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“Japan, Learn from Germany” – WWII Survivor

85-year-old Israeli-American sociologist, Ametai Etzioni, a child in Germany when the Nazis came into power, has this little advice to Japan – learn from Germany.…

Treasure Hunters Dig For Hitler’s Gold

Ian Harvey

According to parliament member and treasure hunter Heinz Peter Haustein, the team has located an area under the surface which appears to be filled with…

Halet Çambel: 1936 Olympics’ First Female Muslim Player Refused to Meet Hitler

Halet Çambel may have failed to bring Turkey honors from the 1936 Berlin Olympics but she did one thing that earned her the world’s applause —…

Germany: Calendars Feature WWII Luftwaffe Head’s Cottage, Government Orders Recall

A Germany state government orders the halt and distribution of thousands of calendars after finding out that the charming cottage on the cover photo belonged…

Generation War – A History Lesson?

Ian Harvey
Generation War

As many of the Second World War vets have passed away and there are not so many left to tell the stories, as Germany is…

London Mayor says Labour Party’s education spokesman is unfit for office and should resign

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London mayor Boris Johnson  says Labour party’s education spokesman Tristram Hunt is unfit for office for clearing Germany of blame for the start of the…

If the Germans had won the First World War

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Different responses are drawn from the world’s famed historians when posed with the question, “What if the Germans won in the First World War?”. Those…

Germany Seems To Ignore WWI Centenary

Ian Harvey
Germany

Although Britain has already invested over £50million in public money, for the commemoration of the start of World War I, academics couldn’t hold back from…

WWII-Era Bomb Explodes in Euskirchen, Germany Leaving 1 Dead and 13 Injured

NBC World News reported on January 3rd, 2014 of a World War II-era bomb exploding in Euskirchen, Germany. The bomb killed a bulldozer operator and…

Nazi Art Dealer Who Stole From Jews On Behalf Of Hitler

Ian Harvey

Cornelius Gurlitt, 80, insists his father Hildebrand was innocent and that the paintings were acquired legitimately. The art collector is now desperately trying to take…

Two Nazi-plundered Artworks Found in Germany’s Bundestag

Berlin, Germany – Only months after the world was gripped with the news of the discovery of the billions-worth artworks said to be Nazi plunders during…

Lloyd Kilmer Made It Out Of A POW Camp On Liberation Day

Ian Harvey

Kilmer was from Minnesota and he enlisted in the war in 1942, when he was 21 years old. After finishing his military training, he went…