Second world war
Alex Schweitzer obituary
Other lives: Founder of a Reminiscence Centre in London
David Schweitzer
24, Oct, 2021 @10:35 AM
Think big on climate: the transformation of society in months has been done before | George Monbiot
The story of how the US entered the second world war should be on everyone’s minds as Cop26 approaches, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
George Monbiot
20, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM
Former Nazi camp secretary goes on trial over murders of 11,000 people
Irmgard Furchner, who tried to flee last month, is accused of complicity in killings at Stutthof death camp
Kate Connolly in Itzehoe
19, Oct, 2021 @4:33 PM
El Alamein, Dresden and a cold war spy: the incredible life of Victor Gregg
A celebration of the achievements of the Britain’s oldest para veteran, who died last week aged 101
Rick Stroud
17, Oct, 2021 @6:15 AM
Can we please stop invoking the ‘blitz spirit’ at the first sign of crisis? | Joel Golby
I’ve had my fill of people born in the 1950s imagining how young people would have fared in the 1940s, says author Joel Golby
Joel Golby
15, Oct, 2021 @9:00 AM
‘Beacon of hope’: Holocaust survivor and peace campaigner Eddie Jaku dies at 101
The author of The Happiest Man on Earth was a founder and tireless volunteer at the Sydney Jewish Museum for decades
Ben Doherty
12, Oct, 2021 @6:48 AM
Imperial War Museum Holocaust Galleries review – history’s greatest horror
Under glaring lights, the IWM’s new permanent exhibit lays bare the unspeakable atrocity through the small, human details
Jonathan Freedland
10, Oct, 2021 @11:01 PM
Antony Hewish obituary
Radio astronomer who won the Nobel prize for physics for his role in the discovery of pulsars
Michael Rowan-Robinson
03, Oct, 2021 @4:42 PM
Betty Farrar obituary
Other lives: Labour party activist who supported the Grunwick strike, CND and the miners’ struggles
Max Farrar
03, Oct, 2021 @11:05 AM
Secretary of Nazi concentration camp told judge she wouldn’t attend trial
Irmgard Furchner, 96, was arrested after failing to turn up at court and absconding from retirement home
Kate Connolly in Berlin
01, Oct, 2021 @5:26 PM
‘Another miracle’: boy’s escape from Auschwitz train is made into opera
Push will be performed in Boortmeerbeek, where Simon Gronowski fled to safety, nine days before his 90th birthday
Daniel Boffey in Brussels
01, Oct, 2021 @10:19 AM
First judgments at Nuremberg war crimes tribunal – archive, October 1946
How the Guardian reported the verdicts handed down to Germany’s Nazi leaders for crimes committed during the second world war
compiled by Richard Nelsson
01, Oct, 2021 @8:49 AM
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