Second World War

Winton honoured in Prague by child refugees he saved

A street has been named after the hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czecheslovakia

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Winton honoured in Prague by child refugees he saved

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When Captain Marvel fought antisemitism

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British statesman and prime minister Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 1940) at Heston Airport on his return from Munich after meeting with Hitler, making his 'peace in our time' address. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The ‘Neutrality with Hitler’ argument is a sad reflection of today’s politics

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Largest ever publicly accessible online archive of Second World War memorabilia goes live today

By Daniel Ben-David

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Mervyn Kersh returns to the infamous D-Day beach (Credit: Courtesy)

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Jewish D-Day veterans recount liberating the Nazi death camp Bergen-Belsen

By Daniel Ben-David

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Channel Islands death camp was no ‘mini-Auschwitz’, review finds

By Felix Pope

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The entrance to S.S Lager Sylt Concentration Camp on Alderney

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Over 1,000 people died in Alderney concentration camps, inquiry will reveal this week

By Daniel Ben-David

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The disaster that nearly lost the war

Two new books dissect the Arnhem offensive

By Colin Shindler

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May 17, 2024 15:57

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Why I fear that next week’s inquiry into Alderney deaths will not be objective

Members of the panel have already expressed trenchant views

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May 16, 2024 12:34

Who was Alan Overton, the unsung hero who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children

Alan Overton was a shopkeeper in Rugby and Christadelphian who believed in not calling attention to one’s own good deeds

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

May 1, 2024 10:24

Left: Alan Overton with the boys of Little Thorn hostel in Rugby, with house mother Mrs Sperber, Right: Alan Overton

Association of Jewish Refugees honours two Auschwitz escapees who warned the world of what they witnessed

Alfréd Wetzler and Rudi Vrba are credited with saving the lives of 200,000 Hungarian Jews

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

April 17, 2024 17:24

Left to right: Rudolf Vrba's granddaughter Hannah, AJR CEO Michael Newman OBE, Ambassador of Slovakia to the UK Dr Róbert Ondrejcsák, translator and Slovak literature promoter Julia Sherwood, Director of AJR Refugee Voices Dr Bea Lewkowicz, author and journalist Jonathan Freedland, and the director of the Sered' Holocaust Museum Dr Martin Korčok, April 15, 2024 (Credit: AJR)

New revelations about ‘Hitler’s Jewish soldier’

A new documentary takes on the jaw-dropping story of Alex Kurzem, whose past as an accidental Nazi mascot has been questioned by some

By Daniel Ben-David

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February 4, 2024 12:53

Alex Kurzem, centre, with the Latvian battalion that is said to have took him in (Credit: SBS / Australian Uncovered)

German pair fear they must leave home Nazis forcibly took from Jewish owners

A pensioner and her son have been told they must give up their house after a court ruled that a Holocaust restitution organisation are the rightful owners

By Rob Hyde

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January 31, 2024 10:05

German pair fear they must leave home Nazis forcibly took from Jewish owners

Arnold Schwarzenegger honoured with courage award for work in combating antisemitism

The Hollywood actor declared: 'Hatred you never ever win; love in the end always wins'

By Richard Percival

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November 7, 2023 11:14

Arnold Schwarzenegger honoured with courage award for work in combating antisemitism

Jewish lawyer who spied for Britain after fleeing the Nazis honoured

Dr Kurt Erich Glauber has been honoured with a memorial stone at Ipswich Old Cemetery

By Gaby Wine

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October 5, 2023 12:07

Jewish lawyer who spied for Britain after fleeing the Nazis honoured

Rise of the Nazis - The Manhunt review: Exposing the failure to punish evil

Latest installment of series explores why it fell to heroes such as Fritz Bauer and Beate Klarsfeld to finish the work of governments in securing justice for the horrors of Hitler's regime

By Josh Howie

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October 5, 2023 10:42

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Second World War

Winton honoured in Prague by child refugees he saved

When Captain Marvel fought antisemitism

The ‘Neutrality with Hitler’ argument is a sad reflection of today’s politics

Largest ever publicly accessible online archive of Second World War memorabilia goes live today

Jewish D-Day veterans recount liberating the Nazi death camp Bergen-Belsen

Channel Islands death camp was no ‘mini-Auschwitz’, review finds

Over 1,000 people died in Alderney concentration camps, inquiry will reveal this week

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