American jurists in occupied Germany developed international law with the concept of crimes against humanity, then grappled with its meaning.

Part III of the story of the Hesse Heist tells the story of the discovery and theft of the jewels.

This article looks at the experiences of four Black GIs—two in the European theater and two in the Pacific theater—in the Quartermaster Corps, the Army’s chief logistics branch.

Thanks to a manuscript Beck wrote while hiding out in France in 1944, we know much of the story of this American fighter pilot.

On the continuities of German law and the jurists who spoke out against an authoritarian justice system.

What transpired in Spain in 1936-37 was not only a civil war but a social revolution.

Part II of the story of the Hesse Heist focuses on the fate of the Hessen family and their estate.

On July 16, 1946, a US Army tribunal at Dachau sentenced 46 members of the Waffen SS to death for crimes committed against Allied POWs and civilians.

The life of the king who ruled during both World War I and World War II and participated in the rise and fall of Italian Fascism.

Twice a prisoner, and initially denied our nation’s highest honor due to antisemitism, Tibor Rubin was finally awarded the Medal of Honor in 2005.