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Heather Morris returns to WWII with 'The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse' set in Nazi-occupied Paris

Heather Morris has a new novel set during World War II in Nazi-occupied Paris

The Independent UK

Holocaust survivors in France came home to stolen apartments, looted furniture and bureaucratic hurdles

In 1945, an angry mob confronted Aba Mizreh and four of his sons outside their former home in Paris. The Jewish family had hidden in Lyon during World War II, only to learn that their apartment had been looted and rented in their absence. Despite an eviction notice, the new…

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When Animals Took Over Paradise: Islands Where Humans Are Only Visitors

There are places on Earth where humans are not the main characters. Where footsteps slow down, voices soften, and the rules of dominance quietly change. On a handful of extraordinary islands across the world, animals reign not because they were placed on pedestals, but because humans stepped back, sometimes by…

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‘Britain at War’ knitted figures bring wartime stories to life in Enniskillen

The 80-metre installation is currently on show at St Macartin’s Cathedral.

Evening Standard

Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment

With a stroke of a presidential pen, the lives of Izumi Taniguchi, Minoru Tajii, Homei Iseyama and Peggy Yorita irreparably changed on Feb. 19, 1942. On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which set in motion their wartime incarceration along with other people of Japanese ancestry…

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Russia suffers more losses in its war against Ukraine than any other country since WWII — report

Russia sustained 1.2 million casualties almost four years into its all-out war in Ukraine, suffering more losses than any major power in any war since World War II, according to a CSIS report.

Euronews

‘I saw the horrors’: how Australian journalists bore witness to the Holocaust

In the dying days of World War II, startling news about “horror camps” in Germany began to emerge, as Western war correspondents accompanied British and American forces advancing towards Berlin. During the liberation of the camps, soldiers and journalists, including 15 Australian journalists and two artists, encountered thousands of dead.…

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France records more deaths than births for first time since 1945

Fewer babies, more elderly people, rising life expectancy: France has gradually changed and is now at a demographic turning point. For the first time since World War II, there were more deaths than births, according to the national statistics institute Insee.

Radio France Internationale

TikTok removes Polish far-right leader’s videos after antisemitism complaints in rare move

One of the videos removed from the platform showed Polish politician Grzegorz Braun denying the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz, one of the largest German concentration camps during World War II.

Euronews

The law meets its limits – what ‘Nuremberg’ reveals about guilt, evil and the quest for global justice

The film “Nuremberg” depicts events surrounding the post-World War II International Military Tribunal – the first and best-known of the Nuremberg trials – which was created to carry out the “just and prompt trial and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis.”

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Mushroom hunting in Germany sees a revival thanks to veganism and medicinal fungi, in photos

Wolfgang Bivour, a renowned fungi expert in Germany, leads mushroom hunting tours near Potsdam. This activity, once a necessity after World War II, is seeing a revival. The pandemic and a growing interest in veganism and medicinal fungi have fueled this trend.

The Independent UK

Suspect In Kirk Killing Allegedly Etched 'Hey Fascist! Catch' On Bullet Casing

Another featured the line "O Bella ciao, Bella ciao, Bella ciao, ciao ciao," a lyric from an Italian World War II-era partisan song widely associated with anti-fascist resistance. Another casing read "If you read this you are gay lmao."

International Business Times

Argentina recovers Nazi-looted painting missing for 80 years after surfacing in online listing

Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady, stolen from Dutch-Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker during World War II, was discovered in a real estate listing.

Euronews

A summit and parade in China may signal a geopolitical shift. They might also be political jockeying

The pictures from this week’s military parade in Beijing commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the earlier economic gathering would seem to offer a striking, maybe even sinister, message to the United States and its allies — evidence of a possible new reconfiguration of…

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On VJ Day, King Pays Tribute To UK Veterans, Warns Of War's 'True Cost'

King Charles III Friday lauded the "courage" of veterans and civilians who paid a high price to end World War II, leading UK commemorations for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

The Independent UK

Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversary on different dates

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates

The Conversation

Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen

Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly supported governments that have been committing mass atrocities, which are defined by genocide scholar Scott Straus as “large-scale, systematic violence against civilian populations.”

Euronews

Graves prepared for Srebrenica victims 30 years after massacre

Fresh graves were dug in Srebrenica for seven recently identified victims of the 1995 massacre, Europe’s only genocide recognised by the UN since World War II, nearly 30 years after their deaths.

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Anti-tourism protests are not new. They happened in ancient Rome, 19th-century England and after World War II

This hot European summer, anti-tourism protests have made headlines, from Barcelona to Venice, Mallorca and the Canary Islands. The unrest is not confined to Europe, though.

The Independent UK

Promising reform, Noem tells US Coast Guard Academy graduates they will lead a 'brand new' service

The U.S. Coast Guard is facing its largest readiness crisis since World War II

International Business Times

Nazi Files Found In Champagne Crates In Argentine Court Basement

A hoard of World War II-era Nazi propaganda and membership documents has been unearthed in the basement of Argentina's Supreme Court, where it has lain, stashed in champagne crates, since 1941.

The Independent UK

As Europe celebrates the triumph of V-E Day, Algeria marks parallel legacy of colonial-era massacres

As Europe celebrates the 80th anniversary of its triumph over fascism and the end of World War II, Algeria is remembering a darker anniversary: the colonial-era massacres that unfolded on the same day

Euronews

Astana hosts major military parade for WWII 80th anniversary

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev led commemorations marking 80 years since the end of World War II with a major military parade in Astana on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

The road to V-E Day, from the assault on Berlin to bonfires and dancing in the capitals of Europe

Victory in Europe Day is remembered in the public imagination as a singular event marking the end of World War II in Europe — a moment of sheer emotional release filled with dancing, bonfires and service personnel hanging off lampposts to survey the crowds

The Independent UK

US and Philippine forces cancel ship-sinking drill after World War II-era target prematurely sinks

A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank hours before the mock assault, prompting the drill to be cancelled

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