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'It is the role of justice to deal with this man': How the trial of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie shook the world
In July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported ...
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The Day Hitler’s Army Turned on Itself | The Battle of Itter Castle
In the final days of World War II, U.S. and German soldiers fought side by side—not against each other, but against the SS.
The second life of Klaus Barbie: A Nazi war criminal's rise in Bolivia
As head of the Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie was notorious for his cruelty. After World War II, he escaped to Bolivia, aided ...
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A Trumpian farce to make the ghosts of Jefferson, Madison and Vichy France’s victims weep
UVA president Jim Ryan's resignation under pressure from Donald Trump's administration recalls warnings from Thomas ...
Three Great Documentaries to Stream
In this month’s picks, a look back at a city in France during the Nazi occupation, an assessment of a renowned gay politician ...
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Léon Degrelle and the Nazis who landed on La Concha Beach the day after the Reich's surrender
Fernando Castillo narrates in 'The Last Flight' the stories of the defeated fleeing during the Spanish Civil War and World ...
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Steeped in tradition
In the halcyon days before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill, Kim Smith was the master chef behind ...
French University compares US to Nazi Germany as it welcomes American refugees
The 'Safe Place for Science' program is welcoming US scholars fleeing Trump's restrictions on science and research.
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Marthe Cohn, survivor and nurse who spied for the French, dies at 105
( JTA) — Marthe Cohn, a Holocaust survivor and nurse who went behind Germany enemy lines on behalf of French intelligence and helped undermine the German military in the waning days of World War II, ...