A German army officer who helped Jews during World War II and was featured in the Oscar-winning film "The Pianist" was posthumously honored by Israel at a ceremony in Berlin on Friday. By Reuters, The ...
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A WWII officer’s pistol found buried for over eighty years
What begins as a routine metal-detecting search turns remarkable with the discovery of a fully loaded WWII officer’s pistol. Made in Belgium and later carried by a German officer, the weapon’s journey ...
Officials have accounted for the remains of a United States Army soldier from Alabama who was killed during World War II — eight decades after a German officer handed over his identification tags. U.S ...
“There is a lot of baggage in doing a German impression,” says Dave Fornell, of Elgin, a lead organizer of Rockford World War II Days. “My elevator pitch on why I do German has to do with their ...
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From Winterhilfswerk tokens to a WWII lighter this German dump site is packed with forgotten history
Back at the same WWII dump site for a second day, the team uncovers even more personal and unexpected pieces of history—another section of a German officer’s sword scabbard, a 1936 Luftwaffe-stamped ...
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