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Thursday 22 October 2020
Bruno Dey is accused of complicity in the murder of 5,230 people when he worked at the Stutthof camp.
Nearly six million Poles died in the conflict that killed more than 50 million people overall.
D-Day is seen by many as one of the great symbols of transatlantic cooperation.
The former RAF navigator never managed to escape the camp in events later portrayed in the Steve McQueen film.
The German man is charged with complicity in mass murder at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
The sign was revealed by recent wildfires after lying hidden for many years.
Strict new coronavirus measures have come into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
The signs were used during World War II to guide pilots, as Ireland was a neutral country.
The year-long exhibition will take place in Monaghan.
Brown paper had been used to cover pages in her first diary.
The 500 kilo bomb was found on a construction site.
The wreckage was found over 800km off the eastern coast of Australia.
To date, Poland has not made an official demand.
Up to 16,000 passengers were affected by yesterday’s closure.
More than 45,000 stolen objects have been handed back to their rightful owners since World War II.
It’s believed that the original recipient of the brooch, a woman named Hinda Weiksel, died in Auschwitz at the hands of the Nazis.
The event was marked by the laying of wreaths at the France-Ireland memorial and Cross of Sacrifice.
Police and a fire brigade were called to the scene earlier this afternoon.
The operation is the biggest evacuation of its kind in post-war Germany.
The operation will allow for the safe defusal of the bomb, which German media said was nicknamed “Wohnblockknacker” (blockbuster).
A bomb disposal team has been sent in to make the scene safe.
Japanese troops forced thousands of women to work in brothels during World War II.
Thousands of slaves were forced to work on Hitler’s secret weapon: the V2 rockets.
Seven retirement and nursing homes were affected and some rail traffic through the city was disrupted.
Francois Hollande and Jacques Chirac have apologised for the role that French police played in the past.
Their story is told in a new Hollywood film called The Zookeeper’s Wife.
Around 200,000 women were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during WWII.
An estimated 5,000 to 6,000 children from institutions and poor families were shipped to Australia from 1922 to 1967.
Harry and Ahmed tell their stories to Unicef.
The High Court had ruled in 2015 that Sergey Chesnokov had established he was born on Dublin’s Henrietta Street.
Since 2001, 104 Nazis have been convicted over their roles in the Holocaust.
He and President Obama laid wreathes at the site of the attack.
New Irish foreign policy documents suggest that the wartime Prime Minister may have had unexpected feelings regarding Ireland’s partition.
World Jewish Conference delegates hear Higgins address concerns over ‘walls’ and ‘fear’ challenging the world.
If you think you’re gasping for a cuppa at the end of a long day, you should have seen the country in 1941…
The following photos, from the US Library of Congress, give us a rare glimpse of life in the US during World War II in colour.
D Day veteran Norwood Thomas has travelled to Australia to be with his long-lost love Joyce Morris.
10,000 miles and seven decades are not enough to keep them away from each other, apparently.
(If you speak Dutch).
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuv said Paris received no warnings about Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
The 98 year old dedicated the award to all the Irish soldiers who fought in the war, saying they remain in his memory to this day.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
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