World War II
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Europe
France fast-tracks Jewish claims on artwork stolen during WWII
France on Thursday passed a law making it easier to return the works of art seized by Nazi Germany which…
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Germany
Why Hamburg’s plan to ‘decolonise’ Bismarck statue failed
Hamburg held a competition to re-imagine its monument to Otto Von Bismarck. Its failure reveals the struggle facing decolonial movements…
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Europe
France’s last surviving D-day veteran Léon Gautier dies at 100
The last surviving Frenchman to participate in the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 died Monday aged 100, local authorities…
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Germany
Polish descendants of Nazi victims demand compensation from Germany
By Magdalena Chodownik with Philip Andrew Churm • Updated: 28/06/2023 – 11:03 Claims of €4.3m are being made against German companies Bayer and Henschel by descendants…
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Europe
French-Armenian Resistance hero Missak Manouchian to enter France’s Panthéon
Missak Manouchian, an Armenian genocide survivor who went on to become a French Resistance hero, will enter France’s Panthéon mausoleum…
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Europe
Revisited – Warsaw Ghetto: Labyrinth of memories
Issued on: 09/06/2023 – 17:28Modified: 09/06/2023 – 17:33 In 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising took place. It was a courageous…
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Europe
France’s last surviving D-Day commando joins 79th anniversary commemorations
Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commandos who stormed the Normandy beaches defended by Hitler’s troops in…
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Videos
US News Live: Washington Claims To Have ‘Avoid WWIII’ By Not Revealing A Secret Mission For 50 Years
US News Live: A former US Navy officer claimed that Washington avoided World War III by not revealing a ‘secret…
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News
Putin says Russians are united in ‘sacred’ battle with West over Ukraine
As many as 354,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the Ukraine war, which is now…
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Europe
France’s Macron commemorates the end of WWII in Europe
Issued on: 08/05/2023 – 15:23 French President Emmanuel Macron led the traditional ceremony on Paris’ Champs-Elysees Monday, commemorating the day…
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