In July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported ...

He had fled France for London in June 1940, inspired by de Gaulle’s famous 18 June “Appel” – call or summons – over BBC radio, urging French resistance to the German occupation.

Fluent in German and passing as an Aryan, she once crossed into Germany, uncovered Nazi military secrets and nursed a wounded, and deceived, SS officer. By Sam Roberts Marthe Cohn was barely 25 on ...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday declared 174 new martyrs, including 50 French Catholics who died in Nazi concentration camps during ...

As head of the Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie was notorious for his cruelty. After World War II, he escaped to Bolivia, aided ...

In honor of National Resistance Day, which commemorates those who resisted German occupation and the Vichy authorities during World War II on May 27 each year, the French government released a 27 ...

UVA president Jim Ryan's resignation under pressure from Donald Trump's administration recalls warnings from Thomas ...

In this month’s picks, a look back at a city in France during the Nazi occupation, an assessment of a renowned gay politician ...

The eldest of the Mitford sisters, Nancy Mitford turned the eccentricities of her family and social class into sharp, ...

Germany and Brazil signed a treaty on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy. Despite Germany's nuclear phase out, it ...

Having survived a devastating crash during a secret mission, Frank Griffiths finally made it home. Now his great-grandson has ...