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Mysterious closure of Russian museum before WWII photo show
Pictures chosen by the curators included classics like Capa’s images of the D-Day landings Variety -
Germany sued in U.S. over Nazi-era sale of art treasure
The suit, the latest twist in a legal tussle dating back to 2008, targets the German government and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Variety -
Poland restores PHDs voided by Nazi Germany
A Polish university on Thursday restored doctorate degrees to 262 people, most of them Jewish, decades after Nazi Germany annulled them in the run-up ... Features -
Plans under way to build a replica of Hitler’s WW2 bunker
The original Fuhrerbunker was Hitler’s last headquarters, where he attempted to command dwindling armies that had once conquered most of Europe Travel and Tourism -
Why the ‘War to End all Wars’ never did
Even though the world is spending a fortune on the military war on terror, terrorism related deaths have increased five-fold since 2000 Middle East -
AirAsia search in Java Sea graveyard for WWII naval battle
Old wrecks, whether from battles or peacetime disasters, have occasionally given false leads to modern searches Profiles -
Churchill found Islam tempting, letter shows
A recently discovered letter showed famed British wartime leader Winston Churchilll was fascinated by Islamic culture Variety -
Coco Chanel spied for the Nazis, French documentary claims
The documentary relied on Nazi documents locked away in the French defense ministry Variety -
Sarajevo marks war centennial with message of unity to divided country
Sarajevo marked the centennial that lit the fuse for World War One, offering a message of unity to a divided country Features -
U.N.: displaced worldwide highest since WWII
The overall figure of 51.2 million displaced people soared by six million from a year earlier News -
American documentary celebrates a Muslim WWII heroine
It is the story of an unlikely war hero; a Muslim woman, in her late twenties, who sacrificed her life as a British secret agent Variety -
Obama honors WWII, 9/11 generations at Normandy
Obama’s speech at the morning ceremony came after he met privately with some of the surviving troops who fought Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich World News -
Putin praises Russia’s ‘all-conquering patriotic force’
The president said the remarks on the annual celebration of victory over the Nazis World News -
Israel to donate Anne Frank diaries to Japan
Hundreds of copies of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” were defaced in Japan, in news that sent shockwaves worldwide Art and culture -
Book claims Hitler died in South America, not Berlin, aged 95
The author claims this picture proves Hitler lived in the small town of Nossa Senhora do Livramento with his girlfriend Variety -
Kennedy legacy: charismatic but unfulfilled
Kennedy, by contrast, did not live to see disappointment cloud his idealism, so lives on in history, as a symbol of possibility, extinguished Profiles