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By Alex Gordon in Haifa, Israel Of the 150 biographical essays I have published in English on prominent Jews—scholars, writers, composers, philosophers, and political figures— 68 were devoted to German-speaking Jews in Germany and Austria. Some of these essays were also…
The application saw a flare up in a longstanding disagreement over Guernsey’s Holocaust history Jewish groups in Alderney have been left dismayed by the local authority’s denial of permission, for a second time, for a memorial plaque to Holocaust victims…
My Voice creates books of individual life stories of people who settled in the North-West of England My Voice, the Holocaust testimony project run by Manchester Jewish social care charity The Fed, has been awarded £705,672 in initial funding from the…
Orlando’s Appearance Review Board has unanimously approved the new design for the Holocaust Center for Hope & Humanity, clearing the way for the museum to move toward construction. Museum CEO Tim Roberts confirmed that the Center’s construction documents are on track…
The Browning.30-cal. M1919A4 light machine gun was used to great effect in all theaters during World War II. A U.S. Army soldier (above) crews an M1919A4 during operations on Jan. 16, 1945, in northwest Europe. In 1919, the “Model of 1919” air-cooled.30-cal. Browning machine gun was…
“All the above rifles have bright bolts (polished and not Parkerized). It is recommended they be taken up as rifles, cal..30, M1903 and issued as may be directed. If and when national matches are again held the U.S. Rifle, M1 undoubtedly will…
The RPD was developed in the final years of the Second World War, when Soviet military planners sought a new automatic support weapon to complement the recently developed 7.62x39mm intermediate cartridge following the German 7.92x33 introduction during the war. Unlike traditional rifle-caliber…
Near the end of World War II, Germany was running short on oil, but still had plenty of coal. Hence, this strange aircraft that was designed to run on coal. The Bizarre Coal-Powered WWII Fighter Germany Never Got To Finish…
Former United States treasury secretary and Jewish refugee to Shanghai, W. Michael Blumenthal, returned to the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum on Saturday during a visit to the city that saved his family from Nazi persecution about eight decades ago. The 100-year-old's…
Much of what defines modern warfare was born during World War II. From combined arms operations to strategic bombing and amphibious assault, the conflict produced weapons that permanently altered how wars are fought. These weren’t temporary solutions—they were answers to…