https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/holocaust/RSS feed for HolocaustenWed, 22 Jul 2026 00:59:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-intelligence-turned-this-mansion-into-a-bugged-spy-trap-for-nazi-prisoners-of-war-during-world-war-ii-180989166/Visitors can now tour the house, where German generals relaxed and gabbed upstairs while Jewish refugees working as spies and translators for the British government listened in from the basementWed, 22 Jul 2026 00:59:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-intelligence-turned-this-mansion-into-a-bugged-spy-trap-for-nazi-prisoners-of-war-during-world-war-ii-180989166/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-are-the-owners-of-these-nazi-looted-masterpiecesand-could-displaying-them-at-one-of-frances-most-popular-museums-help-track-them-down-180988779/A new permanent display at the Musée d’Orsay showcases artworks that may have been stolen or sold under suspicious circumstances during World War II. Officials are still hoping to find the families of their rightful ownersThu, 21 May 2026 15:02:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-are-the-owners-of-these-nazi-looted-masterpiecesand-could-displaying-them-at-one-of-frances-most-popular-museums-help-track-them-down-180988779/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-punjabi-princess-fought-for-womens-suffrage-and-sheltered-refugees-during-world-war-ii-a-goddaughter-of-queen-victoria-she-rejected-british-imperialism-180988491/A new exhibition at Kensington Palace tells the riveting story of Sophia Duleep Singh, daughter of the last maharaja of the Sikh EmpireThu, 09 Apr 2026 11:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-punjabi-princess-fought-for-womens-suffrage-and-sheltered-refugees-during-world-war-ii-a-goddaughter-of-queen-victoria-she-rejected-british-imperialism-180988491/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-nazis-stole-this-rare-jewish-prayer-book-decorated-with-dragons-unicorns-and-intricate-floral-patterns-it-just-sold-for-6-4-million-at-auction-180988206/A scribe created the volume, now known as the Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, in Vienna 600 years ago. It was recently returned to the heirs of its 20th-century owners, who decided to sell the text at a Sotheby's saleMon, 23 Feb 2026 16:39:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-nazis-stole-this-rare-jewish-prayer-book-decorated-with-dragons-unicorns-and-intricate-floral-patterns-it-just-sold-for-6-4-million-at-auction-180988206/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/allies-secret-weapons-against-nazis-woman-armed-microphone-script-lies-180988094/As “Vicky With Three Kisses,” she strategically sweet-talked and sang to German troops over the airwaves of Europe. But Agnes Bernauer didn’t mean anything she was sayingWed, 18 Feb 2026 11:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/allies-secret-weapons-against-nazis-woman-armed-microphone-script-lies-180988094/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-historian-has-finally-uncovered-the-identity-of-the-nazi-gunman-in-a-haunting-holocaust-photograph-180987783/The 1941 image shows a Nazi soldier pointing a gun at the head of a man kneeling at the edge of a pit filled with bodies. With help from A.I., the gunman has been identified as 34-year-old Jakobus OnnenWed, 03 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-historian-has-finally-uncovered-the-identity-of-the-nazi-gunman-in-a-haunting-holocaust-photograph-180987783/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-the-record-breaking-auction-of-this-gustav-klimt-portrait-which-just-became-the-second-most-expensive-painting-ever-sold-180987723/"Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer," which played a role in protecting the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust, sold at Sotheby's for a historic $236.4 million. It's also the most expensive modern artwork ever auctionedThu, 20 Nov 2025 18:53:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-the-record-breaking-auction-of-this-gustav-klimt-portrait-which-just-became-the-second-most-expensive-painting-ever-sold-180987723/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-have-identified-the-names-of-five-million-victims-murdered-in-the-holocaust-180987658/Led by Israel's Yad Vashem, the initiative has been underway since the 1950s. But it recently got a boost from artificial intelligence, which is helping humans search through the recordsThu, 13 Nov 2025 21:10:13 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-have-identified-the-names-of-five-million-victims-murdered-in-the-holocaust-180987658/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/elderly-jews-were-among-the-most-likely-to-die-in-the-holocaust-why-has-history-forgotten-about-the-genocides-oldest-victims-180987666/A new exhibition at London's Wiener Holocaust Library spotlights the unique challenges faced by European Jews who were over the age of 55 during World War IIWed, 12 Nov 2025 16:04:14 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/elderly-jews-were-among-the-most-likely-to-die-in-the-holocaust-why-has-history-forgotten-about-the-genocides-oldest-victims-180987666/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-story-behind-nuremberg-a-wwii-drama-about-hermann-gorings-cat-and-mouse-game-with-an-american-psychiatrist-180987621/Starring Russell Crowe as the high-ranking Nazi and Rami Malek as Army officer Douglas M. Kelley, the film dramatizes the intense dynamic between its central characters during the Nuremberg trialsFri, 07 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-story-behind-nuremberg-a-wwii-drama-about-hermann-gorings-cat-and-mouse-game-with-an-american-psychiatrist-180987621/