World war ii

The BBC haunted by bias - and the Israeli connection

Senior journalist Malcolm Balen examined hundreds of hours of BBC broadcast material, TV and radio, analyzing the content in minute detail. His 20,000-word report was later classified as top secret.

BBC Broadcasting House, London, UK.
 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

How post-war world order is collapsing under the weight of new US ambitions - opinion

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, head of the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Moscow, Russia December 16, 2025.

Putin establishes Soviet genocide memorial day, erasing Jewish victims of Nazis

Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107

Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107


Mussolini's Jews: How Il Duce bewitched Italy's Jewish communities

For nearly two decades, millions of Italians, and thousands of Jews, believed in Benito Mussolini as the man to make things right for Italy. In the end, they were wrong.

 ITALIAN DICTATOR Benito Mussolini surveys the new Caselle Airport during a visit to Turin, May 1939.

The urgent need to acknowledge North African Jews in Israeli memory - opinion

North African Jews' WWII struggles, long overlooked, are finally gaining recognition, revealing their resilience and vital contributions to history.

Tunisian Jews were enlisted into forced labor by the Nazis during their six-month occupation from November 1942

Sunken WWII Carrier at Midway Reveals Surprise: ‘Why Is There a Car on This Boat?’

"It's a car. That's a car. That is a full car," said one researcher during a livestream.

 'Why is there a car on this boat?': Battle of Midway sunken WWII aircraft carrier yields a surprising find.

Metal detector hunt leads to dangerous WWII cache in Belgian town

'When you find grenades or similar objects, it is important to leave them where they are and not move them yourself.'

 Metal detector hunt leads to dangerous WWII cache in Belgian town.

Irmgard Furchner, former Nazi camp secretary known as 'Secretary of Evil', dies at 99

Furchner was convicted in 2022 of aiding and abetting the murder of over 10,500 prisoners at Stutthof concentration camp.

 Sztutowo, Poland, Sept 5, 2020. The Nazi concentration camp Stutthof.

Shalom & Aloha: Volcanoes, beaches, sunsets – and Jews – in Hawaii

The history of Jews in the Hawaiian Islands, when they arrived, what happened during World War II, and what their lives are like today – including the Big Island's first bar mitzvah boy in 1970.

 ON OAHU: View at sunrise from Lanikai Pillbox Trail.

Confronting the complex realities of Polish-Jewish identity - opinion

Nuance is in order regarding Poland and its Jews; Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal calls for a reevaluation of Jews’ attitudes toward Poles, as well as Poles’ understanding of Jews. 

 OSWIECIM, POLAND - APRIL 16, 2015: International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Remains of seven Norwegian resistance fighters executed in 1945 found in Oslofjord

Norwegian Police plan to recover the remains and identify them using DNA analysis.

 Oslofjord, Norway.

Albania's secret Jewish history, how its population saved Jews during the Holocaust

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: During WWII, Albania defied the Nazis, sheltering Jews and preserving its tradition of hospitality. Discover how this Muslim-majority nation became a haven for Jewish refugees.

 BERAT, DESIGNATED as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008, served as a major hideout for the Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi occupiers. Here, visitors attend the opening ceremony of the renovated Solomon Jewish History Museum in Berat in 2019.

'A Picasso': A window onto a less familiar corner of World War II history - review

Set in 1941 Paris, the play portrays a fictional encounter between legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso and a certain Fräulein Fischer.

 'A Picasso' performed by the Bad Bard Players.