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Hitler's birthplace is being turned into a police station
The move is intended to make it unattractive as a place of pilgrimage for Nazi sympathizers and hate groups.
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Fences go up around Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Austria. Building to reopen as police station in 2026
Work has started on turning the house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station.
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Los Alamos is buzzing with activity as US gov't modernizes its nuclear arsenal
Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project.
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Pilots racing in WWII-era planes die in midair collision shortly after first-second finish in Reno
Officials say two veteran California pilots were killed when their World War II-era planes collided in midair after completing a race and preparing to land over the weekend at the National Championship Air Races north of Reno.
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Remains of US airman missing since WWII recovered from wreck on Maltese seafloor
The effort was the culmination of years of work to recover the remains of an American airman whose plane went down off the coast of Malta during World War II.
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DNA helps ID remains of Newton airman shot down in WWII
The remains of a World War II veteran killed when his bomber was shot down on a mission targeting oil fields near Romania have been identified. U.S. Army Air Force 1st Lt. Alfred Pezzella of Newton, Massachusetts was serving as the bombardier of a B-24 Liberator bomber on Aug. 1, 1943, when the plane was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire...
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Thousands evacuated after a builder uncovers a WWII bomb in a Polish town
Some 14,000 people have been evacuated in the eastern Polish town of Lublin to allow military experts to remove a massive unexploded bomb believed to be from World War II.
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See the ‘Oppenheimer' cast side-by-side with the real historical figures they play
Christopher Nolan recruited a star-studded cast for his latest theatrical release
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Historic WWII memorabilia discovered in Oklahoma Goodwill's donated lockbox
Goodwill employees found the historic documents in a secret compartment inside a donated lockbox.
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Goodwill employees discover WWII documents in donated lockbox
Employees of the Goodwill in Edmond, Oklahoma, discovered a cache of World War II-era documents inside a locked box.
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German curator on a mission to return silver heirlooms stolen from Jewish families
A German museum curator has made it his mission to return silver objects stolen by the Nazis to Jewish families around the globe.
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Papa Jake survived D-Day on Omaha Beach. Now he's a TikTok star
World War II veteran Jake Larson survived D-Day on Omaha Beach. Now he’s a TikTok star.
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Normandy marks D-Day's 79th anniversary, honors WWII veterans
World War II veterans, officials and visitors are commemorating D-Day on the beaches of Normandy to honor those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history.
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U.S. Navy Destroyer Sunk in WWII Discovered Off Japanese Coast
Wreckage from a U.S. Navy destroyer sunk by a kamikaze aircraft attack during World War II has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean.
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The Story of Margaret Yamamoto
We’re honoring Asian American heritage by revisiting a dark period in our country’s past. A local woman shares the story of her family being forced to live in a Japanese internment camp.
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Holocaust Survivor Shares 60-Year Secret: He Arrested One of Hitler's Top Officers
One of the architects of the Holocaust was Arthur Seyss-Inquart, one of the most loyal and high-ranking officers of Hitler’s Nazi party. He might have escaped justice the day the Nazis surrendered, if not for a NYC man who shared his heroic story for the first time
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Ben Ferencz, the Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor of Nazi Commanders, Dies at 103
At the age of 27, with no previous trial experience, Ferencz became chief prosecutor for a 1947 case in which 22 former commanders were charged with murdering over 1 million Jews, Romani and other enemies of the Third Reich in Eastern Europe.
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Pearl Harbor Survivor Jack Holder Dies in Arizona at Age 101
Jack Holder, a Pearl Harbor survivor who went on become a decorated World War II flyer, has died in Arizona.
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: Auschwitz Survivors Mark Anniversary of Liberation
Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp amid horror that yet another war has shattered peace in Europe.
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WWII-era Map Sparks Treasure Hunt for Nazi Loot in Dutch Village
A hand-drawn map with a red letter X purportedly showing the location of a buried stash of precious jewelry looted by Nazis from a blown-up bank vault has sparked a modern-day treasure hunt.