World War II

WWII singer Vera Lynn, who performed for Jewish refugees in the UK, dies at 103

Best known for “We’ll Meet Again,” the performer was among a handful of artists who raised funds for the Kindertransports.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 18, 2020 11:28 am

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Tony Murray and Baronne Von Brandstetter attending the 57th Red Cross Ball on August 5, 2005 in Monaco. (Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images)

100-year-old Jewish war hero is first centenarian to make UK billionaire list

Tony Murray, a Paris-born business mogul, fought in the Royal Air Force against the Nazis, who killed his father at Auschwitz.

May 13, 2020 10:26 am

Underground hideout for Jewish tailor discovered on farm in central Poland

The owners of the farm were Sabina and Aleksander Smolarek, who during World War II hid their neighbor Moshe Bajtel from the Nazis at their home.

December 23, 2018 9:00 am

Jewish US soldier buried 74 years after going missing during World War II

July 23, 2018 2:35 pm

101-year-old Jewish British veteran of World War II honored by Queen

June 6, 2018 5:29 pm

Poland needs a ‘Polocaust’ museum to tell story of its non-Jewish Nazi victims, government minister says

February 22, 2018 11:24 am

German recognition brings closure to Algerian Jews who suffered in the Holocaust

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen February 7, 2018 2:17 pm

Jerry Yellin, who flew the last combat mission of World War II, dies at 93

December 26, 2017 7:43 am

How a Protestant New Yorker Smuggled Marc Chagall and Hannah Arendt Out of Nazi France

By Zachary Solomon

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These photos of Holocaust survivors from the SS Exodus are incredible

By Andrew Tobin September 25, 2017 4:49 pm

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