germany | War History

The world gets first glimpse of real-life Private Ryan’s dramatic feat in WWII diaries

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The World War II diary: Real-life Private Ryan recorded his daily experiences during the World War II. He received three medals he won for bravery. The…

Battle of the Bulge Still Frozen In Time

Ian Harvey

The American units were preparing for the worst; digging underground shelters, finding places where to sleep, where they could just escape from the cold and…

Berlin Zoo Goes Head On with Dark Nazi Past

After over seven decades since the time Berlin Zoo forced its Jewish stockholders out, the institution decided to face its dark Nazi past head on…

Glider Infantryman Survived Operation Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge

Ian Harvey

Carlson, the youngest of four children, grew up in Garwood, N.J. where he lived with his Swedish immigrant parents. Before the start of the war,…

Long-lost diary of top Nazi Alfred Rosenberg finally recovered and turned over to Holocaust museum

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Alfred Rosenberg was a Nazi before Adolf Hitler became one. He later on served as the Nazi’s interim leader. He is also a known author…

WWII Sunderland Flying-Boat Rescued With The Help Of Her Last Pilot

Ian Harvey

The Mark I Sunderland was highly valued by Winston Churchill, who considered the U-boats as one of the biggest threats during the war. The 40-strong…

The Story Behind Four Letters (‘Nuts’)

In a quiet corner of the Freedom Train rests a mimeographed copy of one of America’s most famous messages. Its typically American text is composed…

Nazi Assassin Heinrich Boere Dies Aged 92

Ian Harvey

Boere’s father was Dutch and grew up in the Netherlands; his mother was a German from Eschweiler, Germany. Heinrich moved to the Netherlands when he…

Police report divulges Rommel did not die of “heart attack”, he committed suicide

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A police report recently discovered debunks initial assumptions that surround the death of famed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The report of 1960 in Germany discloses…

A 1945 Transcript Of Nuremberg Trials Donated To US Holocaust Museum

Ian Harvey

“Palace of Justice Nuremberg, Germany. 19 November 1945 Good evening. This is Corporal Sy Bernhard talking from AFN’s special booth in the courtroom at Nuremberg,…

Awareness campaign leads to probes of suspected Nazi war criminals

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BERLIN — A Nazi hunter notes that their ad campaign has produced 300 tips that point to 110 alleged Nazi criminals. Of the 110 names,…

Hitler’s Loyal Bodyguard Died earlier this year Aged 96

Ian Harvey

Rochus Misch was born in a small town of Alt Schalkowitz and what is now Poland, on July 29, 1917 and both his parents passed…