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
Jul 27 Using telegrams and love letters to teach World War II By Mike Fritz, April Brown They found love letters, pictures, death-notice telegrams, and even insurance settlement claims that have survived for decades. Cpl. Henry Bernard Van Hyfte with his father in Minnesota before World War II. The discoveries are a result of a… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 7:12 Nazi hunter targets 90-year-old former labor camp guard in Denmark By PBS News Hour A leading Nazi hunter has urged authorities in Denmark to investigate 90-year-old Helmuth Rasboel, who was a guard at a forced labor camp where hundreds of Jews were murdered during World War II. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant talks with the… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 7:44 Why the U.S. military exposed minority soldiers to toxic mustard gas By PBS News Hour During World War II, the U.S. government conducted experiments with mustard gas and other chemicals on thousands of American troops. A new NPR investigation has found that some military experiments singled out African-American, Japanese-American and Puerto Rican servicemen by race. Continue watching
May 27 Watch 1:13 Female WWII pilot takes flight again By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, 92-year-old Joy Lofthouse was a member of an all-female division of British pilots during World War II. Seventy years later, she returns to the cockpit. Continue watching
May 24 Navy veteran skydives with soldiers in support of the military's burn victims By Carey Reed Ryan "Birdman" Parrott, a 32-year-old Navy veteran, has skydived with soldiers from every U.S. war since World War II to raise awareness for his foundation Sons of the Flag, which benefits the military's burn victims. On Monday, he'll be leading… Continue reading
May 08 D.C. opens restricted airspace over national monuments for WWII flyover By Joshua Barajas, Ariel Min More than 50 World War II aircraft flew over the nation’s capital Friday to commemorate Nazi Germany’s defeat to the Allies 70 years ago. Continue reading