World War II
Museum to Be Built at Site of Nazi-Occupied France’s First Concentration Camp
Some 16,000 Jews were detained at Pithiviers and neighboring Beaune-la-Rolande before being sent to death camps
Simcha Rotem, Who Fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Has Died at 94
Rotem helped survivors of the rebellion flee through the sewers
Germany to Compensate Child Refugees Who Escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport to Britain
The program brought an estimated 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi-controlled Europe to safety in Great Britain
Christmas Card Addressed to Bletchley Codebreakers Discovered
The lost holiday message features the only known photograph of operatives’ September 1938 meeting, the enigmatic “Captain Ridley’s shooting party”
New Digital Archive Provides Critical Record of Egon Schiele's Body of Work
Online catalogue raisonné features over 400 paintings, graphics, sketchbooks and sculptures, with additional drawings, watercolors set to be added in 2019
Kurt Vonnegut’s Unpublished World War II Scrapbook Reveals Origins of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’
Volume features 22 letters from author to his family, photographs of the razed city of Dresden, telegrams and news clippings
Berlin Exhibition Chronicles Evolution of Christmas Decorations From 19th Century to Today
Selections include swastika-adorned baubles from Nazi Germany, miniature bombs and warships popularized during World War I
Listen Live: The First Public Performance of Music by Auschwitz I Men's Orchestra Since the War
A University of Michigan scholar unearthed the musical manuscript penned by three Polish prisoners in the archives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
The Woman Whose Invention Helped Win a War — and Still Baffles Weathermen
Her work long overlooked, physicist Joan Curran developed technology to conceal aircraft from radar during World War II
The Best History Books of 2018
From the political violence of 19th-century America to the untold stories of African-American pioneers, these books help shape our understanding of today
Letter Shows Einstein’s Prescient Concerns About ‘Dark Times’ in Germany
In 1922, after fleeing Berlin out of fear for his safety, Einstein wrote to his sister about his new ‘reclusive’ life
This Veterans Day, Visit America’s Top Military Sites
A new book offers a guide to the museums, bases and once-secret locations that reveal America’s complex military history
How a Japanese Island Quietly Disappeared
Esanbe Hanakita Kojima, as the island is called, may have been eroded by wind and ice floes
The Nazi Werewolves Who Terrorized Allied Soldiers at the End of WWII
Though the guerrilla fighters didn’t succeed in slowing the Allied occupation of Germany, they did sow fear wherever they went
The Commando Who Foiled Hitler's Atomic Ambitions Has Died
Norwegian resistance fighter Joachim Ronneberg led the raid that destroyed stock of "heavy water" Hitler needed to produce weapons-grade plutonium
Hear, O Israel, Save Us
An 18-year-old girl, terrorized by the Nazis, kept a secret journal. Read exclusive sections from it here, presented in English for the first time
The Unforgotten: New Voices of the Holocaust
Two newly translated diaries by young women murdered in the Holocaust cry out to us about the evils of the past and the dangers of the present
The Searing, Continued Relevance of Diaries From a Genocide
Young people caught in the crossfire of history provide fearless accounts of the horrors of war—and shatter our complacency in real time
The Words of a Young Jewish Poet Provoke Soul-Searching in Lithuania
The recovery of a diary written by a brilliant woman named Matilda Olkin raises trenchant questions about wartime collaboration
Becoming Anne Frank
Why did we turn an isolated teenage girl into the world’s most famous Holocaust victim?
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