought Nazis with a paintbrush, when art like his still mattered 

Morton Sher's fighter plane was shot down in 1943.

82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot Morton Sher is laid to rest

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a command post of Russia's joint force grouping in the course of a military conflict against Ukraine at an unidentified location, in this still image taken from video released December 1, 2025

Putin's warning: Russia is prepared to go to war against Europe


Maryland auction house sells Hitler's watch for $1.1 mil

An auction house in Maryland sells a watch given to Hitler on his birthday in 1933 for $1.1 million.

Nazi memorabilia found for sale in New South Wales, Australia.

On World War Two anniversary, Zelensky says evil has returned

"The evil has returned. Again!" Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "In a different form, under different slogans, but for the same purpose."

 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a session of a parliament where British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses Ukrainian lawmakers via videolink, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 3, 2022.

Ohio lawmaker wants to teach the Holocaust ‘from the perspective of the Nazis'

State Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur made the comments when explaining to a local news station why she believes that “divisive concepts” should be taught from multiple points of view.

 Part of the skyline of Akron, Ohio, May 2020.

The Passenger: On the run in Nazi Germany - book review

 The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

Preserving memories of the battle of Babi Yar

The number of Jews massacred in late September 1941 seems to be one of the only uncontested facts about Babi Yar. How to pay homage to them remains a battle still being fought. 

 Cadets attend a commemoration ceremony for the victims of Babyn Yar in Kyiv, Ukraine

Renowned microbiologist and WWII hero dies at 100

Prof. David Sompolinsky left hiding in Denmark during WWII to save other Jews.

 David Sompolinsky in synagogue.

Marjorie Taylor Greene compares COVID vaccine mandate to Nuremberg Code

Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has previously come under fire for Holocaust comparisons, compared a pending vaccine mandate for federal employees to the Nuremberg Code.

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN Marjorie Taylor Greene walks through the Capitol as Democrats debate an article of impeachment against then-president Donald Trump on January 13.

Prized porcelain seized by Nazis goes up for auction

A collection of highly valuable Meissen porcelain once owned by a German-Jewish couple before WWII is being auctioned in New York.

Illustration: Dish from a tea-service, c. 1740, this is an example of Meissen porcelain and not one of the objects currently in the Dutch collection

University of South Carolina to open Anne Frank Center

The Anne Frank Center is scheduled to launch in September on the Columbia campus with an exhibition and a learning program featuring photos, videos and artifacts.

Anne Frank at her writing table in 1940; how many Anne Franks were lost in the Holocaust?

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.

'SPINOZA, EXCOMMUNICATED,' 1907. The prince of philosophers will be discussed at Holzer books this Thursday.