Post-war Germany has been seen as a model of 'transitional justice' in action, where the prosecution of Nazis, most prominently in the Nuremberg Trials, helped promote a transition to democracy.
THE ROAD from the Third Reich to modern Germany began in a field of rubble. The second world war had left behind enough of it to form a mountain 4,000 metres high, if it were piled up on the Nazi ...
After the Allied landings on Normandy and their subsequent trek into the German heartland, the retreating Wehrmacht blew up ...
On May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered. "This is a solemn but glorious hour," said Truman. "General Eisenhower informs me that the ...
Exploring the Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945 exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum. The Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945 exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum, reveals how ...
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Maria Limanskaya, Soviet soldier who became a symbol of the Allied victory over Germany in 1945
Maria Limanskaya, who has died aged 100, was a Soviet traffic “regulator” who in May 1945 became known as the “Victory traffic controller” and the “Brandenburg Madonna” after a photograph of her ...
In January of 1945, when the Queen Mary arrived in Scotland, Robert Coyne and the other soldiers were loaded on trains bound for Southampton, England. The trip took longer than expected as the train ...
Your Job In Germany is a short film made for the United States War Department in 1945 just before Victory in Europe Day (VE). It was shown to US soldiers about to go on occupation duty in Germany. The ...
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