Daily Mail: One of the last remaining survivors of the largest Jewish revolt of the Second World War has died at the age of 93. Boruch Spiegel, who is believed to have given the signal to launch the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943, was described by his son Julius as a ‘reluctant hero’, following his death in Montreal. Mr Spiegel [...]
Diane Cole for National Geographic News You can’t hide from justice forever—not even for war crimes committed decades in the past, and not even when you’re 93. That message resounded loudly this week as Germany announced the arrest of Hans Lipschis, age 93, for complicity in mass murders that took place at the notorious Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he served [...]
moreintelligentlife reports: In Berlin, more and more victims of the Nazis are being remembered with Stolpersteine—brass plates, embedded in concrete, in the streets where they lived. Andreas Kluth traces the stories behind the stones ON A HOT July evening in 2012, Menasheh Fogel, his wife and three children were returning from a favourite haunt, the sandy beach at Wannsee, one [...]
Dutch News reports: The Westerbork transit camp, where Jews were moved to prior to their deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II, should be included in the European heritage list, the cabinet has decided. Westerbork, which was largely demolished in the 1970s, now houses a museum and momuments of remembrance for the over 107,000 people who passed through [...]
The Huffington Post reports: Reports that the late German actor Horst Tappert, best known for his longtime role as dapper TV sleuth Stefan Derrick, served in a feared Nazi SS unit prompted at least one European broadcaster to announce Saturday that it would drop the show’s reruns from its schedule. Dutch TV station MAX pulled reruns of the show, which [...]
Rawstory.com reports: Amsterdam council has vowed to probe revelations that it forced Jews returning from World War II concentration camps to pay rent arrears, even if their homes had been destroyed or occupied by Nazis. The scandal, involving an unknown number of Jews and non-Jews living in city-owned properties, was uncovered by a young art history student in Amsterdam’s archives. [...]
When you think of Northern Labrador, the images that come to mind for most people are of snow and ice covered rugged mountains, or Caribou or perhaps Polar Bears. Few people would equate this place with World War II German Nazis. And yet in 1943 a U-Boat installed a German weather station code named “Kurt” in Martin Bay, northern Labrador. [...]
The indiscriminate use of ‘Nazi’ to describe anything to do with German institutions and policies during Hitler’s dictatorship creates a false historical understanding, says Richard Overy. Few words in regular use in historical writing can have been abused as much as the word ‘Nazi’. At the very least it has proved a persistent grammatical challenge for generations of students who [...]
The copyright for Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” is currently held by the German state of Bavaria. Printing the book remains forbidden. But one political party is wondering: what happens when the copyright expires in 2015? For German parliamentarian Burkhard Lischka, it’s a no-brainer. The member of Germany’s opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) would find it an insult to victims of [...]
Like the rock and roll revolution of the 1950s, which shocked staid white audiences with translations of black rhythm and blues, the popularity of jazz caused all kinds of racial panic and social anxiety in the early part of the twentieth century. Long before the rise of European fascism, many American groups expressed extreme fear and agitation over the rise of [...]
Vernon McGarity, Medal of Honor winner for actions during World War II, dies in TennesseeMay 25, 2013
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P-51Pilot Who Flew Last Combat Mission of WWIIMay 25, 2013
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WWII HD: A New World Order | History Channel DocumentaryMay 24, 2013
Pre-Order for Exclusive Band of Brothers BobbleheadMay 24, 2013
Dornier 17 – The Flying PencilMay 24, 2013
One careful owner, canon included: German Armored Car discovered in drug dealer’s back garden during police raid is auctioned off for £5,000May 24, 2013
The Pursuit of Bismarck & the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood (72 years ago today)May 24, 2013
WWII vet gets ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ from Japan’s ambassadorMay 24, 2013
Former Cold War bunker passes through redemption periodMay 24, 2013
When Pets Get Drafted: The Bizarre History of Animal SoldiersMay 24, 2013
Memorial to honour Australian WWI tunnellersMay 24, 2013
Japanese WWII veteran says comfort women brothels were wrongMay 24, 2013
Intelligence archive: Hitler helped Allied case late in war due to blunders he was makingMay 24, 2013
Local Jeweler’s WWII Dog Tags Unearthed In Normandy Nearly 70 Years LaterMay 24, 2013
How Hitler’s U-Boats Are Still Attacking UsMay 23, 2013
