Pope Francis has ordered files containing requests for assistance from people throughout Europe, many of them converts to Roman Catholicism, to be made available online.
Tag: World War II (1939-45)
Andrée Geulen, Savior of Jewish Children in Wartime, Dies at 100
A Belgian teacher, she kept them out of the hands of Nazis, hiding them in convents, monasteries and farms. After the war, she reunited many with their parents.
Margot Heuman, Who Bore Witness to the Holocaust as a Gay Woman, Dies at 94
She was a rare survivor who spoke — in recent years — of her same-sex relationship in the concentration camps, and how it sustained her.
France’s New Prime Minister Overcame Tragedy in Her Youth
Élisabeth Borne’s father, a World War II resistance member and a Holocaust survivor, killed himself when she was 11, an experience she has rarely discussed in detail.
Katsumoto Saotome, Who Preserved Stories of Tokyo Firebombing, Dies at 90
He compiled six books of survivors’ recollections of the 1945 attack. He also founded (without government support) a memorial museum.
Biden Speeds Up Military Aid to Ukraine, Drawing U.S. Deeper Into War
President Biden signed the Lend-Lease Act, which will waive time-consuming requirements on the provision of arms to Ukraine.
In Victory Day Speech, Putin Told Russians What He Wanted Them to Hear
The Russian president, in a much-anticipated speech on his country’s most important holiday, did not proclaim an escalation of the fight in Ukraine.
Appease or Confront
It’s Victory Day in Russia — a holiday honoring World War II that has long been important to Vladimir Putin.
Both Sides Harden Positions on Anniversary of Nazi Defeat in Europe
The war in Ukraine was marked by posturing and signaling, with each side ramping up its rhetoric as the battle ground on.
How Putin Has Hijacked Russia’s May 9 Holiday, Victory Day
Under President Vladimir V. Putin, Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, has come to celebrate modern Russian military might. The war in Ukraine is shifting its meaning further.