What to do when family history is radioactive? Work around stonewalling relatives
Joe Dunthorne, author of 'Submarine,' doggedly researched his Jewish ancestor's scientific work benefiting the Nazis. His ...
‘The Fifteen’ Review: Lives in Captivity
The U.S. hoped that if German POWs were treated humanely, Germany would reciprocate in its treatment of American prisoners.
The culture of shhh — what my Nazi legacy taught me about silence
My grandfather was a Nazi. The U.S. may have absolved him as a fellow traveler, but I'm still left to wrestle with ...
To Him, Americans Were Always Heroes. He’s Not So Sure About Today’s.
A tour led by an 88-year-old guide in Bastogne, Belgium, scene of a critical battle of World War II, offers a snapshot into ...
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Captive for 15 Months, WWII Veteran Returns to POW Camp
TYCHOWO, Poland - Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp, 101-year-old Lester F. Schrenk ...
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At 102, American WWII veteran returns to the Polish forest where he was once a POW
Lester Schrenk, a former U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 gunner who was shot down over Denmark in February 1944, spent about half ...
Soldiers sail across the Rhine to mark 80th anniversary of the invasion of Germany
The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.
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Saved in 50 Seconds: The Story of Franciszek Gajowniczek, the Man Spared by St. Maximilian Kolbe at Auschwitz
When World War II broke out in 1939, Gajowniczek, now a sergeant, defended Wieluń — the first Polish city attacked by the ...
The Abyss - Rise and Fall of the Nazis - The Abyss: Armageddon 1943-1945
The defeat at Stalingrad was the turning point of the war and convinced the Nazi leadership to intensify their terror and ...
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The German POWs Forced to walk in Minefields after WWII (Denmark, 1945-46)
With the end of World War Two, new problems emerged like what to do about the tens of millions of land and sea mines left over from the conflict? Elon Musk goes behind-the-scenes at DOGE, unveils ...