Explore the critical events related to the war and the personal stories of those who lived through that challenging time.
Maria Mandl had many nicknames given to her by female inmates at Auschwitz-Birkenau. One called her “Mandelka”, which wa...
#Biography
David Dushman was a Red Army soldier who fought in World War II as a tank driver. He took part in many battles, includin...
Marc Bloch, a leading historian and member of the French Resistance, was executed by the Gestapo in 1944 and will rest...
Madeleine Riffaud was a member of the French Resistance who carried out daring missions against Nazi forces, enduring ...
Witold Pilecki was a Polish Army officer who joined the conspiracy against the German and Soviet occupying forces in 193...
Jürgen Stroop was an SS general (German: Gruppenführer). He took part in the occupation of the so-called Sudetenland in ...
Cywia Lubetkin, nicknamed Celina, was a Polish Jew who became a symbol of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Before the war, sh...
Zenon Malik was a Polish soldier and officer. During the occupation of Poland he joined the Home Army in Kraków and ga...
Willi Graf was an devout Catholic and an active supporter of the White Rose. He was forced to serve as a medical orderly...
Validio Mantovani was a factory worker and a member of the Milanese Gruppi di Azione Patriottica (Patriotic Action Group...
Tadeusz Bieńkowicz was a member of the resistance and took part in one of the largest actions to free prisoners in occ...
Stanisław Kolasiński was a soldier of the Polish Army. After the Polish defeat in 1939 he went to France to join the P...
Sergio Kasman played a crucial part in the resistance, contributing to the liberation of political prisoners. His involv...
Piet Meerbug was a member of the resistance in Amsterdam. He was the leader of a resistance group that helped to save hu...
Kurt Huber was one of the few German professors who opposed the Nazi Regime. In December 1942, Huber joined the White Ro...
Johan Snoek helped people in hiding. When he and his family were driven from their home by the Battle of Arnhem in Septe...
Henryk Kosior fought in Polish Army in September 1939. During the Soviet occupation, he joined the resistance. He was ...
Hans Scholl was the central figure of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group in Munich. Scholl, together with f...
Hans Leipelt was a student at Munich University. He received a copy of the sixth leaflet of the White Rose on the day th...
Ferruccio Parri was a key figure of the Italian resistance movement. As the Deputy commander of the Volunteers of Freedo...
The Blitz in Portsmouth killed or injured over 3,000 people and included 67 major bombing raids. It is estimated that ...
#Story
During the Second World War, Portsmouth, a small south coast city in England, played a crucial role in Allied operati...
When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, Ernst Sillem was 16 years old. From the start, he tried to thw...
Danuta Siedzikówna joined the Home Army when she was 15 years old and served as nurse. After the war, when the communi...