German | War History

WWII German U-boat wreck with skeleton crew found off coast of Indonesia

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Wreckage of WWII Nazi U-boat U-168 found by Indonesian divers off the coast of Indonesia on 9th November…

GERMAN AND ITALIAN WWII POW’S HONORED IN KANSAS

Ian Harvey

A man wearing a German army uniform spoke to a gathering of other American, German, and Italian soldiers freezing in the Kansas wind. In front…

Son posts father’s World War II diary online

Steve Khalif

Veteran Charles F. wrote a diary during the second world war which is now being published by his son. He served in North Africa and…

New York: Former Nazi Death Camp Guard Jakiw Palij, 91, ‘used to Jewish Protestors’

Steve Khalif

Jakiw Palij, 91, is a former Nazi concentration camp guard who was recruited by the German Army when Nazi occupied Poland. He has been a…

In WW1, Alvin York Captured 132 German Soldiers Pretty Much Single Handed

Alvin York almost captured 132 German soldiers during WW1 using a rifle and pistol. The Germans had 32 machine guns together with rifles and pistols.…

1500 Nazi plundered artworks worth about € 1bn found in a Munich Flat

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Hitler’s art dealer, Hildebrand Gurlitt confiscated & amassed over 1500 Nazi plundered artworks and ordered to destroy them…

Stanislaw Maczek, 102, General of Polish Armoured Division in WWII

General, Stanislaw Maczek of polish was a combat commander during the world war two died at his home in Edinburgh, at the age of 102.…

Gestapo chief who played a major role in the Holocaust was buried in the Jewish grave, claims historian.

  Heinrich Mueller, also known as Gestapo Mueller to distinguish him from another general who they shared the same name, was the chief of Gestapo.…

The chilling abadoned hospital that nursed Hitler back to health after he was shot in a battle.

  Beelitz-Heilstatten in Brandenburg, Germany was a location of large complex hospital consisting of about 60 buildings which was designed by Heino Schimieden in 1898…

Bailiwick of Guernsey WWII Memorial Gets Nod

Heziel Pitogo

A memorial commemorating the Allied airmen shot down in the Bailiwick of Guernsey during the Second World War was approved and could be built up…

Unbelievable! Paperclip, WWII Resistance Mark

Unbelievable but yes, the paperclip was at one time used as a resistance symbol during the Second World War. The Beginning of the Story World…

Returning Home: 92 Year Old Holocaust Survivor Returns to Germany to “Try and Make A Life”

After 13 months of being in hiding,  Margo Friedlander was discovered by the Germans in April of 1944. She was sent to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp.…