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In a forest where Jews fought the Nazis, a German military base and Lithuanian politics encroach on memory
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (1316+ words) Rūdninkai, LITHUANIA — Deep in the trees and swampy thickets of Lithuania’s Rūdninkai Forest, a series of makeshift forts is sinking into the earth. These represent the remains of underground bunkers where Jewish partisans resisted their annihilation in the Holocaust. Under…...
Island in Poland Hides Nearly 1.5 km of Tunnels Beneath the Forest, Where a Nazi-Built Fortress Became a Command Center During the Cold War, Featuring Barracks, a Medical Facility, Kitchen, Communication Rooms, and a Preserved Red Phone in the Old War Room
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (1171+ words) The Isle of Wolin, Poland, conceals a military underground complex that has traversed various periods of European history. Initially built by the Nazis as coastal defense structures, the facilities were later adapted by the Polish socialist government to function as…...
This Day in History 1942: Gestapo Arrest American Mildred Fish-Harnack
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (273+ words) On this day, as we watch Elon Musk celebrate his work to push the AfD party into restoring Nazi power over Germany, we remember eighty-four years ago the Gestapo arrived in Preil, an Prussian fishing village, and arrested Mildred Fish-Harnack…...
51 Boys Escaped the Gas Chamber. Their Survival Became a Miracle
2+ week, 4+ day ago (174+ words) • On Simchat Torah 1944, 800 boys were selected for death; 51 walked out alive after being chosen (or slipping in) to unload potatoes. • The order appears to have come from Johann Schwarzhuber rather than Josef Mengele, though the precise motive remains unclear. • Schiff…...
84 years on: Commemoration honours Luxembourgers forced into Nazi service
1+ week, 6+ day ago (488+ words) It has been 84 years since the Nazi occupying regime introduced forced conscription in Luxembourg. The country commemorated this dark chapter in its history on Sunday. Ceremonies at Hollerich railway station and in Limpertsberg remembered the fate of thousands of young…...
The story of the manhunt for Nazi leaders after WWII (Video)
2+ week, 4+ day ago (281+ words) The new book "They Shall Not See the Dawn" looks at the manhunt for top Nazi leaders after World War II and the lead up to the Nuremberg trials. Author and "Inside Edition" executive producer Charles Lachman joins "The Takeout…...
The story of the manhunt for Nazi leaders after WWII
2+ week, 4+ day ago (62+ words) The new book "They Shall Not See the Dawn" looks at the manhunt for top Nazi leaders after World War II and the lead up to the Nuremberg trials. Author and "Inside Edition" executive producer Charles Lachman joins "The Takeout…...
Westporter Carl Wistreich to launch Jewish survival novel next week
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1288+ words) Aug 24, 2026 | Arts, Community, Literature | 0 WESTPORT–When Carl Wistreich’s grandfather and his family left his hometown of Jaslo, Poland, during the Holocaust, he made one decision that saved their lives. He headed east. Crossing the border into Russia, Salomon Wistreich, his…...
Gabriele Kinagan to revisit Vienna station she left from in 1939
2+ week, 6+ day ago (350+ words) Gabriele Kinagan, 99, who left Nazi Austria at the age of 12 under the Kindertransport programme, plans to return to Vienna’s Westbahnhof station in the year of her 100th birthday. In April 1939, she said goodbye there to her grandmother before departing for the…...
Czechia's secret soviet bunker now open to the public: How and when to visit
3+ week, 2+ day ago (414+ words) Written by Expats.cz Staff Published on 21.08.2026 14:56:00 (updated on 21.08.2026) Reading time: 2 minutes Deep in the Doupov Mountains in the Karlovy Vary region, you can step inside a former Soviet military bunker that was kept secret for decades, and was designed…...