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Margo Wölk: What Life was Like as Hitler’s Food Taster

96-year-old Margo Wölk is the last of her kind — the last surviving food taster of the notorious German dictator, Adolf Hitler. And in those times…

How a WWII Vet and Survivor and His Wife Died Hours From Each Other on Their 76th Wedding Anniversary

WWII vet and survivor Clifford Hartland, 101, and his wife, Marjorie, 97, passed away only hours from each other on what was suppose to be their 76th…

WWII Love Letters from Navy Man to His Lady Love Arrive Nearly 70 Years Late

Two WWII love letters from a Navy man were finally delivered to his lady love after nearly seven decades from the date they were sent.…

Family Welcomes the Remains of Colonel Eugene Smith Home After 62 Years

Colonel Eugene Smith, who served as an Army Investigator during and after the Second World War, was finally brought home and laid to rest after…

Search for Bud Kelder: Body of WWII POW Exhumed Due to Lawsuit

The unknown body of a WWII POW buried in an American war cemetery in the Philippines is to be exhumed after family, who claims the…

Remembering Ettie Steinberg, Ireland’s Only Holocaust Victim

Dublin, Ireland – A memorial dedicated to the only Irish Holocaust victims documented to die in Auschwitz – Ettie Steinberg and her son Leon –…

“When Hitler Was Our Neighbor” – Jewish Author Writes His Memories about the Notorious Dictator

Edgar Feuchtwanger can still vividly recall how the notorious German dictator used to be their neighbor and how he nearly bumped into him as a…

WWII Stories: When Enemies Become Friends

    When a friendship forms between two WWII soldiers who were ‘enemies’ – fighting in opposing sides – during the Second World War… When French…

B-17 Bomber Wing Panel as a Memorial to Forgotten WWII Vets

Mobile, Alabama – In a recent ceremony, retired Major George Cramer, part of the 384th Bombardment Group and flew 25 missions during WWII, added his…

Duty, Mercy and WWII: Man Meets German Pilot Who Shot Down His Father’s Plane During the War

Francis “Bud” Peacock III traveled to Germany to delve deep into his father’s WWII history and found this story of duty and mercy. For Hans Müller,…

New Film Portrays Otto Weidt, The Blind “Unknown Schindler”

Otto Weidt was so much like Oskar Schindler – he was a German factory owner who used his business to save Jews. But unlike Schindler,…

A Look at the Story Behind WWII Movie “The Railway Man”

WWII movie “The Railway Man” is a moving account of a prisoner of war’s experience in war, in love, hating, forgiving and moving on. Meet…