World War II – Page 14 – People's World

U.S. will attend Hiroshima memorial for first time

August 3, 2010 By Pepe Lozano

For the first time ever, the U.S. ambassador to Japan will attend the Aug. 6 ceremony in Hiroshima marking the 65th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

Revisiting Manzanar

June 21, 2010 By Grace Coan

This spring I joined a pilgrimage to the place where I was incarcerated with my family and thousands of others almost 70 years ago, and wondered: could it happen again?

Recalling the Holocaust

April 12, 2010 By John Wojcik

It was 65 years ago that hundreds of concentration camps across eastern Europe were liberated.

Dresden beats the Nazis

February 17, 2010

The Berlin anti-fascists waiting near the Spree River at 4:30 AM for the buses to Dresden were sleepy, cold and nervous.

The fall of the wall — a view from Berlin

November 10, 2009

BERLIN - Moments of mass euphoria, wonderful as they are for those involved, do not always explain history. And for me, too many issues and questions remain unexplained or simply unasked.