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Habermas sits at a desk and types on a typewriter. He is in a room with full bookshelves on the walls
Europe
Jürgen Habermas, philosophy giant who reckoned with the unique evil of Nazism, dies at 96
By Geir Moulson and The Associated PressMarch 16, 2026
Donald McPherson
Success
The last ‘ace’: World War II fighter pilot Donald McPherson, who shot down 5 enemy planes, dies at 103
By The Associated PressAugust 24, 2025
D-Day veteran ‘Papa Jake’ Larson, who garnered 1.2 million TikTok followers by sharing WWII stories, dies at 102
Lifestyle
D-Day veteran ‘Papa Jake’ Larson, who garnered 1.2 million TikTok followers by sharing WWII stories, dies at 102
By Angela Charlton and The Associated PressJuly 21, 2025
Senate probe links Credit Suisse to more Nazi accounts during World War II after bank previously concealed information
Finance
Senate probe links Credit Suisse to more Nazi accounts during World War II after bank previously concealed information
By AFPJanuary 4, 2025
Bunker St Pauli
Lifestyle
A former Nazi bunker in Hamburg just relaunched as a hip new attraction with restaurants and a hotel after a €100 million revamp
By Prarthana PrakashJuly 12, 2024
Military labs identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II as Memorial Day and 80th anniversary of D-Day underscore urgency
Politics
Military labs identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II as Memorial Day and 80th anniversary of D-Day underscore urgency
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressMay 27, 2024
U.S. deaths from coronavirus and wars
Finance
The coronavirus has now killed more Americans than every war since the start of the Korean War—combined
By Lance LambertJune 10, 2020
B-24 Liberators being assembled at the Willow Run Bomber Factory in Detroit.
Politics
World War II offers lessons—and warnings—for the coronavirus fight
By Jeremy KahnApril 5, 2020
Barrage Balloons over Normandy Beaches on D-day
Leadership
The Eyes of the World Are Upon Some of Them: RaceAhead
By Ellen McGirtJune 6, 2019
Galleria degli Uffizi museum. narrow courtyard between palace's two wings with view toward the Arno. Florence. Tuscany. Italy
Uffizi Gallery Asks Germany to Return Dutch Masterpiece Nazis Stole in World War II
By Don ReisingerJanuary 2, 2019
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Germany’s Forest Fires Come With an Explosive Twist
By David MeyerJuly 27, 2018
City commute
Travel & Leisure
A World War II Bomb Has Shut Down a Central London Airport
By David MeyerFebruary 12, 2018
Button w. caption Remember Pearl Harbor.
Photos: What You Should Know About the Pearl Harbor Attack on Its 76th Anniversary
By Grace Donnelly and Alex ScimeccaDecember 6, 2017
A look back: Fortune’s July 1940 issue
Leadership
A look back: Fortune’s July 1940 issue
By Clifton LeafJune 30, 2017
A rabbi looks at grapes in a vineyard in famous Tokaj wine region in the village of Mad
Retail
Hungary’s Tokaj Wine Region Revives Jewish Heritage
By ReutersJuly 23, 2016
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