May 22 Why finding Nazi-looted art is ‘a question of justice’ By Phil Hirschkorn Holocaust survivors and their descendants have been embroiled for decades in complex legal battles for the art that once belonged to their families. Continue reading
May 10 President Obama will make historic trip to Hiroshima this month By Josh Lederman and Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press "He will not revisit the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Instead, he will offer a forward-looking vision focused on our shared future," deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said. Continue reading
Mar 22 ‘Rosies’ given hero’s welcome in their first honor flight to D.C. By Mike Melia About 30 World War II "Rosie the Riveters" were greeted with a hero's welcome at Reagan National Airport. The women who helped America win the war more than 70 years ago were part of the honor flight program that, since… Continue reading
Mar 22 House passes bill to allow female pilots’ ashes at Arlington By Richard Lardner, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The House has passed legislation to allow female World War II pilots known as WASPs to continue placing their ashes at Arlington National Cemetery. Continue reading
Mar 07 Here’s what BMW did before it made luxury cars By Larisa Epatko BMW turns 100 years old on Monday. Before the company made high-end motorcycles and cars, it powered some of Germany’s preeminent fighter airplanes as far back as World War I. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch 7:06 Restoring hope by repairing violins of the Holocaust By PBS News Hour At a music shop in Israel, a violinmaker has been collecting stringed instruments once owned by inmates of Nazi concentration camps. Largely silent for seven decades, they now speak for horrors of the Holocaust as part of a project called… Continue watching
Dec 31 Out of print for 70 years, Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to go on sale in Germany By Corinne Segal "Mein Kampf" will go on sale in Germany next week after its copyright expires on Friday, marking the first time in 70 years the book will be legally reprinted in the country. Continue reading
Dec 28 South Korea, Japan reach breakthrough settlement on WWII sex slaves By Yena Oh South Korea and Japan reached a breakthrough settlement of $8.3 million to resolve a decades-long dispute regarding Korean women forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. Continue reading
Oct 06 French publisher names artwork stolen by Nazi leader Hermann Göring By Gretchen Frazee A French publisher has released the first complete list of artwork Nazi leader Hermann Göring seized during World War II, which some say could help return the art to its rightful owners. Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch 8:12 Teachers and students retrace the lives of those who died at Normandy By April Brown, Mike Fritz Continue watching