A Storm in June: The Life, Death and WWII Legacy of Author Irene Nemirovsky
On July 13, 1942 Nemirovsky was arrested, and on July 17 was put on Convoy No. 6 for Auschwitz. In 1930 Irene Nemirovsky’s debut novel…
Family Discovers Sultans Treasure Worth Millions in Their Attic.
A family in Berkshire, England, learned that artifacts they’ve stored in their attic for years are worth millions of dollars. The artifacts were taken from…
King of the Tunnels : Great Escape Veteran Dies Aged 101
The penalty for getting caught trying to escape, according to the Geneva Convention, was ten days in solitary confinement. The reality was death. Jack Lyon…
King Edward & Führer’s Princess
To overcome the problem of her Jewish ancestry, she was now considered an honorary Aryan. Andrew Morton is a biographer of the British royal family.…
Operation Desert Storm & Desert Shield Memorial Site Dedicated
The US deployed its MIM-104C Patriot Missile system for the first time in active combat. A new memorial in honor of those who lost their…
Declassified: Pope Opens WWII Files to Academics
The church has withstood a lot of criticism because it did not take a public stand against Nazi Germany and its treatment. The Catholic church…
Nazi Bunker Discovered Yards From Berlin Holocaust Memorial
There were nearly 200 bunkers built during the war for the protection of German citizens and government staff. Construction work was halted recently at a…
Kriegsmarine’s Environmental Time Bomb Off The Coast of Norway
Fishing has been banned in the area, and pregnant and breastfeeding women and young children have been advised to not eat fish caught near the…
The Scottish Army That Dressed as Cows and Stormed an English Castle
The insults stopped when the governor allegedly received an arrow in one cheek which passed through his mouth and out through the other cheek. There…
The Lost Ark : Spring Clean Leads To Rare Nazi Find
She had, in fact, found a rare, crucial piece of wartime communications equipment. Cleaning out the house just in time for spring and putting unused…
Hard Luck Castle: Ideal for Doomsday Preppers
Johnson has decided that this phase of his life is now over, and he intends to buy a boat and move onto new adventures. If…
The Remains of Hundreds of Jews Found in Nazi-Era Mass Grave in Belarus
The town was turned over to the Soviets who were allies with the Nazis at the time Soldiers in Belarus are excavating a mass grave…