Germany’s war grave commission, the Volksbund, ... By designating the site a memorial, German and French authorities hope to dignify and protect the soldiers’ resting place.

Greenville native Miles Richard "Dick" League, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, fought in World War II. He was a prisoner of war in Nazi Germany for 15 months.

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid a wreath at the Neue Wache, Germany's central memorial to victims of war and tyranny, alongside federal leaders Anke Rehlinger, Julia ...

Germany on Monday unveiled a temporary memorial to the Polish victims of World War II, almost 86 years after Adolf Hitler's ...

A World War II memorial in Germany has sparked controversy after the Foreign Office advised against inviting Russian representatives, drawing criticism from local lawmakers who say the move ...

The Dachau memorial is hosting commemorative events and dedicating a plaque in honor of the U.S. Army's 45th Infantry Division that first encountered prisoners alive at the camp 80 years ago.

A Holocaust memorial in Hanover, Germany was vandalized during the night leaving flower wreaths laid out to honor victims of the second World War destroyed.. The incident, which took place on ...

Poland has honored over 700 recently discovered victims of Nazi Germany's mass executions in a ceremony marking the anniversary of World War II's outbreak.

Life After Liberation - Holocaust Survivors in Post-War Germany. ... Germany's attempt at self-exoneration following the war, and a local couple’s work in creating a proper memorial.