World War II

Firefighters blast water in Berlin in mid-August, providing relief from the heat. This is among the few ways to cool off in a city with little air conditioning.

It's so hot in Berlin that people are cooling down in an old WWII bunker

Berlin doesn't have many buildings with air-conditioning so people are looking for ways to cool off. One of the best is visiting an underground ruin from World War II.

It's so hot in Berlin that people are cooling down in an old WWII bunker
Awa Timera works in corporate recruiting in France. She says it can hard to put your finger on discrimination in France because it's often subtle.

How France uses 'le testing' to combat hiring discrimination

How France uses 'le testing' to combat hiring discrimination
Kalman Aron began sketching when he was 3 years old. He's now 93, and says if he didn't still paint and draw every day he would "die of boredom."

For over 90 years, this Holocaust survivor's art has kept him alive

For over 90 years, this Holocaust survivor's art has kept him alive
Image of old report card with black and white photo of young girl

There hasn’t been a Japantown in Chicago since the 1980s, but this exhibit is bringing the community back together

There hasn’t been a Japantown in Chicago since the 1980s, but this exhibit is bringing the community back together
Jeannie Rousseau (de Clarens), in 1939 or 1940.

‘What I did was so little’: Remembering World War II spy hero Jeannie Rousseau de Clarens

‘What I did was so little’: Remembering World War II spy hero Jeannie Rousseau de Clarens
After the ancient Jewish graveyard in Thessaloniki was destroyed, the gravestones were broken up and used as building materials in the city.

The rescued Jewish tombstones of Thessaloniki

The Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki used to be one of the largest in the world. Now, bits and pieces of the headstones are scattered throughout the city, embedded in buildings, churches and sidewalks.

The rescued Jewish tombstones of Thessaloniki
Mizgin, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, and her family are living with Rachel Miller's family for the year.

For this Syrian Yazidi family and their Jewish hosts, Passover is a refugee story

This year, Rachel Miller's family in the Boston area is sharing the Jewish holiday of Passover with a Syrian family living with them for the year.

For this Syrian Yazidi family and their Jewish hosts, Passover is a refugee story
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Japanese Americans remember a dark chapter when they were 'more number than name'

Looking back to the US incarceration of Japanese Americans and how, as one historian puts it, people can "lose sight of our important national values of justice and rule of law."

Japanese Americans remember a dark chapter when they were 'more number than name'
black and white photo of people holding up signs of location names

New immigration policies are convincing more Japanese Americans to engage in the radical act of remembering

Americans were discriminated against and incarcerated during World War II because of their ancestry. Which in turn created a generation of their descendents who don’t want to see it happen again.

New immigration policies are convincing more Japanese Americans to engage in the radical act of remembering
The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.

A fascist America, as revealed by an Amazon series

Amazon’s show “The Man in the High Castle” depicts a world where the Nazis won World War II. For one writer, it’s an uncanny look at the homefront today.

A fascist America, as revealed by an Amazon series
German tanks in Poland, just days after Clare Hollingworth spotted them massing across the border

Remembering Clare Hollingworth, the journalist who broke the news of World War II

As a rookie reporter in 1939, British journalist Clare Hollingworth got the scoop of the century: World War II. It was the start of a spectacular career for a woman in the historically male world of war reporting. She died Tuesday, age 105.

Remembering Clare Hollingworth, the journalist who broke the news of World War II
A bomb after deactivation in downtown Augsburg, Germany on Dec. 25. The nearly 2-ton bomb was dropped on Germany by Britain's Royal Air Force during World War II.

An unexploded World War II bomb forced 54,000 Germans to evacuate on Christmas

The British bomb was found in the southern city of Augsburg. The Christmas Day evacuation was Germany's biggest since the end of hostilities.

An unexploded World War II bomb forced 54,000 Germans to evacuate on Christmas
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany.

How US journalists normalized the rise of Hitler and Mussolini

How do you cover the rise of a political leader who’s left a paper trail of anti-constitutionalism, racism and the encouragement of violence? That's a question US journalists faced after the ascendance of fascist leaders in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s.

How US journalists normalized the rise of Hitler and Mussolini
Newspaper clippings in scrapbook about the attack on Pearl Harbor

At Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were victims of the attack — and their own government

Nearly half of the 68 civilians killed on Pearl Harbor day were Japanese American and the Hawaii Territorial Guard, which mobilized the morning of December 7 was largely made up of Nisei, the children of Japanese immigrants. That was before they were incarcerated for being Japanese.

At Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were victims of the attack — and their own government
People line up in front of a bulding

Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II could still vote, kind of

States were left to design a system for massive civilian absentee voting. And in a hodgepodge of rules and regulations, people held in camps were effectively disenfranchised.

Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II could still vote, kind of