Just over a year after World War II ended, a mob in the Polish city of Kielce killed around 40 Jews, some of them Holocaust ...

German publishing group Axel Springer said it closed the acquisition of the Telegraph Media ​Group on Tuesday, following regulatory approvals in ‌Britain, Ireland and Austria.

Parts of the old East quickly emptied out [BBC] Many businesses in the communist east struggled or simply collapsed as they ...

Joe Klein writes the “Sanity Clause” newsletter on Substack. The winter holidays of 1945-46 must have been a jolly time for the Greatest Generation. Many of them had just come home from the war and ...

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From their medieval roots and their brush with Nazis, these beloved bazaars are now celebrated around the world. The historic main square of Annaberg-Buchholz holds an annual Christmas market. It’s ...

Flying Fortresses of the 303rd bomber group (Hell’s Angels) drop a heavy load on industrial targets in Germany. Bettmann / Corbis Shortly before 11 a.m. on March 15, 1945, the first of 36 B-17 Flying ...