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The true story behind Peaky Blinders' Nazi banknotes plot - AOL
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1027+ words) Widely considered the largest counterfeiting operation in history, Nazi Germany's plot to crash the British economy with fake banknotes sounds like a Hollywood script. Now, those true events have inspired the latest twist in the Peaky Blinders saga, with the…...
The secrets of the 'Angel of Death"
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (247+ words) The Swiss intelligence service announced that it intends to declassify and publish classified files on Nazi criminal Josef Mengele, who conducted experiments on Jewish prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. The authorities" statement did not provide an exact date for…...
We The People: WWII veteran who survived Iwo Jima leaves legacy at Waterloo Museum
49+ min ago (78+ words) KCRG We The People: WWII veteran who survived Iwo Jima leaves legacy at Waterloo Museum Kennedy sisters balance soccer and track in final season together Eastern Iowa sailor returns after Navy's longest carrier deployment since Vietnam War Helping heroes in…...
France Has a New Picture of the Holocaust
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (501+ words) In 1950, Robert Doisneau photographed a kiss you've surely seen. The man and woman seem to have been stopped by ardor amid the midday rush, in front of the H'tel de Ville, Paris. Though staged, it became, nearly immediately, one of…...
Community turns out to welcome return of recently identified WWII serviceman John Walko
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (219+ words) Members of local veterans groups awaited the arrival of PFC John Walko's remains Friday evening at Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home on Philadelphia Street. Local veterans and regional members of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association gathered with PFC John Walko's family members,…...
Walking the Grounds Where Millions Were Murdered: TAPinto Boca Raton Publisher's Journey Through Poland and Germany to Understand His Jewish Roots
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (23+ words) TAPinto...
Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz "Angel of Death" Josef Mengele
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (311+ words) The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service will grant access to the files on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, after years of rejecting repeated requests by historians who sought to see if the German death camp doctor spent time in Zurich when…...
Training Video for Educators: Antisemitism and the Holocaust - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
21+ hour, 1+ min ago (97+ words) The Holocaust didn't occur in a vacuum but in the context of centuries of anti-Jewish actions and prejudices. This video explores the history of European antisemitism. Lesson: Exploring Pre-World War II Jewish Life Lesson: History of Antisemitism and the Holocaust…...
Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz "Angel of Death" Mengele
11+ hour, 54+ min ago (292+ words) The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service will grant access to the files on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, after years of rejecting repeated requests by historians who sought to see if the German death camp doctor spent time in Zurich when…...
Roosevelt School preservation to be honored
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (115+ words) A dog sleeps in front of The Roosevelt Inn on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. BILL BULEY/Press The city of Coeur d'Alene and the Museum of North Idaho invite the public to join them Friday for the Historic Preservation Reception…...