World War Two

President Obama's Medal for Karski Shines Light on Poland's Real World War II Record

Alex Storozynski | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Jan Karski, Nazi Germany, Holocaust, Righteous Among the Nations, Obama Poland, Poland, Barack Obama, Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Wwii, World War Two, World War II, Medal of Freedom, Jan Karski Medal of Freedom, World News
Alex Storozynski

After escaping Soviet imprisonment and being savagely tortured by the Gestapo, Karski risked his life to sneak past German guards into the ghetto to see how the Nazis were abusing Jews. Karski then disguised himself as a Ukrainian guard to visit a transfer station that sorted Jews on their way to the death camps.

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Claude Lanzmann's Memoir - 'The Patagonian Hare'

Michael Roth | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Simone De Beauvoir, Claude Lanzmann, Washington Post, Jean-Paul Sartre, Shoah, Holocaust, World War II, Claude Lanzmann Memoir, World War Two, College News
Michael Roth

The Patagonian Hare is full of Lanzmann's cloying self-regard, but we accept it for the single reason that he created Shoah, his 1985 documentary about the Nazi war against the Jews, one of the masterworks of cinema.

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TIME 100 2012 Gala Toast: A Tribute to my Father

Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Military Families, Military, Military Families Week, Armed Forces, Fathers, Veterans, World War II, World War Two, Impact News
Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D.

My father taught me about honor, integrity and service. He also taught me about loyalty and sacrifice. My father fought to keep custody of all four of us when my parents eventually divorced. It cost him everything he had.

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Knowing Jack: Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012

Nick Bravin | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012, Yom HaShoah 2012, Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Holocaust, World War II, World War Two, Impact News
Nick Bravin

Jack will never forget the day his father was shot to death in a city park in Poland as he watched through a small office window. It was his 22nd birthday. Next week he will celebrate his 92nd. Not a day has passed that Grandpa hasn't remembered what has come to be called the Holocaust.

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Remembering the Holocaust - With Steponas

Ellen Cassedy | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Jews, Lithuania, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Judaism, Jewish History, Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012, Lithuanian Jews, Yom Hashoah, World War Two, World War II, Yom HaShoah 2012, World News
Ellen Cassedy

On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, I will remember the six million who perished -- and I'll also remember a man I met in Lithuania, a man I'll call Steponas. I didn't expect to encounter an elderly gentile man intent on speaking to a Jew before he died. But I did.

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French Plumber Claims To Be Hitler's Grandson

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Weird Nazis, Hitler, Hitler's Children, Hitler's Mistress, World War Two, The Holocaust, Poll, Hitler's Illegitimate Children, Adolf Hitler, World War II, Adolf Hitler Love Children, World News

Forty years ago, Philippe Loret's father, Jean-Marie, told his son and six other children some shocking news: that they were the grandchildren of Adol...

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Writing the Holocaust

Eve Keller | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Holocaust, Holocaust Survivors, World War Two, The Holocaust, Holocaust Book, Wwii Book, Eve Keller, Holocaust Survivor, WWII Survivors, Millie Werber, Auschwitz, Books News
Eve Keller

I sat on a pillowed bench in the Catskills. It was mid-July in the mountains: the trees were ridiculously green; the hummingbirds sipped sugar water. The prospect before me -- attempting Millie's experience at Auschwitz -- it seemed simply absurd.

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Dachau Survivor And Liberator Meet 6 Decades Later

AP | By JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 03.05.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- The way Ernie Gross and Don Greenbaum laugh and tell jokes with the ease of old friends, it's easy to assume the dapper octogenarians ...

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Cucina Povera, Greek Style

Diana Farr Louis | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Red Crescent, Red Cross, Famine, Food, Athens, Greece, Kurtulus, Greece Default, World War Two Greece, World War Two, Food News
Diana Farr Louis

Greeks have survived countless sieges and trials. They became experts at concocting the most delicious meals with the most rudimentary of ingredients. Let's hope we have not lost the knack, because food aid may be slower to arrive this time around.

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Casablanca at 70: A Film That Is More Relevant Than Ever

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Fascism, Bosnia, Casablanca, Nazis, Arab Spring, The English Patient, Darfur, World War Two, 9/11, Sudan, Nigeria, Gay Marriage, Rwanda, Syria, Impact News
Rebecca Tinsley

Where are today's Casablanca-style heroes? They are in the streets of North Africa (and Syria), facing down well-armed, brutal, corrupt regimes, most of which were propped up by the West.

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Wallenberg: Not Only a Hero but a Unifier

Ezra Friedlander | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Raoul Wallenberg, History, Jews, Holocaust, Judaism, Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Commission, American History, Jewish Culture, Congressional Gold Medal, Jewish History, World War II, World War Two, Impact News
Ezra Friedlander

For many, Raoul Wallenberg is a few pages in a history book; for us the children and grandchildren of those that he saved, Raoul Wallenberg is the reason that we were able to once again believe in humanity.

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Returning Soldiers, Jobs and the Great American Landscape

McKay Jenkins | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, World War Two History, u.s. Mountain Troops, Ww2 History, Mountain Troops, World War Two, 10th Mountain Division, Green News
McKay Jenkins

In the winter of 1945, desperate to end years of bloodletting by German troops retreating slowly up the Italian boot, the United States inserted its fabled "mountain troops" into the Apennine mountains.

