Berkshire Eagle1d
'I was talking to history.' World War II veteran and Berkshire Place resident recalls what is was like to storm the beaches of Normandy
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
Wichita building being demoed was home during WWII to business that helped ‘feed our boys’
It’s not Wichita’s sexiest downtown building, but it’s been home over the past 111 years to some interesting businesses, ...
The Sun Chronicle1d
Foxboro's last known living World War II veteran has died
Frank Barresi of Hallowell Drive, Foxboro’s lone surviving World War II veteran, had died Jan. 13 at age 98, Foxboro Town ...
'The inhumanity that humans are capable of' on display in Holocaust exhibit at WWII museum
The museum has many disturbing reminders of the deadliest conflict in human history, but none are more haunting than those in ...
Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle
Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet ...
Al Jazeera on MSN4d
‘Hell on Earth’: Who were the victims killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz?
The Roma Family Camp massacre was part of the broader Nazi genocide of Roma people, known in the Romani language as the ...
BBC2d
D Day mascot uniform
This is the uniform of three year old Jacqueline Pamela ... for American troops in the run up to the D Day landings in World War II. Photo: Bernie Pettersen Comments are closed for this object ...
Courthouse News Service4d
Survivors relive Auschwitz horror as world marks 80th anniversary of liberation
Elderly former inmates, some wearing scarves in the blue-and-white stripes of their death camp uniforms, laid flowers at the ...
West Palm Beach centenarian reflects on extraordinary life of World War II heroism
West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...
Survivors, world leaders mark 80 years since Auschwitz liberation
The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being observed at the site of the former death camp.
Auschwitz's Death Wall: How the Nazis shot thousands of inmates in front of structure - before Polish Pope John Paul II knelt in the same spot and prayed for pe…
It was a truly powerful sight: the Polish pope who had grown up under Nazi occupation kneeling in prayer at Auschwitz's Death ...