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An Eyewitness Account Of Kristallnacht

Posted 05.31.2012

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The following is an excerpt from "The Night of Broken Glass: Eyewitness Accounts of Kristallnacht" [Polity, $25.00], edited by Uta Gerhardt and Thomas...

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

Alex Storozynski | Posted 05.29.2012

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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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Tales of an Unknown Aviator

Posted 05.28.2012

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Julian Hibbard is a British photographer who is absolutely obsessed with the first and second World Wars. It all began with a chance meeting, as most ...

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PHOTOS: Americans Honor Troops On Memorial Day Weekend

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.28.2012

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The Associated Press (AP) -- Boy Scouts carry a large American flag through the Memphis National Cemetery in Tennessee, where scouts also placed fl...

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Two Ways to Give Back This Memorial Day

Mark C. Thompson | Posted 05.27.2012

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Both of my parents passed away in the month of May over a decade ago, making every Memorial Day particularly poignant for me. So my first suggestion is simply one of gratitude. We have so much to be thankful for in the men and women who have had the courage to serve our nation.

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Review: Trust Me by George Kennedy

Carole Mallory | Posted 05.14.2012

They struggled, sleeping in doorways or cars until a woman named Dolly gave them shelter, but Dolly's generosity had a price tag. Torture was commonplace in her household, and she beat George and his mother.

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Divers Embrace The Nuclear History Of Bikini Atoll

James M. Clash | Posted 05.13.2012

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Far off in the Pacific Ocean, 200 feet below the surface, sit a dozen radioactive warships.

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WWII Vet Honored With Bronze Star Almost 70 Years Later

Rosemont Patch | Posted 05.02.2012

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War veterans often don't come home bragging of their exploits abroad, and in that tradition U.S. Army Pfc. Minoru Miyasaki didn't talk much about his ...

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Leader Of Daring WWII Rescue Dies

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

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NEW YORK — George Vujnovich, the intelligence agent who organized a World War II mission to rescue more than 500 U.S. bomber crew members shot d...

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LOOK: Americans Contribute To The War Effort

Posted 05.02.2012

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Women wielding hand drills assemble dive-bombers and an infantryman crouching next to tires brandishes a Garand rifle; these scenes in the photos belo...

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PHOTOS: Israel Honors 6 Million Victims Of Nazi Holocaust

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 04.19.2012

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JERUSALEM — Israelis flocked to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial Thursday to read the names of loved ones who perished at the hands of the Nazi...

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Stolen WWII Painting Will Be Returned To Jewish Family

AP | GARY FINEOUT | Posted 04.18.2012

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — U.S. authorities ended a more than 70-year-old art drama Wednesday by returning a 16th century masterpiece to a Jewish man's...

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'Honor Flights' Fly Vets To Memorial Sites Worldwide As A 'Thank You'

Posted 04.17.2012

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It's a small effort that's taken off. The Honor Flight Network started as a fundraising effort in 2005 to send veterans to Washington D.C. to visit...

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PHOTOS: Exhibit Of 18 Violins Tells Story Of The Holocaust

AP | MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 04.13.2012

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- When a musician plays a violin long enough, the instrument is imprinted with its owner's way of making sound. If someone else picks...

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Ike and Tail Gunner Joe

Tom Alderman | Posted 04.13.2012

Several people report they cannot forgive Eisenhower's moral and political failure to speak out and repudiate McCarthy. That is not how it went down with Ike, according to Jim Newton's excellent new biography, Eisenhower: The White House Years.

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How World War II Changed The Way Americans Ate

Posted 04.03.2012

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Madeleine Crum, The Huffington Post: The following is an excerpt from Lizzie Collingham's "The Taste of War," [Penguin, $36.00] which, as its name imp...

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When Hollywood Went To Dachau

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Rothschild | Posted 04.03.2012

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NEW YORK—The Museum of Jewish Heritage's current exhibit features an unusual collection of Holocaust footage -- unusual because it marks the first i...

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Make History in Your Pajamas

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.30.2012

On April 2nd, after a long wait of 72 years, the 1940 census will be released, and in a historic first, the collection will emerge online in digitized form -- a remarkable snapshot of a nation still recovering from the Great Depression and not yet aware of its approaching entry into war.

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Headstone Of Hitler's Parents' Grave To Be Removed

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 05.30.2012

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VIENNA — The tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler's parents, a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis, has been removed from an upper Austrian...

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EXCERPT: Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story

Posted 03.27.2012

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Madeleine Crum, The Huffington Post: The following is an excerpt from from "Two Rings: A Story of Love and War," by Millie Werber and Eve Keller [Publ...

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One-Ton WWII-Era Bomb Discovered

Posted 05.18.2012

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MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Officials in Marseille have evacuated an area around the French Mediterranean city's port so they can remove a 1-ton German...

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Nazi-Seized Art Collection Returns Home

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 05.16.2012

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BERLIN — A Berlin museum must return thousands of rare posters to an American man, part of his Jewish father's unique collection that had been s...

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Va. WWII Hero At Center Of American Flag Dispute Dies

AP | Posted 05.03.2012

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RICHMOND, Va. -- A World War II Medal of Honor winner who made headlines for his fight to fly an American flag in his Virginia front yard, has died. R...

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Disposing Of Live Bombs In Germany

James M. Clash | Posted 04.29.2012

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Borchert took me to a residential area with unexploded bombs still in the ground. One 550-lb. and two 1,100-lb. US monsters had already been found and detonated.

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WWII Vet Gets Bronze Star, 68 Years Late

Forest Hills Patch | Posted 02.10.2012

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Arno Heller, a Rego Park resident and World War II veteran, earned a Bronze Star for his commitment to duty — it just came a little late. During ...

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