The newly discovered letter, written by a German Jesuit to Pope Pius XII’s personal secretary, suggests that the pope knew of Hitler’s atrocities but chose to remain silent.
Tag: World War II (1939-45)
Éva Fahidi, Outspoken Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 97
She saw her family members marched off to their deaths while she went to a forced-labor camp. It took her almost 60 years to begin telling her story.
Kamianka, Ukraine, Bears Legacy and Detritus of WWII and Putin’s War
The legacy of World War II lingers in the Ukrainian town of Kamianka, where tractors spit out shell casings, old and new. Now it has been destroyed by a new conflict.
Caroline Kennedy Visits Solomon Islands Where J.F.K. Survived an Ordeal
Ms. Kennedy’s recent swim in the Pacific waters where J.F.K. survived a wartime ordeal shows how her family legacy informs her work.
Seiichi Morimura, 90, Who Exposed Japanese Wartime Atrocities, Dies
In a widely read book, he detailed gruesome biological experiments on people at a secret Imperial Army site in occupied China before and during World War II.
Construction to Break German Dependence on Russian Gas Hits a Snag: Wartime Bombs
The choreography of finding and clearing unexploded, decades-old munitions has become routine on Germany’s northern coast.
Richard Barancik, Last of the World War II Monuments Men, Dies at 98
He played a role in the celebrated Allied operation to preserve European artworks and cultural treasures stolen by the Nazis.
A Current War Collides With the Past: Remnants of World War II in Ukraine
World War II has been an ideological battlefield in today’s war in Ukraine, and it is cropping up on the actual battlefield as well.
A Tangled Past Complicates Poland’s Welcome to Ukrainian Refugees
Polish memories of ethnic pogroms by Ukrainian nationalists in the 1940s jostle with the trauma left by Russia and its war in Ukraine.
Overlooked No More: Hannie Schaft, Resistance Fighter During World War II
She killed Nazis in the Netherlands and was known as “the girl with the red hair” on their most-wanted list. Then she was executed.