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French artist Henri Matisse works on his 'Grand Intérieur Rouge' canvas in his Villa le Rêve studio in Vence, circa April 1948. (Louis FOUCHERAND / AFP)
April 18, 2026, 7:52 am
Was Henri Matisse’s sojourn in Vichy France de facto collaboration or quiet resistance?
In his new book ‘Matisse at War,’ Christopher C. Gorham explores the renowned artist’s troubled but prolific life under the Nazis during WWII, and his family’s role in the French underground
By Rich Tenorio
A squad of German soldiers marches through a street in Paris, France, October 24, 1940, while others walk along looking at the shops. (AP Photo)
January 7, 2026, 10:42 pm
French author sued for libel by her relatives over Nazi ‘collaborator’ family novel
Cecile Desprairies’ 2024 book ‘The Propagandist’ paints her family as collaborationist, but her relatives say novel was ‘conceived as a genuine act of family vengeance’
By Alexandre Marchand
Holocaust survivor Ester Senot, 97, attends a commemorative ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the return of death camp deportees, in Paris, France, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
May 4, 2025, 1:58 pm
Death camp survivors recall horrors as France marks 80 years since Nazi surrender
Ester Senot survived over a year at Auschwitz; when she returned to France weighing 32 kilograms, neighbors reacted with disbelief at her stories, said she was ‘talking nonsense’
By Sylvie Corbet
Representatives of the Jewish community lay flowers at the monument commemorating victims of a World War II concentration camp in Jasenovac, Croatia, April 22, 2025. (AP)
May 3, 2025, 8:41 am
As Croatia’s fascist past sheds taboo, some local Jews fear for their future
Symbols from the era of Nazi collaboration have resurfaced in former Yugoslav nation, and community leaders say the government in Zagreb won’t ‘accept responsibility’
By Larry Luxner
A wristwatch and a pair of earrings belonging to deceased Stanislawa Mordes are seen on June 11, 2024, in Warsaw, during a ceremony of returning the personal effects to the families of two Polish victims killed following the Warsaw Uprising from 1944. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)
June 11, 2024, 11:45 pm
Germany returns items to descendants of Poles killed at Nazi camps
Arolsen Archives hands over watch, earring, brooch and powder compact as part of efforts to retrace the fate of Third Reich’s 17.5 million victims
By AFP
A screen shows photos of the victims of the massacre of the Ardeatine Caves during a commemorative ceremony for its 80th anniversary, in Rome, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
March 24, 2024, 10:33 pm
Italy marks 80 years since Nazi massacre in Rome with memorial concert
Symphony written in 1968 by Jewish composer William Schuman in honor of 335 killed at Ardeatine Caves makes Italian debut at ceremony
By LUIGI NAVARRO and SILVIA STELLACCI
'Fatherland,' by Burkhard Bilger (Courtesy); and Karl Gonner's undated prisoner of war photo. (Dépôt central des archives de la justice militaire)
October 4, 2023, 4:24 am
The ‘reasonable Nazi’ defended by the French villagers he oversaw
In his new book ‘Fatherland,’ Burkhard Bilger tells about his 1992 discovery that his grandfather had been tried for war crimes in postwar France – but that’s not the whole story
By Robert Philpot
Holocaust survivor Naki Bega at her daughter's home in Athens, Greece, on March 14, 2023. (Louisa GOULIAMAKI/AFP)
March 15, 2023, 5:49 pm
Long ignored, Greek Holocaust survivors finally tell their story
Naki Bega, one of less than a dozen survivors remaining in south European country, survived Auschwitz and 22-day death march; Greece marks 80th anniversary of first deportation
By Yannick Pasquet
German soldiers try to dislodge snipers in Warsaw during the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939 in World War II. (AP Photo)
September 1, 2022, 1:27 pm
Poland to demand $1.3 trillion in WWII reparations from Germany
Deputy PM makes bombshell announcement at the release of a report on the cost to the country of years of Nazi occupation, as it marks 83 years since the start of the war
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Sant' Anna di Stazzema massacre memorial sculpture, February 22, 2008. (Wikimedia Commons/ Hans Peter Schaefer)
October 12, 2021, 11:48 pm
After killing hundreds of Italian civilians, a brutal SS division evaded justice
UK author Christian Jennings’ new book ‘Anatomy of a Massacre’ examines the infamous murders at Sant’ Anna di Stazzema to highlight Nazi war crimes that went unpunished
By Robert Philpot
Students explore Camp Amersfoort in the Netherlands, April 19, 2021. (Mike Bink/National Monument Kamp Amersfoort, via JTA)
April 23, 2021, 3:13 pm
‘Unimaginable suffering’: Museum opens at infamous Nazi camp in heart of Holland
47,000 people were imprisoned at Camp Amersfoort, including hundreds of Jews who were later sent to death camps in Poland
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Adolf Hitler, left (Bundesarchiv Bild); Winston Churchill, right (CC-SA 2.0/ Yousuf Karsh); 'The Black Book: The Britons on the Nazi List,' by Sybil Oldfield. (Courtesy)
March 12, 2021, 9:37 pm
Hitler kept secret hit list of 3,000 prominent Brits for after Nazis defeated UK
Author Sybil Oldfield reveals the Gestapo’s infamous ‘Black Book’ and the plan to Nazify Britain by rounding up the Jews – and non-Jews – who stood in the Third Reich’s way
By Robert Philpot
Nazi soldiers march through Paris, France, October 24, 1940. (AP)
January 30, 2021, 4:29 am
French village that sheltered Austrian man from Nazis inherits his fortune
Eric Schwam bequeaths over $2 million to Chambon-sur-Lignon, where he and his family hid in a school during World War II
By AFP
Emanuele Di Porto speaks about his experience in a Zoom conference. (Courtesy)
January 27, 2021, 4:39 am
Four Italian Holocaust survivors tell how they escaped death on ‘Black Saturday’
Ahead of a January 27 online preview of the Rome Shoah Foundation Museum’s new exhibition, volunteers who usually travel Italy speaking to schools share their stories with ToI
By Giovanni Vigna
The Jewish Council of Amsterdam was a body set up by the Nazis to have Jews oversee preparations for the extermination of their own minority throughout the Netherlands during World War II. (Courtesy of the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam/ via JTA)
January 26, 2021, 4:43 pm
In Amsterdam, ‘personal cards’ of Holocaust victims return to Jewish hands
The 140,000-plus identification papers are set to be displayed publicly for the 1st time; they’re unique in containing details of status and personal traits, unlike Nazi-made cards
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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