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Margherita Bertola Fray, Scottsdale resident who was in WWII Italian resistance, dies at 99
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (260+ words) Margherita Bertola Fray, a Scottsdale resident and one of the last members of the Italian resistance during World War II, has died at age 99. Fray grew up in Turin, Italy, during the rise of Benito Mussolini's fascist government. She served…...
Book ensures internment camp victims are highlighted in history — not erased from it
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1236+ words) The mass internment of Japanese Americans amid World War II is among the dark chapters of U.S. history that the Trump administration is actively working to erase " being swept up in a campaign to remove so-called "disparaging" signs and markers about…...
Japanese Internment on Tribal Land — A panel conversation with KJZZ
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (408+ words) Attend a KJZZ panel discussion about the history of Japanese American internment camps located on tribal lands in Arizona. The event will be held on Jan. 14, 2026, at Chandler Museum and moderated by KJZZ tribal natural resources reporter Gabriel Pietrorazio. Beginning…...
In the shadows of Phoenix, tribe is letting crumbling internment camp fade into history
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1763+ words) More than 120,000 Japanese Americans were held captive inside 10 internment camps nationwide during World War II " including two in Arizona, built on Indian reservations by the U.S. War Relocation Authority without tribal consent. On Arizona's western border, the Colorado River Indian Tribes…...
Brick-by-brick restoration part of annual pilgrimage to internment camp in western Arizona
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1567+ words) Arizona tribal reservations were home to two of the nation's 10 internment camps run by the U.S. War Relocation Authority amid World War II. On the western edge of the Grand Canyon State, the Colorado River Indian Tribes " or CRIT " regularly welcomes visitors…...
Kari Lake guts Voice of America as U.S. reporters face threats abroad
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (627+ words) Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which owns the Voice of America and through which Congress directs money for other government-funded international networks, such…...
Construction begins on new Holocaust education center in Phoenix
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (179+ words) State and local officials helped to break ground Thursday on a new Holocaust education museum in Phoenix. The nearly 29,000-square-foot project is at the site of Phoenix's first synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel, which opened in October 1921. Gov. Katie Hobbs and…...
Dachau's memorial marks 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp
10+ mon, 3+ day ago (348+ words) The Dachau memorial is hosting commemorative events and dedicating a plaque in honor of the U.S. Army's 45th Infantry Division that first encountered prisoners alive at the camp 80 years ago. Dachau's memorial marks 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp…...
Phoenix Symphony performance to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (736+ words) Today is Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. It's observed as a day of commemoration for the estimated 6 million Jews who were murdered during World War II by Nazi Germany and its allies. Today is Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance…...
Ira Hayes was caught in the recent scrubbing of DEI history — but his family still shares his story
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (431+ words) Ira Hayes is arguably Arizona's most iconic World War II hero, as one of six Marines who famously raised the American flag at Iwo Jima. Ira Hayes was caught in the recent scrubbing of DEI history " but his family still…...