Survivors and World Leaders Gather to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation
The Nazis murdered an estimated 1.1 million people at the death camp in southern Poland before its liberation on January 27, 1945
Staffers Find a Japanese Hand Grenade From World War II at a Museum in Kentucky
After police and the nearby bomb squad investigated to the scene, they announced that the weapon was inactive and safe
The Liberation of Auschwitz—Where More Than One Million Jews Were Killed—Took Place on This Day in 1945
The Nazi concentration and extermination camp was the site of the largest mass murder in human history
An American Toy Company Produced the World’s First Frisbees, Beloved by Humans and Dogs, on This Day in 1957
The flying disc had humble beginnings but has since become an international phenomenon
How the Nation’s First ‘Madam Secretary’ Fought to Save Jewish Refugees Fleeing From Nazi Germany
A new book spotlights Frances Perkins’ efforts to challenge the United States’ restrictive immigration policies as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s secretary of labor
The Ridiculous Reason Why the U.S. Enacted a Wartime Ban on Sliced Bread Sales—and Why It Didn’t Last Long
Designed to keep prices low and conserve wax paper, the ban, enacted on this day in 1943, only succeeded in making Americans furious
The Netherlands Has Published a List of 425,000 Suspected Nazi Collaborators
In the past, the names could only be viewed in person. But due to expiring access restrictions, they’re now available to anyone with an internet connection
The Dramatic Rescue of the Citizen Sailors Who Patrolled the Atlantic Coast Looking for Nazi U-Boats
During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the everyday Americans who risked their lives watching out for enemy submarines
A Brief History of the Goodyear Blimp, Which Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary This Year
The tire company’s iconic “lighter-than-air” craft debuted in 1925 and began providing aerial coverage of events across the country in 1955
You Can Spend the Night on a Fully Restored World War II Submarine
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is home to the USS “Cobia,” a 312-foot-long vessel that completed six war patrols during World War II
Discover the Story Behind a Legendary Exposé of the Brutality of the Soviet Union
Published on this day in 1973, “The Gulag Archipelago” drew on Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s experiences as a political dissident in a prison camp, but it left him deported and stateless for the next two decades
Veterans Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler’s Last Major Attack on the Western Front
Veterans and dignitaries gathered in Belgium and Luxembourg this month to reflect on the deadly World War II conflict that paved the way for a full Nazi defeat
See the Groundbreaking Work of 20th-Century Printmakers Who Formed an Innovative Arts Society in Japan
The sosaku hanga movement, now explored in an exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art, was a showcase for new techniques in creative prints
On This Day in 1944, the Supreme Court Upheld the Executive Order That Incarcerated Over 120,000 Japanese Americans During World War II
Even at the time, the now-notorious decision provoked strong dissent from three justices worried about sliding into the “ugly abyss of racism”
San Francisco Names a Street For the Photographer Who Captured Marines Raising an American Flag at Iwo Jima
Joe Rosenthal is famous for his Pulitzer Prize-winning image. But he spent most of his career photographing San Francisco, where he lived for many years
A Forgotten Collection of Charles de Gaulle’s Personal Letters, Speeches and Manuscripts Has Been Discovered in a Safe
Most of the documents are heading to the auction block, where they could fetch more than $1 million. They were found in a bank vault owned by the French statesman’s son
See Winston Churchill Through the Eyes of the Political Cartoonists He Inspired
A new exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum brings together political cartoons from around the world that celebrate and satirize the wartime prime minister
When a British King Stunned the Royal Family by Abdicating the Throne to Marry a Divorced American Socialite
Scandal dogged Edward VIII, a suspected Nazi sympathizer, even after he relinquished his crown to marry Wallis Simpson, the woman he loved
The Discovery of a Jewish Teenager’s Holocaust Diary Reveals How Songs, Jokes and Stories Served as Cultural Resistance
Yitskhok Rudashevski documented his life while hiding from Nazis, as well as folklore told in his community that “must be collected and preserved as a treasure for the future”
How a Black, All-Female WWII Unit Saved Morale on the Battlefield
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion sorted through a massive backlog of undelivered mail, raising American soldiers’ spirits during World War II
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