When Germany invaded Poland, the outcome seemed grim—but the final blow came from the east. On September 17, 1939, Soviet ...

In September 1939, as Poland collapsed under invasion, German and Soviet officers met openly in Brest-Litovsk. Photographs ...

The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, Poland, takes a comprehensive look a the global conflict. It's a must-visit for ...

Sol Lurie, the New York City area resident whose life as a Holocaust survivor was recently chronicled in a book co-authored by his Chattanooga daughter, Bea Lurie, has died. Mr. Lurie, 95, passed away ...

A 12th-century manuscript looted during World War II has been returned to Poland from Yale University’s Beinecke Library, the ...

“Hello, I’ve never met you before, so it really is a pleasure. I hope the feeling is mutual.” So begins my grandmother’s ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

More than 3,000 artworks from national museums were stowed in chateaus in the Lot—about 350 miles south of Paris ...

Books & the Arts / How the popular mayor and a popular front of radicals and reformers transformed New York City Michael Kazin Mike Wallace’s Gotham at War is the third and final volume of the most ...

Bernard Offen, a 96-year-old survivor told participants that in today's world he sees "signs I know too well." ...

Wrexham will travel to Poland in pre-season to take on Polish 1.Liga leaders Wisła Kraków in a match to celebrate the hosts’ 120th anniversary.

Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 81st anniversary of that liberation. Commemorations are taking place at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland, at the United Nations ...