World war II

Poland's deputy culture minister revealed the news on Friday but refused to reveal details about who the tip off came from.

As Polish officials investigate claims a 'Nazi gold train' has been discovered, Newsweek rounds up other Nazi discoveries.

Jewish tombstones and a Soviet fighter plane have been found in the receding river.

"I'm certain the train exists, but it might contain dangerous materials from World War Two," said a culture ministry authority.

Couples transformed Times Square into kissing central.

As soon as the bombs were dropped, the men who invented them began searching their consciences.

Leaders of Human Rights organizations speak out about preventing racist violence across Europe.

The city council upheld a more than decade-old ban on "Stolpersteine," a project of German artist Gunter Demnig.

Seven decades after the end of WWII and the Holocaust, the competition comes to Germany for the first time.

Is Putin another Hitler, and should we respond to him as the democracies should have responded to Hitler from the start?

The Dane has admitted to working as a guard at the concentration camp near Babruysk, Belarus in 1943 and witnessing executions of Jews there.

Around 500 captured Americans were forced to work at Mitsubishi Materials sites during the war.

The series won't be released until autumn, but Amazon screened another new episode at Comic Con.

Jacqueline van Maarsen talks about the Holocaust through Anne's story.

Hitler still has the most powerful legacy of violence and hatred mankind has produced.

"Holiday in the Protectorate" focuses on a family living like it's 1939.

The fried treats are being served up for free at various retailers. Here's why.

The American actor is currently shooting a World War II drama, 'The Bombing,' in Shanghai.

Talk to a veteran to appreciate the sacrifices of those who died while serving.

In 1942, 'Newsweek' foreign editor Loren Carroll explained the diplomatic cost of the fascist menace.

In our May 14, 1945, issue, Newsweek wrote about the Nazi surrender to the Allies and the subsequent V-E Day celebrations.

"This was the generation that literally saved the world. That ended the war and laid a foundation for peace."

The Veteran's History Project at the Library of Congress preserves firsthand accounts that, like these, show the full scope of the wartime experience.

The Moscow celebrations to mark the defeat of Nazism has become a Putin love-in.

"On the question of whether I am guilty in legal terms, you must decide," Oskar Groening said.

The same auction house this week pulled a Hitler painting after questions about its authenticity.

The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki wants to use the reparation money to build a memorial monument.

Commemoration due to be attended by 26 countries and could include first meeting of Chinese and North Korean leaders.

Seven decades later, ensuring "legacy and memory becomes an inheritance that belongs to humankind as a whole."

Survivors, world leaders gathered to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the liberation of Auschwitz.