World War II
Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, 245,000 Jewish survivors are still alive
By Kirsten Grieshaber — January 23, 2024
BERLIN (AP) — Their numbers are quickly dwindling, as most are very old and often of frail health, with a median age of 86.
‘Godzilla Minus One’ offers a profound critique of war and American pop culture
By Jim McDermott — November 29, 2023
(RNS) — The lizard god returns as a complex character reflecting his roots in postwar fears of nuclear weapons.
Painting asylum-seekers as potential threats is an old, cynical game
By Avi Shafran — September 13, 2023
(RNS) — Fears of malefactors entering the U.S. among legitimate asylum-seekers are overblown.
Lisa Doi: Pilgrims sustain the memory of Japanese American detainment
By Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt — August 31, 2023
(RNS) — A descendant of prisoners at World War II camps dedicated her doctoral research to how the Japanese American community commemorates its forebears' experience.
The atomic bomb shocked the world, but not enough to stop killing civilians
By Bridget Moix — July 27, 2023
(RNS) — As we mourn the devastation of the last world war, policymakers need to work to prevent the next one.
Germany to give $1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024
By Kirsten Grieshaber — June 15, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — The compensation was negotiated with Germany's finance ministry and includes $888.9 million to provide home care and supportive services for frail and vulnerable Holocaust survivors.
Can Pope Francis bring peace to Ukraine?
By Thomas Reese — May 31, 2023
(RNS) — The pope’s refusal to cheer either side in this war gives him credibility as mediator.
Time to remember more than one atrocity? A defense of Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Avi Shafran — February 1, 2023
(RNS) — There’s a reason we take a special day to remember the Holocaust.
The National Christmas Tree turns 100 this year. Here are five faith facts to know.
By Adelle M. Banks — November 30, 2022
(RNS) — Though the tree has not been lit every single year across the century, it is the second-oldest White House tradition after the Easter egg roll.
Ken Burns’ documentary busts myth that Americans didn’t know about Nazi atrocities
By Yonat Shimron — September 16, 2022
(RNS) — The series, which debuts Sunday (Sept. 18), shows Americans heard on the radio and read in the newspapers about Nazis' rising hostility to Jews, culminating in the Final Solution.
What a cathedral and a massive military parade show about Putin’s Russia
By Lena Surzhko Harned — May 6, 2022
(The Conversation) — World War II has a central place in Russian nationalism. Its importance is written all over a new cathedral dedicated to the armed forces.
Cold case team shines new light on betrayal of Anne Frank
By Mike Corder — January 17, 2022
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family. Their answer, outlined in a new book called “The […]
Report: Nearly half of Jewish cemeteries in Europe are falling apart
By Yonat Shimron — July 15, 2021
(RNS) — The report, to be published in September by the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, found that 44% of the 1,700 cemeteries visited by surveyors were in urgent need of protection.
The US needs an ambassador to the Holy See
By Thomas Reese — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — Joe Biden will soon be the first Catholic president to nominate an ambassador to the Holy See, something that in earlier days would have been anathema to American Protestants who feared the papacy’s political and religious power.
Rare Winston Churchill paintings of historic mosque, cathedral up for auction
By Joseph Hammond — February 11, 2021
(RNS) — Paintings by the former British prime minister of St. Paul's Cathedral in London and the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech will be put on sale at Christie’s.
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