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WWII
'I Have Only One More Test to Pass.' The Enduring Message of the Last Letters From WWII's Captured French Resisters
By Ronald C. Rosbottom / History News Network
Hundreds of Strangers Rallied for This WWII Vet's Funeral
By Raisa Bruner
How Real 'Rosie the Riveters' Discovered a Wartime California Dream
By Samuel Redman, University of Massachusetts Amherst / The Conversation
Historians Still Have a Lot to Learn About Adolf Hitler. Here’s Why
By Thomas Weber
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WWII
The Hidden Risk Faced by Female Pilots During World War II
A new Audible documentary narrated by Martin Sheen explores the story of female pilots who faced sabotage attempts during World War II
By Olivia B. Waxman
September 7, 2017
Call of Duty's 'Nazi Zombies' Mode Looks Delightfully Macabre
Replete with jump-scares and loony scientist narration
By Matt Peckham
July 20, 2017
How Anne Frank's Diary Survived
Read an excerpt from LIFE’s new special edition about Anne Frank's life and legacy
By Daniel S. Levy / LIFE Books
June 12, 2017
'Either We Go or We Burn Right Here': A Survivor Remembers the Warsaw Ghetto
Sonia Klein was a teenager in hiding during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943
By Lily Rothman
May 16, 2017
How Anne Frank's Family Found a Place to Hide
In this excerpt from LIFE’s new special edition about Anne Frank's life and legacy, the Frank family finds a place to hide from Nazi forces.
By Daniel S. Levy / LIFE Books
May 12, 2017
Inside the U.S. Effort to Find Nazi War Criminals Before It's Too Late
Eli Rosenbaum has spent nearly 40 years pursuing war criminals for the U.S. Justice Department. Just don't call him a Nazi hunter
By Lily Rothman
April 21, 2017
Exclusive: See the Trailer for Netflix's New Documentary About World War II and Hollywood
Five Came Back
launches March 31
By Lily Rothman
February 28, 2017
What People Get Wrong About the Nazi Conference to Plan the ‘Final Solution’
The role of the Wannsee Conference in formalizing the Nazi genocide plan is still sometimes misunderstood
By Albinko Hasic
January 19, 2017
See an Original 1941 Transcript of FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech
YESTERDAY DECEMBER 7 1941 -- A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY --
By Lily Rothman
December 7, 2016
The Spooky Pearl Harbor Mystery That Remains Unsolved
Was there a warning in a newspaper ad?
By Lily Rothman
December 6, 2016
Powerful Stories of the Japanese-American Children Who Witnessed Pearl Harbor
"What I saw is still imprinted on my mind"
By Lily Rothman
December 6, 2016
Go Behind the Scenes of LIFE VR's 'Remembering Pearl Harbor' Experience
The immersive experience takes you to the aftermath of the devastating attack
By TIME Photo
December 1, 2016
Jessica Chastain Risks Her Life to Save Others in the Trailer for
The Zookeeper's Wife
Chastain plays a member of the Polish underground resistance, sheltering Jews during the Holocaust
By Eliza Berman
November 17, 2016
What to Know About the Swedish Holocaust Hero Who Was Just Declared Dead
The Swedish diplomat has been the subject of speculation since he disappeared in the 1940s
By Lily Rothman
October 31, 2016
Defying the Nazis VR: Experience a Dramatic 1940 Escape From Europe
The film by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky premieres Sept. 20 on PBS
By TIME Staff
September 20, 2016
Watch the Trailer for Christopher Nolan's WWII Epic
Dunkirk
The trailer was set to be released Friday alongside the film "Suicide Squad"
By Daniel White
August 4, 2016
Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy Hunt a High-Ranking Nazi in
Anthropoid
Clip
The movie tells the true story of the plot to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich
By Eliza Berman
July 6, 2016
Jewelry Hidden in Mug at Auschwitz Discovered
Museum workers won't be able to identify the owner
By Justin Worland
May 19, 2016
What Nazi Hunters Reveal About the Way We See History
A new book goes inside a chapter of history that's about to end
By Lily Rothman
May 10, 2016
See the Religious Text the U.S. Government Printed for Concentration-Camp Survivors
It's considered to be the only edition of the Talmud ever printed by a national government
By Lily Rothman
May 5, 2016
Author of 'Flags of Our Fathers' Now Suspects His Dad Was Not in Iwo Jima Photo
Historians now say a figure in the photo was misidentified
By Charlotte Alter
May 3, 2016
World War II Shows Why We Need the Merchant Marine
The U.S. is currently experiencing a shortage of merchant mariners—even though we know from WWII that their service is crucial
By William Geroux
April 21, 2016
Watch: Inside the Making of
Shoah
See an exclusive clip from the Oscar-nominated documentary 'Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah'
By Lily Rothman
February 17, 2016
How Adolf Hitler Turned a Year in Jail Into a Step Toward Power
Read an excerpt from Peter Ross Range's new book '1924: The Year That Made Hitler'
By Peter Ross Range
January 26, 2016
The Race to Prosecute the Last Surviving Nazis
The legal standard that allows such cases is less than a decade old
By Eliza Gray and Simon Shuster
January 20, 2016
'Comfort Women' Were Not Sex Slaves: Japanese Foreign Minister
He prefers the term
comfort women
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
January 18, 2016
Taiwan Urges Japan to Apologize for 'Comfort Women'
Taipei says it wants talks with Tokyo to secure a similar resolution
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
December 30, 2015
See a Leaflet Dropped on Japanese Cities Right Before World War II Ended
The message warned citizens of the consequences of resistance
By Lily Rothman
December 14, 2015
How Jewish Refugees Ended Up in Camps in Cyprus After World War II
A scholar of World War II says that today's migrant and refugee crisis "chillingly mirrors" the situation of 70 years ago
By Jason Steinhauer / The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress
December 1, 2015
Read a Moving Description of Parisian Resilience From 1944
A reporter who witnessed the city's liberation in World War II captured why Paris matters—and his words still ring true
By Lily Rothman
November 16, 2015
What Hitler and the Grand Mufti Really Said
The conversation didn't happen the way Benjamin Netanyahu said, but it still sheds light on a historical moment
By David Kaiser
October 22, 2015
The Hidden Story of the Children Who Survived the Holocaust
The knowable and unknowable story remained untold for years
By R. D. Rosen / History News Network
October 15, 2015
Cate Blanchett Compares Refugee Crisis to WWII
"We don’t want to look back in 50 years time and think we weren’t there"
By Alexandra Sifferlin
October 14, 2015
Churchill and the Reality of Politics in Wartime Britain
The perception of Winston Churchill as a demi-god who was essential to Britain's war effort is not necessarily accurate
By Mihir Bose / History Today
October 1, 2015
The Rosh Hashanah Warning That Saved Denmark's Jews
The Jewish New Year, which begins Sept. 13 this year, was the occasion for a daring World War II rescue
By Lily Rothman
September 13, 2015
Amsterdam to Repay Jews for Late Rent Fines During WWII
The descendants will receive about €1,800
By Maya Rhodan
September 5, 2015
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