Vienna Philharmonic revokes awards made during Nazi-era
The Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has recently revoked the awards it has given to six leading Nazis during Hitler’s rule. This move was in response to…
Battle of the Bulge Christmas in the Eyes of a WWII Vet
“Christmas never comes around that I don’t think of the Battle of the Bulge.” Sergeant Malcolm “Buck” Marsh Jr. spent Christmas this year surrounded by…
Hitler, the Ghent Altarpiece and the Holy Grail
April 10, 1934 – the night in which one of the 12 panels of Jan van Eyck’s famous Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, more commonly known as…
Dutch Site Faces Legal Action for Selling Holocaust Victims’ Letters, Nazi Mementos
AMSTERDAM – A Dutch-based online selling site is auctioning off letters written by Holocaust victims while imprisoned in concentration camps. The seller, identified through the handle…
WWII and Holocaust are no joke: Committee protests against Kimmel’s anti-Polish ethnic putdowns
The Anti-Bigotry Committee of the Polish American Congress released an official letter in protest to the series of anti-Polish ethnic jokes which was used recently…
Filmmaker Klayman pays tribute to Soviet’s Night Witch in short film
Alison Klayman, one of the “20 Directors to Watch” by New York Times film critics, created “The Night Witch” to pay tribute to a World…
THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF THE O.S.S. IN WINNING WORLD WAR II
Remembering Our Intelligence History Lately, when Americans hear the acronyms “CIA” or “NSA,” their first thoughts are not of the important work done by the…
Rare WWII “disappearing pillbox” discovered at Evanton
A rare World War II pillbox that could “disappear” was discovered at what once was a former military airfield in the Highlands. The Pickett-Hamilton fort…
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…
Longtime photojournalist Fred Waters dies at 86
Fred Waters was a longtime Associated Press photographer. Since 1952, he recorded historical events from the Korean and Vietnam wars to the construction of the…
Long-lost diary of top Nazi Alfred Rosenberg finally recovered and turned over to Holocaust museum
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…