World War II
The search for Anne Frank’s betrayer
Canadian author Rosemary Sullivan’s new book describes the six-year investigation into how the Nazis learned about the Amsterdam annex where the Frank family hid during WWII
How an RCAF airman’s watch solved a 50-year mystery
The discovery of F.O. William Joseph Kyle’s watch led Veterans Affairs Canada—and his family—to where his plane went down during the Second World War
The long, dark past behind the National Gallery’s latest acquisition
John Geddes: The painting shows ‘a peaceful, rich life’. In reality, the Nazis murdered the painting’s Jewish owner and the artist was on the Nazi side.
When Canada finally started to remember World War II
A new book by historian Tim Cook looks at how World War II fits in Canada’s historical imagination, and why it was vulnerable to neglect for so long
Canada was warned of the coming Holocaust. We turned away 900 Jewish refugees, anyway.
Canada knew. Britain knew. The U.S. knew. They knew because a Jewish trade unionist warned them what was coming. Today marks the 75th anniversary of his suicide.
The untold story of the Ritchie Boys
How German-Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis gathered military intelligence in Europe for the U.S.
A return to Second World War England: Book review
Humphreys’ new novel tells a story that moves from a POW camp in Germany to the London area
Five lessons we learned about Canada in wartime
A historian looks back and finds some major takeaways and hard truths about Canadians at war
Polish artist Jerzy Bohdan Szumczyk’s monument to hate
Sculpture depicting Soviet soldier raping a pregnant woman sparks outrage
Book Review: What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France
By Mary Louise Roberts
The Deserters: A Hidden History Of World War II
Book by Charles Glass
Imagine a world without Gangnam Style
Steven Blaney on the significance of our military history