Tag: Second World War
In Germany, a centenarian sentenced to five years in prison for Nazi crimes
Never has such an old defendant been tried for his participation in the atrocities committed by the Third Reich. The former guard of the Sachsenhausen camp, near Berlin, was sentenced…
Elie Buzyn, one of the last great French witnesses to Auschwitz, has died
Elie Buzyn, father of former French Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn, died Monday May 23 at the age of 93. During his life, he worked to transmit the memory of…
Joe Biden signs a very symbolic law to accelerate the shipment of weapons
In the United States, Joe Biden has just signed a law to speed up the shipment of military equipment to Ukraine. A measure which is also a symbol, since in…
Germany wants to avoid pro-Putin rallies
More than fifty demonstrations are announced, in Berlin alone, on the occasion of the commemoration of the end of the Second World War. Most are organized by pro-Putin Russian-speaking activists.…
When the Ile de Sein was a quarter of France
Off the coast of Brittany, the Ile de Sein is the most decorated French town during the Second World War. In June 1940, refusing defeat, all men of military age…
“We are leaving tomorrow”, letters from deportees from the Drancy camp
On the occasion of the day of remembrance of the victims of the deportation, this April 24, 2022, 80 years after the Vel d’Hiv roundup and the turning point that…
Russia drops peace talks with Japan over Kuril Islands, Tokyo ‘protests’
Japan has firmly protested on Tuesday March 22 against Russia’s decision to abandon negotiations for a peace treaty between the two countries because, according to Moscow, of the ” unfriendly…
The French Parliament approves the return of works of art looted by the Nazis
In France, the unanimous Parliament definitively adopted this Tuesday evening a bill allowing the restitution of 15 works of art, including a painting by Gustav Klimt and another by Marc…
The war of the waves – The march of the world
On BBC London, the airwave war is declared! Winston Churchill assures his unfailing support for Free France against the Germans and against the French State of Marshal Pétain. A speech…
77 years later, repeating the crimes of anti-Semitism
Germany commemorates the Holocaust on this anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp on January 27, 1945. A ceremony attended by the highest officials was held at the…