Posts Tagged: World War II
Trump, Macron Honor D-Day Veterans Who Fought Through ‘Fires of Hell’
France will never forget the sacrifice of the Allied troops who liberated it from Nazi Germany, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, the 75th anniversary...
Historians and Jews
When the Nazis achieved power, Hanns Johst wrote the play Schlageter, which was performed on Hitler’s 44th birthday. Act I, Scene 1 was the source...
£1 Million Discovered Beneath British Store May Have Been Stashed by Jewish Family During World War II
Workers renovating a store in the southern English town of Brighton discovered a cache containing around £1 million in cash that may have been stashed...
Israeli Knesset Members Author Counter-Bill Criminalizing Polish Holocaust Denial
JNS.org - In a direct response to a bill passed by Polish legislators criminalizing terms that link Poland to any involvement of the heinous crimes...
Netanyahu: Iran, Like Nazi Germany, Has ‘Ruthless Commitment to Kill Jews’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised concerns over the threat posed against Israel by Iran while addressing the Saban Forum taking place in Washington, D.C. via satellite from...
Thankful for Liberation From Nazis, French-Jewish Holocaust Survivor Donates $1 Million to Help US Military Veterans
A French-Jewish Holocaust survivor is donating $1 million to help US military veterans, the Sun-Sentinel reported on Wednesday. A ten-year-old Bernard Darty was hiding from the...
In 2012 Speech, Incoming National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster Emphasized Importance of Remembering the Holocaust
US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster has been chosen to serve as his next national security adviser, replacing Michael...
Long-Lost Recordings of Songs Sung by Jews in Nazi Concentration Camps Recovered in Archive After Going Missing for Decades
A long-lost wire spool -- containing recordings of German songs that Jewish prisoners in Nazi concentration camps were forced to sing, and Yiddish songs they...
Medical Students at University of São Paulo Using Remains of ‘Angel of Death’ Josef Mengele to Match Forensics, Historical Data
A Brazilian pathologist is now using the bones of infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, known by the Auschwitz inmates he tortured as the “Angel of...
Son of US Soldier Who Saved 200 Jewish-American Troops During WWII Determined for Father to Receive Posthumous Medal of Honor
“Our world is hungry for heroes, people who do the right thing for the right reasons in the right way, regardless of the risks or...
Baptist Pastor Unearths His Father’s Holocaust Heroism in Wartime Diaries
JNS.org -- Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds never spoke about his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II. Captured during the Battle of the...
New Film Starring Oscar-Winner Jessica Chastain Tells True Story of Polish Zookeepers Who Rescued Hundreds of Jews From the Nazis
A new, upcoming film tells the true story of a Polish couple who saved the lives of over 300 Jews during World War II, by...
German Police Open Investigation After Neo-Nazi Group Publishes Addresses of Berlin Jewish Institutions on Facebook on Kristallnacht Anniversary
German police have opened an investigation after a neo-Nazi group published online the addresses of dozens of Berlin Jewish institutions -- including schools, stores, restaurants...
Major Jewish Group: By Threatening to Prosecute Holocaust Scholar, Poland Attempting to ‘Rewrite History Through a Political Lens’
By threatening to prosecute a prominent Holocaust scholar for claiming that Poles killed more Jews during World War II than they did Germans, the Polish...
