Jack Dougherty was just 21 years old in 1945 when he and fellow soldiers came across something they could not fathom — the Dachau concentration camp.

They were born in a hell on Earth and were never supposed to survive. But by some miracle a handful of babies born in Ravensbruck concentration camp in northern Germany ...

Young Roma in France have launched a campaign calling on the state to officially recognise the genocide of Roma and Sinti people during World War II. At t ...

The Battle of Drøbak Sound was one of the most incredible confrontations of the Second World War: an old and outdated fort, manned by recruits, managed to not only strike but sink one of the ...

Rodi Glass’s memories were discussed only during Sunday dinners or with the few survivors her family knew. But soon, Cedar ...

After the Kriegsmarine lost several top submariners in 1941, a major operation was launched to rescue Otto Kretschmer, the sole survivor, from a Canadian POW camp. Over the following year, an ...

Steelers owner Art Rooney II sounds confident that Aaron Rodgers will sign with his team soon. “We keep hearing that he’s, I guess, headed in our direction, and so that seems to be all signs are ...

The Israeli army on Monday intensified its 70-day assault on Jenin city and the adjacent Palestinian refugee camp in the northern West Bank. Despite the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr, which ends ...

Their innovative answer: a portable, modular playground system made from recycled materials, allowing children in refugee camps to build their own play spaces. “For kids in these situations ...

During World War II, more than 120,00 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes, simply because they looked like the enemy. More than 16,000 of them were incarcerated at the Gila River ...

Residents in Cheltenham are being allowed back into their properties after a suspected World War Two shell was found. Albion Street was closed at about 06:00 GMT following a report ammunition had ...

Every day brings a sense of anxiety for Unifil peacekeepers maintaining truce Lieutenant Colonel Shane Rockett, commanding officer of the 125th battalion in south Lebanon In south Lebanon, about ...