How Disney Propaganda Shaped Life on the Home Front During WWII

A traveling exhibition traces how the animation studio mobilized to support the Allied war effort When World War II rewrote … More

Mel Mermelstein Who Survived Auschwitz, Then Sued Holocaust Deniers in Court, Dies at 95

Fed up with the lies and anti-Semitism, a California businessman partnered with a lawyer to prove that the murder of … More

Simone Segouin, mostly known by her codename, Nicole Minet, was only 18-years-old when the Germans invaded. Her first act of … More

Pat Shipman – Smithsonian Magazine “Even at the very beginning of her life, it was clear that Margaretha Zelle would … More

A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland’s literary phenomenon … More

When the Marines were getting hammered on Iwo Jima they were aided by the Code Talkers who ere able to … More

“The Nazis called them “Night Witches” because the whooshing noise their plywood and canvas airplanes made reminded the Germans of … More

When baseball greats Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on tour in baseball-crazy Japan in 1934, some fans wondered why … More

Seventy-five years ago, the final great battle of WWII convinced Allied leaders to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. The … More

On your 14th birthday, World War I starts and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in … More