Explore the critical events related to the war and the personal stories of those who lived through that challenging time.
Sonya D'Artois, a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent, parachuted into France in 1944 when she was only 19...
#Biography
Warrant Officer Nathan Louis Berger, a Royal Canadian Air Force wireless operator, died on D-Day when Dakota KG429 airc...
Louise Boitard, a courageous schoolteacher, joined the French Resistance under the codename "Jeanine” during WWII. She...
Lloyd Vernon Chadburn, a decorated Canadian pilot, led 416 Squadron during World War II and was awarded multiple honour...
Dorothy ‘Molly’ Mulholland served as a WWII Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) nurse. She was one of the first Canadian nu...
Alphonse Noël, a Canadian soldier, fought in WWII with the North Shore Regiment. He played a key role in D-Day and the...
Sister Agnès Marie Valois, the ‘Angel of Dieppe,’ risked her life during WWII to treat the most severely wounded—even d...
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-Black, all-female unit deployed overseas by the US Army...
Betty Webb was a Bletchley Park codebreaking operative during WWII, later recognised for her work deciphering Axis commu...
Germaine Kanova was a war photographer and portraitist who documented the Liberation of France and the aftermath of th...
Odile de Vasselot was a liaison agent in the French Resistance during World War II, known for helping Allied airmen es...
Nuto Revelli (1919-2004) has written books on the Second World War, the Resistance, and rural life. His home is now the ...
Hector Santa Anna was a decorated WWII bomber pilot and one of the few Latino officers in the US Air Forces, later hon...
Simone Veil was a Holocaust survivor and influential French figure whose experiences during World War II shaped her life...
Léonard Gille was a lawyer, politician and member of the Resistance in Calvados. His name is associated with the first...
Raymond Triboulet was a politician and a Gaullist Resistance fighter from Calvados. Raymond Triboulet was the first su...
Violette Szabo was a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during World War II who undertook daring mission...
Prof. Thomas Buergenthal was one of the most prominent lawyers specializing in human rights and international law. He ta...
“Good night and good luck” was one of the most popular phrases uttered by E. Murrow from his days as a war correspondent...
The Witch of Buchenwald – that’s what the prisoners called Ilse Koch. She dressed in a provocative manner to taunt the m...
Those who knew Alice Herz-Sommer often recalled her love for music and her incorrigible optimism. Years later, describin...
Viktor Ullmann came from an assimilated Jewish family that converted to Catholicism. He came from Cieszyn in Silesia. He...
Štěpán Trochta was a Salesian who believed that great emphasis should be placed on working with youth and caring for the...
When war broke out, Ostrowski fought in the ranks of the Polish Army. On September 18, 1939, he was wounded during a cla...