Former Oak Park teacher's book tells story of Nazi who hid in plain sight as school custodian for nearly 30 years
Author and history teacher Michael Soffer's first book, "Our Nazi: An American Suburb's Encounter With Evil" is a story about truth and deception, deep wounds and strongly-held beliefs.
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Sailor who survived 1941 Pearl Harbor attack in battleship’s belly dies at age 103
William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...
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Hagerstown World War II hero lovingly remembered during Black History Month
Black History Month is an occasion for Janice Kelsh to salute her father’s Word War II service. She is chronicling his ...
Brazilian navy confirms location of World War II shipwreck
After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...
Dog Received WWII-Era Medal for Urinating on and Defusing Bomb?
A Great Dane named Juliana received a medal during World War II for defusing a bomb by urinating on it. A Great Dane named ...
Japanese Americans returned from prison camps 80 years ago to face one of the country’s ‘greatest swindles’
Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...
Hong Kong’s darkest days of Japanese invasion, cannibalism, POW camps and heroism
PostMag writer Jason Wordie looks back at the harrowing history of Hong Kong during World War II under Japanese occupation ...
6 Of The Fastest World War II Fighters, Ranked By Top Speed
World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...
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Snipers Below Freezing: An Assessment Of Finnish & Soviet Sniping In The Winter War
NRA Membership For Women NRA Online Training Adaptive Shooting ...
At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism
World leaders and a dwindling group of survivors joined in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the ...
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80 years later: Remembering the Catholic martyrs killed in Auschwitz during World War II
The Auschwitz martyrs’ legacy of holiness continues to be a source of inspiration for Catholics worldwide. Here are several ...
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The First Medal of Honor Recipient of WWII Was Basically a Modern-Day Berserker
To look at Lt. Alexander R. "Sandy" Nininger when he began his plebe year at the U.S. Military Academy, one might never have ...