Through its conduct of the war in Gaza, Israel is losing sympathy in the wider world
Rite & Reason: Does its tortured history give Israel the right to propose its own rules of combat that fly in the face of UN protocols of war?
Rite & Reason: Does its tortured history give Israel the right to propose its own rules of combat that fly in the face of UN protocols of war?
February 2nd-7th: including Amandaland, Miss Austen, and Samantha Mumba’s crack at Eurovision
‘Last milestone anniversary’ will see political leaders, including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, listening to survivors’ voices rather than making speeches
As the world remembers the Holocaust, some Germans see a period ahead that echoes the widespread amnesia in the postwar period
By upholding international law, we ensure the lessons of the second World War endure. It is incumbent on us to call out violations wherever these occur and to promote accountability
Monday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp
As Europe faces a new wave of extreme nationalism, one of the last survivors of Auschwitz looks back
Joe Veselsky (106) made his mark on Ireland after his parents and brother died in Auschwitz
Soviet history specialist covers the repatriation and resettlement of millions after second World War
Described as ‘illiteracy’s most famous product’, what Robertson lacked in skill he made up for in tenacity under the cloud of Nazi occupation
Future president felt Ireland was ‘not too badly off’ and was apathetic towards partition
The proud, stubborn and courageous Monaghan man chose a path which led to his premature death
Patrick Cockburn remains detached but proud of father’s career as determined, ruthless revolutionary
Theatre: Sandra O Malley delivers a career-defining performance in Blue Raincoat’s meticulous production of Bertolt Brecht’s 1941 play
Once the cornerstone of the country’s remembrance culture, the slogan’s meaning has become increasingly blurred
Francesco Lotoro’s research is unclear and ignores how music-making in the Nazi camps was sometimes a form of torture
Temporary capital during wartime engaged American military aviation advice and training for the Flying Tigers to fend off aerial bombing by the Japanese
Just before the second World War broke out, in 1938 the New Industries (Development) Act sought to lure employers to the North. It helped some escape the evil of the Nazis
Hundreds of volunteers have helped unearth artefacts at site in St Anne’s Park
Sunil Amrith brilliantly portrays how our dominance over nature has been self-serving and destructive, a corrosive colonisation of Earth for which he doubts there is a mass global solution
Prime minister Donald Tusk says lessons of the past, and present Russian aggression, underline importance of strong defence
The far-right Alternative for Germany party’s Björn Höcke wants a ‘180-degree shift’ in the country’s view of its past and condemns the postwar ‘guilt cult’
Erfurt in Thuringia is a microcosm of a post-factual right-wing political landscape in which emotion is key to unlocking popular support
Irmgard Furchner worked in Stutthof concentration camp office from June 1943 to April 1945 aged 18 and 19
Beijing claims maritime incidents caused by dangerous actions of Philippines coast guard vessels in contested waters of South China Sea
Team behind memorial to Nazi-era prostitutes close to Reeperbahn excluded area’s sex workers from its planning and drew on incorrect information, it is claimed
UCC’s Andy Bielenberg says family are ‘very proud’ of Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg for part in plot
Historians Margaret MacMillan and Roy Foster see troubling parallels between the events of today and those of a century ago
A new train tunnel running under the memorial has been described as ‘macabre’ given how many Sinti and Roma were deported by rail to their deaths
Calls for historical commemoration projects and more compensation for wartime survivors from Germany for suffering it inflicted
Melanie Müller accused of gesture during concert in Leipzig
July 28th-August 2nd: From the new series of Interview with the Vampier to testimony from the last of Japan’s atomic bomb surivors
Yad Vashem has just opened a new facility exhibiting a vast collection of Holocaust-era items, each one linked to an individual victim or survivor
Max Hastings offers a thrilling account of a daring raid to steal German radar technology in 1942
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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