World War II

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

Poland and Israel, and world Jewry, already were at odds over a recently passed Holocaust law in Poland on criminalizing claims that the Polish nation or state is responsible for Nazi crimes.

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

“We celebrated holidays and life with other groups," Andre Nathan recalls of the years before the Nazi-allied government imposed anti-Semitic laws.

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

Yellin spoke to other veterans who struggled to adapt to civilian life, and in 2010 he co-founded Operation Warrior Wellness.

Culture

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

Israel

These photos of Holocaust survivors from the SS Exodus are incredible

Global

German government rejects Polish demand for WWII reparations

Global

Warsaw residents join Sabbath dinner to mark anniversary of start of World War II

Global

Historians defend professor who wrote of Poles’ complicity in Holocaust

Global

AP review denies charges news agency helped the Nazis during World War II

Culture

How JTA reported the end of World War II in Europe

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