The Latest Breaking News from World War II

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 · Apr 2

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…

The Conversation · Mar 31

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…

Times Pets · Feb 16

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 · Jan 13

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 · Jan 9

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.”

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2025

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 · Oct 11, 2025

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 · Sep 12, 2025

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 · Sep 4, 2025

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…

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025