The German U-boat U-853 was sunk off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, in May 1945, marking the last U.S. merchant ...

A Bolivian diplomat who translated ‘Mein Kampf’ brought up the Spanish dictator’s origins with the Third Reich. ‘Further ...

Hungarian leaders thought they could restore the nation’s lost glory through alliance with Hitler. By 1945, Budapest lay in ...

For many Holocaust survivors, May 18, 1945 was the first Shavuot they were able to celebrate after years of war.

Alex Wasylychyn turned 100 a few months ago. While he doesn’t get around like he used to, he does have a good mind and ...

This year's festival was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's Victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War ...

German Foreign Minister Count Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigke announced Germany's unconditional surrender to his countrymen ...

The remarkable story of an RAF Pocklington navigator shot down over Germany; becoming a POW, escaping then recaptured twice, ...

The course is an in-depth study in a selection of key German-language texts from the period 1900-1945. The curriculum texts represent half a century of major movements in Europe's societies and ...

On February 3, 1945, over 1,400 bombers darkened Berlin’s skies—not to strike military targets, but to send a message. With ...