World War II

When the Mob Came for the Jews of Baghdad

Eighty years since the farhud.

Joseph Samuels
June 2 2021 12:01AM

A Jewish Marine’s Story of Observance During World War II

Semper fidelis—to God and country.

Mordechai Lightstone
June 2 2021 12:01AM

World War II’s Secret Unit of Jewish Warriors

The X Troop.

Leah Garrett
May 28 2021 12:01AM

When Portugal Became a Magnet for Jewish Refugees

A very temporary haven.

Allan Arkush
April 1 2021 12:01AM

How a Nazi Collaborator Became a Lithuanian National Hero

Uncovering a dark family secret.

Silvia Foti
March 11 2021 12:01AM

The Secret War That Saved the Land of Israel from the Nazis

And the forgotten battle that cost Moshe Dayan his eye.

Amy Spiro
Feb. 3 2021 12:01AM

The Ex-Anti-Semite Who Risked His Life to Fight the Nazis

“Resistance,” then and now.

Kevin Williamson
Nov. 30 2020 12:01AM

A Jewish Prayer for Thanksgiving

“We pray sincerely for America and the ideals of democracy and freedom that are here enshrined.”

Joseph Lookstein
Nov. 27 2020 12:01AM

The Man Who Led the Revolt at the Sobibor Death Camp, and the Fraught Politics of Remembering Him

Alexander Pechersky.

David Bezmozgis
Oct. 22 2020 12:01AM

The Camps Where Canada Kept Hundreds of Jews during World War II

Sent there by the British as enemy aliens.

Julie Masis
Aug. 26 2020 12:01AM

The Story of Holocaust Refugees in Tehran Teaches a Lesson in Jewish Solidarity

Strong enough to break through post-Zionist cynicism.

Allan Arkush
July 6 2020 12:01AM

Eighty Years Later, Portugal Honors a Heroic Diplomat Who Sacrificed His Career to Save Jews

Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

James Badcock
June 23 2020 12:01AM

The Anglo-Jewish Pilots Who Helped Save Their Country, and Their People, from the Nazis

The Jews of the Royal Air Force.

Robert Philpot
May 12 2020 12:01AM

Why Thousands of Germans Killed Themselves after World War II

Following Nazism’s commandment to kill—one last time.

Tom Rice
April 29 2020 12:01AM
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