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Financial Industry's 'Value Added' Significantly Overestimated, Report Contends

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Bank of England, Video, Gdp, World War Two, Voxeu, Banks, Financial Stability, Soveriegn Debts, Financial Regulation, Austerity, Cutbacks, Business News

Banks' contribution to the economy may be hugely overstated, underscoring anger about the scale of taxpayer rescues and resultant government cutba...

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Men's Emotional Connection to Guns: An Interview With Michael Messner (Part 2)

Jackson Katz | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Gun Owners of America, Second Amendment, Talk Radio, Hunting, World War Two, Gun Control, Masculinity, Japanese-Americans, Seal Beach, Feminism, Guns, Books News
Jackson Katz

Emotions are of central importance on all sides of the gun debate. We can't wish them away in favor of some imagined Mr. Spock-like linear rationality.

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Merkel Warns 'Affluence' Not A Given, As Germany Approves Euro Fund Boost

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, European Financial Stability Facility, World War Two, Prosperity, Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Union, Bundestag, Peace, European Central Bank, Troika, Business News

BERLIN (Thorsten Severin) - Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Europe not to be complacent about its peace and prosperity on Wednesday, as German law...

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Memorial Day, Father's Day and Getting Dad to Talk World War II

Ben Mankiewicz | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Frank Mankiewicz, World War 2, Ben Mankiewicz, Father's Day, Memorial Day, World War II, World War Two, Los Angeles News
Ben Mankiewicz

This time of year, as Memorial Day runs into Father's Day, I always try to coax my dad into talking about World War II. It's not as if he won't answer my questions, but he's never started a dinner table conversation with "Did I ever tell you about the time I killed two Nazis with my canteen?"

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PHOTO: This Guy's A Veteran Of WHICH World War?

Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Photos, Chyron Typo, World War Two, Don Krasin, Urlesque, Chyron, Veterans, World War 11, Video, Chyrons, Typos, Wwii, Local News Typo, WWII Veterans, Ww11, News, Local News, Comedy News

The year is 2345. The man: Don Krasin. Having just saved the planet from certain destruction by diffusing World War 11, he decides to hop in his time ...

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S&P Cuts Japan Credit Outlook On Quake Concerns

Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Debt, Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, Standard and Poor's, World War Two, Societe Generale, Fiscal Reform, European Union, Nuclear Power Crisis, RBS Securities Tokyo, Sovereign Rating, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Business News

TOKYO (Leika Kihara) - Standard and Poor's threatened to cut Japan's sovereign credit rating again, warning the huge cost of last month's devasta...

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Welcome Back, Lord Peter Wimsey

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, Jill Paton Walsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, World War Two, Mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey, World War One, Harriet Vane, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

Looking for a resolution? How about reading all eleven of the Dorothy L. Sayers mysteries starring Lord Peter Wimsey, plus the three marvelous post-S...

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New Show Features Photos Of Muslims Who Saved Jews During World War II

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, War Photos, Holocaust, Nazis, New York City Culture, World War Two, Ww2, NY Culture, New York News

TRIBECA -- In the wake of the controversy over the so-called "Ground Zero mosque," a TriBeCa gallery is showcasing photos of Albanian Muslims who risk...

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How Railways Made Large-Scale War Possible

Christian Wolmar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Second World War, Warfare, World War 2, World War I, Railroads, Railways, World War Two, War, Trains, World War II, Train, Afghanistan War, Books News
Christian Wolmar

Railways changed the nature of warfare, and created the potential for prolonged and mass scale warfare.

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Churchill's Stand -- a Documentary View

Tom Teicholz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, Winston Churchill, Winston-Churchill, Moriah Films, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Richard Trank, Documentary, The Blitz, Rabbi Marvin Hier, World War Two, The Battle of Britain, World News
Tom Teicholz

Who do we have to thank for Hitler's eventual defeat? Who, by his actions during the war, inspired Israel's early leaders? The answer, according to a new documentary, is Winston Churchill.

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Waiting on the Revolution

David Helvarg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crazy Horse, Bp, Oil Spill, World War Two, Revolution, Science, Clean Energy, Obama, Climate Change, Bush, Green News
David Helvarg

Now is the time for the president to admit his call for expanded offshore drilling was a mistake. It's time for him to find his greatness.

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Nazis 'Exaggerated Dresden Death Toll', German Historians Conclude

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nazi Germany, Nazis, Germany, World War Two, Dresden, World War II, Dresden Bombing, Dresden Historians Commission, World News

Nazi claims that as many as 500,000 people died during the Allied bombing of Dresden in the Second World War were exaggerated, a group of German scien...

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The Joy of Discovering Elizabeth Jolley and Her Vera Wright

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kate Chopin, Virginia Woolf, World War Two, Remembrance, Gender Identification, Female Sexuality, Feminism, Edith Templeton, The Vera Wright Trilogy, My Father's Moon, The Georges' Wife, Memory, Elizabeth Jolley, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

Vera Wright, Elizabeth Jolley's unforgettable character in The Vera Wright Trilogy, is a woman caught up in the changes of the twentieth century, held by a past defined by her parents and determined to make her own future.

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