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World War II

May 9

‘Operation Mincemeat’ Is a Spy Story Absurd, True, and Compelling in Equal Measure

James Bond's creator features in this true-life Netflix spy film that would be unbelievable if it weren't history.
By Emily Zemler
Mar 1

A $20 Million Nazi-Looted Kandinsky Has Been Returned to Rightful Owner’s Heirs

'Bild mit Häusern (Painting with Houses)' was sold under duress at the height of World War II.
By Helen Holmes
Sep 2

Six Arrests Have Been Made in Connection to the Dresden Saxony Jewel Theft

According to German officials, the suspects have connections to the notoriously criminal "Remmo clan."
By Helen Holmes
Jul 26

Jewish Funeral Records Seized During World War II Are Being Returned

By Helen Holmes
Mar 10

Winston Churchill’s Art, Brandy Glass and Slippers Have Fetched Huge Auction Prices

By Helen Holmes
Feb 1

Angelina Jolie is Selling the One Painting Winston Churchill Made During World War II

By Helen Holmes
Sep 15

Former Director of a Women’s Rights Museum in Korea Accused of Embezzling Funds

By Helen Holmes
harvey keitel the painted bird
Jul 17

‘The Painted Bird’ Is One of the Most Relentless Depictions of Evil Ever

By Oliver Jones
Dec 11

A Museum Dedicated to Anti-Fascist Fighters in WWII-Era Italy Will Open in Milan

By Helen Holmes
War with Iran
May 31

President Trump: There Are 241 Reasons to Go to War With Iran

By Brittain Ladd
Alice Dwyer in The Invisibles.
Jan 28

‘The Invisibles’ Tells the Harrowing, Heroic True Stories of Four Holocaust Survivors

By Rex Reed
Bel Powley and Jonah Hauer-King in Ashes in the Snow
Jan 11

You Won’t Understand a Word of the Trite, Mumbly Holocaust Drama ‘Ashes in the Snow’

By Rex Reed
Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I, 1907, which was involved in one of the most high-profile and protracted restitution disputes.
Nov 20

20 Years On, It’s Time to Admit Our Rules for Handling Nazi-Looted Art Have Failed

By Noah Charney
Russian Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled howitzers ride through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2017. Russia marks the 72nd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. / AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images
Aug 28

Outgunned US Army Isn’t Prepared For War With Russia

By John R. Schindler
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