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World War II

The instability created in Europe by the First World War (1914-18) set the stage for another international conflict–World War II–which broke out two decades later and would prove even more devastating. Rising to power in an economically and politically unstable … Continue reading

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Edward Ashmore

General Edward Bailey Ashmore (1872-1953) was an air defence pioneer whose talents came to fruition during the First World War. Ashmore entered the Royal Artillery in 1891 and served in South Africa before attending the Staff College. Ashmore’s war in … Continue reading

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The Battle of Stalluponen, 1914

The first action on the Eastern Front, the Battle of Stalluponen (in present day Lithuania) was fought by a corps of the German Eighth Army against Russian GeneralRennenkampf’sFirst Army. Russia‘s planned invasion of East Prussia – which comprised a major … Continue reading

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Huge cache of Nazi Goebbels’ writings to hit auction block

It might be a little expensive at $150,000-$300,000, but if Democrats want to take another stab at comparing Republicans to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, they ought to consider buying a massive new collection of Goebbels’ writings for their fact … Continue reading

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German far-right leader vows to take party mainstream

At a rally of Germany’s biggest far-right party, skinheads raise fists to nationalist chants and wear T-shirts that skirt the limits of German law: “Enforce National Socialism” reads one; another proclaims the wearer to be “100 percent un-kosher.” Some cover … Continue reading

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Fallschirm-Krankentransportabteilung

A 5 October 1944 list of all Luftwaffe medical units show one (1) of these in existence on that date.   Its lack of a number suggests that this was the only formed and it was probably organic to the 1. … Continue reading

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Nazi war criminal says ‘Jews screamed like geese when they were shot’ during WWII

A suspected Nazi war criminal has described how Jews ‘screamed like geese‘ when they were shot during World War II. In a documentary to be shown for the first time, Jonas Pukas, a 78-year-old Lithuanian immigrant, will reveal that even … Continue reading

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Bayreuth’s Nazi Past Resurfaces In Exhibition, Casting Choices

Jewish musicians who were persecuted, exiled, deported and in some cases, murdered, are remembered in an exhibition called “Verstummte Stimmen” (Silenced Voices) at the Bayreuth Festival this year. The biographies of 53 musicians who performed at Bayreuth before World War II — and there … Continue reading

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Hungarian Nazi’s original trial documents found

Original documents from the 1948 Nazi war crimes trial in absentia of Laszlo Csatary, now under house arrest in Hungary, have been found in Slovakia, a historian there was quoted as saying on Friday. “The National Memory Institute (UPN) archives … Continue reading

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Hungarian Nazi capture plot ‘made in Israel’

The most wanted Nazi criminal in the world, Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary, who was located in Budapest on Sunday, was captured thanks to information obtained by the Wiesenthal Center, head of the Israel office Efraim Zuroff said on Sunday. Ninety-seven-years-old Laszlo is accused … Continue reading

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