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AN 89-YEAR-OLD HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WORRIES: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE ALL GONE?
Marceline Loridan-Ivens, an 89-year-old writer, filmmaker and Holocaust survivor, sits in the living room of her apartment in Paris this week... READ MORE›
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HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR
In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE›
MAP THE RISK OF GENOCIDE AROUND THE WORLD
On Monday the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide launched a tool aimed at forecasting the risk of state-led mass killings... READ MORE›
91-YEAR-OLD WOMAN CHARGED OVER 260 000 AUSCHWITZ DEATHS
There is currently no indication the 91-year-old woman is unfit to stand trial, Heinz Dollel, a spokesman for prosecutors, told reporters... READ MORE›
EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM
Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE›
WHY IS 1939 INVOKED IN SYRIAN REFUGEE DEBATE?
Presidential candidates and governors want to prevent 10,000 Syrian refugees from entering the US, prompting critics to drawing comparisons to the plight of Jews during World War 2... READ MORE›
70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA
Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›
AUSCHWITZ ANNIVERSARY: THE SURVIVOR WHO BROUGHT THE HOLOCAUST TO LIFE
Auschwitz anniversary The survivor who brought the Holocaust to life... READ MORE›
'WE CAN DO IT!' HUNDREDS DRESS UP AS WWII ICON ROSIE THE RIVETER
They'd just tentatively broken the Guinness World Record for most Rosies in one place since WWII... READ MORE›
TOURISTS HORRIFIED BY SHOWERS AT AUSCHWITZ ENTRANCE
Soviet prisoners of war and anti-Nazi resistance fighters also died there, according to the museum... READ MORE›
WWII TANK WAS STASHED IN 78-YEAR-OLD'S CELLAR
Prosecutors meanwhile are investigating whether possession of the tank torpedo anti-aircraft gun and other weapons violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act... READ MORE›
SAMUEL PISAR DIES AT 86 LAWYER AND ADVISER SURVIVED NAZI CAMPS
11, Mr. Pisar finally accepted the task, writing a version of the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, first performed in 2003 with the New York Philharmonic... READ MORE›
LEADERS WARN OF RISING XENOPHOBIA ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
Elderly Auschwitz survivors visited the former death camp to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, while leaders warned of widening divisions around the world... READ MORE›
V-J DAY: RARE COLOUR ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE CELEBRATING END OF WORLD WAR II
Video V-J Day rare colour archive footage shows people celebrating end of World War II... READ MORE›
'IRISH' TOURIST TAKES ON ANGRY MOB OF TURKISH SHOPKEEPERS
An action-packed video of a man described as an 'Irish tourist' street-fighting a mob of angry shopkeepers has surfaced in Turkey... READ MORE›
THE REAL WORLD SMALL ARMS THAT INSPIRED THE WEAPONS OF 'STAR WARS'
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side Han Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon enroute to Alderaan... READ MORE›
PHILIP BIALOWITZ WHO ESCAPED A NAZI DEATH CAMP AND TESTIFIED IN COURT DIES AT 90
As Mr. Bialowitz and his family arrived with other Jews, they were asked if any had professions... READ MORE›
NAZI UNDERGROUND SHELTER FOUND IN GOLD TRAIN TUNNELS
His conference was hosted by Walbrzych regional authorities, who said they have officially registered his information and are seeking state funds for the exploration... READ MORE›
'BOOKKEEPER OF AUSCHWITZ' SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON OVER DEATHS OF 300,000 JEWS
Mr Schwarzbaum, who moved to Berlin after the war, said that Groning had "not personally murdered" people in Auschwitz, but added: "I cannot forgive him... READ MORE›
COMMENT: THE HOLOCAUSTS LESSON TO 'NEVER FORGET' NOW JUSTIFIES THE THING WE WERE SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER
In 2000, then-Israeli Foreign Minister Simon Peres said, We reject attempts to create a similarity between the Holocaust and the Armenian allegations... READ MORE›
THE PICTURE THAT MOVED A WORLD
The tragic pictures of little Aylan Kurdi are certainly different... READ MORE›
HOW PEACE WAS NEGOTIATED WITH JAPAN TO END WORLD WAR II , IN PICTURES
VJ Day How peace was negotiated with Japan to end World War II, in pictures... READ MORE›
U.S. VET, 93, RECALLS SEPT. 2, 1945, SURRENDER DAY WELL, HELPED WIRE SERVICES SPREAD THE NEWS
Stephen Dennis remembers Sept. 2, 1945, well. It was the day the Japanese officially surrendered in World War II and the day he helped news organizations g... READ MORE›
DID YOU KNOW WALT DISNEY DESIGNED THE WORLDS WEIRDEST GAS MASK?
When World War II broke out, were Washington school children issued gas masks?... READ MORE›
70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA
Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›
GROUP TO SEEK APOLOGY FROM BRAZIL FOR WARTIME OPPRESSION OF JAPANESE
SAO PAULO A nongovernmental organization in Brazil plans to demand that the government apologize for wartime oppression of Japanese members said Monday... READ MORE›
EX-AUSCHWITZ GUARD HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE IMPRISONED
Ex-Auschwitz guard healthy enough to be imprisoned court... READ MORE›
TOKYO PHOTO EXHIBITION SHOWS THE MANY FACES OF CHILDREN SINCE WORLD WAR II
A photo exhibition about postwar Japan opened at Tokyo International Forum on Saturday showcasing children at home and abroad from the end of World War II... READ MORE›
WHAT IS CHINA'S 'PEACE DISEASE'?
They put on military uniforms but in fact they don't know tactics, strategy, or war, they don't know how to fight a war, Colonel Liu says... READ MORE›
POKEMON GO PLAYERS CROSS REAL-WORLD BOUNDARIES AT U.S. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
But there's at least one place that would really like to keep Pokemon out The Holocaust Museum... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PAIRS LOCK LIPS TO RE-ENACT 'V-J DAY IN TIMES SQUARE' SMOOCH
Photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt took the photograph as news broke that Japan had surrendered on Aug... READ MORE›