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A Jewish woman adopted as a baby after World War II lost hope of finding her father. This year she...
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 4 weeks agoWhen Elana Milman published a book last year about her lifelong quest to find her birth parents, she...
The Mancunian Way: D-Day remembered
Manchester Evening News via Yahoo News UK· 4 weeks agoHello, On June 6 1944, Allied forces from Britain, America and the Commonwealth gathered on five beaches in Normandy, ready to launch the biggest naval...
'All that was in your mind was getting through': Greater Manchester's D-Day veterans in their own...
Manchester Evening News via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoVeterans from Greater Manchester share their experiences of D-Day - the largest naval and airborne...
New book shines a light on Ireland’s nurses in the Second World War
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoA new book has shone a light on the contribution of nurses from across Ireland working in dangerous...
With time short, veterans seize the chance to keep their D-Day memories alive for others
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoKen Hay’s part in the invasion of Normandy lasted just a few weeks, but he wants to make sure the...
A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoEven as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy, Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by...
Today in History: April 15, the Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic, more than 1,500 die
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoOn April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland more than 2 1/2 hours after hitting an iceberg; 1,514 people died, while less than half ...
The Netherlands opens a Holocaust museum as protesters oppose Israeli president's presence
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoThe Netherlands opened the National Holocaust Museum on Sunday with a ceremony presided over by the...
A new Holocaust Museum shows how three-quarters of Dutch Jews were deported and killed
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoThe Dutch resistance spirited newborn Flip Delmonte away after his parents were detained by Nazi...
William condemns rise in antisemitism as he visits synagogue
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoThe Prince of Wales has condemned the rise in hatred directed against the country’s Jewish community...
