World War II

Irma Schwager, Austrian-Jewish activist in French resistance, dies at 95

During World War II, Schwager, nee Wieselberg, lived in occupied France, where she recruited German soldiers stationed there to work against the Nazis.

Pope laments failure of world powers to stop Nazis killing Jews, other minorities

Speaking of the railroad routes that the trains took to concentration camps, Francis asked rhetorically of the world powers, “Why didn’t they bomb?”

Luxembourg apologizes for role in WWII persecution of Jews

In a declaration signed by Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg’s Parliament offered an “apology to the Jewish community for the suffering inflicted on it and for the injustices committed” during the Nazi occupation.

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