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News Articles: World War II

A visitor takes a photo at the Museum of Survivors, located in a factory where Oskar Schindler saved some 1200 Jews during WWII, in Brnenec, Czech Republic, on May 10.

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Museum opens in Czech Republic at site where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews

The former textile factory in the town of Brněnec was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1938 and turned into a concentration camp. This weekend it welcomed the first visitors to the Museum of Survivors.

May 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press

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A filmmaker in Nazi Germany strikes a deal with the devil in 'The Director'

When do compromises turn into full-blown capitulation? Daniel Kehlmann's new novel draws on the true story of German film director G.W. Pabst.

May 08, 2025
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  • Maureen Corrigan
My family recently unearthed dozens of letters from clearly smitten servicemen who'd met my Mom at Red Cross dances in Rome in the final months of World War II.

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  • History

Discovering a mom we never knew, in letters she saved from WWII soldiers

My sister and I recently unearthed a forgotten box of correspondence our mom received from servicemen she'd met at Red Cross dances in Rome near the end of the war. She would have been 100 this year.

May 08, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
A still from a documentary film shows a U.S. soldier reaching out to outstretched hands of prisoners of the liberated Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, in then West Germany, in April 1945, during World War II.

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  • World

Dachau's memorial marks 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp

The Dachau memorial is hosting commemorative events and dedicating a plaque in honor of the U.S. Army's 45th Infantry Division that first encountered prisoners alive at the camp 80 years ago.

April 29, 2025
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  • Rob Schmitz
Armed Dutch patriots round up fellow townspeople accused of collaborating with the Nazis in Nijmegen in October 1944.

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  • Europe

A list of half a million names shines new light on Dutch collaboration with Nazis

The names of some 425,000 suspected Dutch collaborators went online 80 years after the Holocaust ended, making them accessible to historians and descendants as the country grapples with its past.

January 07, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Pearl Harbor Navy veteran Bob Fernandez is photographed at home in Lodi, Calif., on Nov. 19.

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  • National

Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 100

Bob Fernandez was a 17-year-old sailor on board the USS Curtiss during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II.

December 14, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
From left: Michelle Salaün, Jeannine Plassard and Marie-Annick Gouez, the daughters of Catherine Tournellec Salaün, stand at their mother's grave in Plabennec, in France's Brittany region, in June.

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  • Europe

In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder

In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.

November 16, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley

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On 80th anniversary of D-Day invasion, Biden and Macron honor WWII veterans at Normandy

Biden and dozens of U.S. lawmakers traveled to Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the largest land, air and sea operation in military history. Georgia veteran among those honored at Omaha Beach.

June 07, 2024
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  • Ashley Murray
An aerial view of Pointe du Hoc, a clifftop in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, on the French western Norman coast, taken in October 2018.

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  • History

The dramatic story of Pointe du Hoc, the backdrop to Biden's D-Day anniversary speech

Over 200 U.S. Army Rangers scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day to destroy German long-range guns stationed at the top. Less than half remained standing after two days of fighting.

June 07, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Enthusiasts wearing replica World War II military attire ride atop a WWII-era military truck in Saint-Côme-du-Mont, northwestern France, on Tuesday, as part of the D-Day commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary.

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  • World

Reflections on war past and present permeate D-Day's 80th anniversary

Reenactors and world leaders converge this week for World War II commemorations in Normandy, where Ukraine looms large.

June 06, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
D-Day veteran and Ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial Ken Hay, 98, who served with the 4th Dorset Regiment, speaks to children during a visit to Rush Green Primary School in Dagenham, England, on Monday, May 20, 2024, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

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  • Europe

As their time runs short, D-Day veterans try to keep their memories alive for others

With even the youngest of those men and women who were involved in the invasion nearing their 100th birthdays and their ranks dwindling rapidly, they feel a special imperative to tell their stories.

June 04, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Lou Conter, pictured at the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in 2016, died on Monday. He was the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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  • Obituaries

Lou Conter, last survivor of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, dies at 102

The seaman had a storied career in the Navy. Over 27 years he served, he survived the surprise attack by Japan, was shot down over the Pacific and was uninjured in the Korean War.

April 03, 2024
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  • Vanessa Romo
A large sign calling for a cease-fire in Gaza hangs from a building in Dublin on Feb. 12.

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  • News

Why Ireland is one of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world

One of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the world is not an Arab or Muslim country. It's not even in the Middle East. Polls show Ireland has some of the highest support for the Palestinians.

March 14, 2024
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  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Pearl Harbor survivors, from left, Harry Chandler, Ken Stevens, Herb Elfring and Ira "Ike" Schab salute while the National Anthem is played during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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  • History

Centenarian Pearl Harbor survivors return to honor those who were killed 82 years ago

Five survivors returned to Pearl Harbor 82 years later on the anniversary of the attack to remember the more than 2,300 servicemen killed in the assault that propelled the U.S. into World War II.

December 07, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
USS Lexington Museum executive director Steve Banta (left) and Toshihiro Mutsuda, the son of Japanese soldier Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, hold together the late soldier's "good luck flag" during a handover ceremony in Tokyo, on Saturday.

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  • History

A WWII Japanese soldier's 'good luck flag' is returned to his family from U.S. museum

The flag belonging to Shigeyoshi Mutsuda was returned to his son from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 years. "It's a miracle," 83-year-old Toshihiro Mutsuda said.

July 29, 2023
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