Kindertransport documents for three children who travelled from Austria to the UK in 1939.
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The visa waiver scheme saved thousands of Jewish children from persecution – but at a huge cost.
One of the photographs from Terry Kurgan’s book.
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In Terry Kurgan’s book family history, however tortuous, is subsumed into a greater history of the greatest atrocity.
A member of Veterans for Peace marches during the annual Veterans Day parade in New York, Nov. 11, 2017.
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Veterans of past wars have long been at the forefront of peace advocacy in the United States.
The delegations signing the Treaty of Versailles in the Hall of Mirrors.
Helen Johns Kirtland (1890-1979) and Lucian Swift Kirtland (died 1965), US National Archives
The Treaty of Versailles is often named as the main cause of World War II. But this is an overly simple explanation.
Passengers aboard the MS St. Louis from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives.
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We can learn a lot about our past from fictional stories. In ‘What is Left the Daughter,’ author Howard Norman presents a cautionary tale from the Second World War of xenophobia and prejudice.
William Kentridge.
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For William Kentridge, searching and erasure serves as a model for understanding our place in the world.
Memorial bench at the University of Saskatchewan.
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On the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, the University of Saskatchewan will be dedicating a memorial bench on the university campus.
People place flowers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
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After the killing of 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, a scholar explains why this hate crime reminds her of the political climate between the two world wars in the US.
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In the sense understood by François Jullien, the Chinese “thought language” allows us to change our view of Europe.
Unleashing hell.
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Scientists studying the atmosphere found help in an unlikely place – the aerial bombing campaigns of World War Two.
Denis Norden, left, with his longtime writing partner Frank Muir, receiving their CBEs in 1998.
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Best known these days as the presenter of It’ll Be Alright on the Night, Norden was one of a generation of entertainers who got their start in uniform.
A tank on its way to port for the Normandy landings in 1944.
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Both before, during and after conflict, wars have shaped the creation of welfare states.
Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria, painted overnight on February 24 2014 by unknown activists in solidarity with anti-Russian protests in Ukraine.
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The Soviet programme of building war memorials in Eastern Bloc countries was a bid to win the hearts and minds of future generations.
The primary legacy of Nazism was the second world war, which led to the deaths of more than 50 million people.
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Nazi, fascist, ultra right-wing - these terms seem to be bandied about a lot these days. But what do they really mean?
Black American GIs stationed in Britain during the war, these in Bristol, were given a warm welcome by their hosts but treated harshly by their white US Army comrades.
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When black American troops stationed in an English town faced off against white US Army military police.
Deported and drowned: an Italian memorial in London to those who died on the Arandora Star in 1940.
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During World War II, many Anglo-Italians who had come to the UK as economic migrants, were interned as ‘enemy aliens’ – and some deported.
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As the England World Cup team get set to debut in Volgograd it’s apt to reflect on an Anglo-Russian relationship that has endured tumultuous political times.
Ford has doubled down on its best-selling pickup trucks.
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For 30 years, it’s been the best-selling vehicle in the US.
During the war, the poster on the left, painted by J. Howard Miller, was on display for only two weeks. Norman Rockwell’s, on the other hand, was seen by millions.
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During the war, few Americans actually saw the ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster that’s become a cultural icon.
Busting dams.
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The science behind the famous World War II attack masterminded by Barnes Wallis.