The unknown story of how 300,000 Jews were saved in WWII
In secret talks, would-be saviours duped Himmler into thinking he should stop the extermination of Jews
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Second World War
Q&A: Caroline Moorehead on a mother’s fight against Italian fascism
Her latest book explores the life of single mother Amelia Rosselli, a playwright and activist at a time when Mussolini decreed women were second-class
Understanding the young lives lost on D-Day
Matt Gurney on how he came to grapple with the incredible youth of the soldiers who died on D-Day, 73 years ago today
Thanking Pte. Eddie Namaypoke, Canada’s forgotten soldier
Taylor Prestidge pays tribute to the 22 Canadians buried in the Rome War Cemetery—including one Ojibwa man who laid down his life so far from home
The Polish Embassy in Ottawa responds to Jan Grabowski
The government of Poland challenges a recent article written by the University of Ottawa history professor—and Grabowski responds
’A Royal Night Out’: An old-fashioned comedy of errors
A madcap adventure about Elizabeth and Margaret sneaking out of Buckingham Palace is a fun throwback to innocent times
Fictionalizing the accounts of women in the Second World War
Book review: ’The Race for Paris’ reimagines the swashbuckling journalist Martha Gellhorn’s adventures in the Second World War
Teddy bear’s nitpick: The international mystery of the Beaumont Bear
Ace pilot Stephen Beaumont’s teddy had it all as it went to auction. There was just one problem—the whole story.
It’s a royal book war, and [spoiler] Andrew Morton loses!
Two books out on the same day. The same topic: the struggles and scandals of the British royal family during the Second World War. What a difference.
RBC Taylor Prize nominees: David O’Keefe on the secrets of Dieppe
David O’Keefe discovered the real motive behind the poorly planned raid where so many Canadians died