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The Bavarian Precedent: The Roma in European Culture
Prior to 1933, Bavarian authorities devised an entire system for policing and persecuting Roma.
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Inauguration Day 1945: FDR's Ceremony at the White House
In what was described as a “homey little ceremony on the back porch of the White House,” Franklin Roosevelt entered into his fourth term as President with stoic optimism.
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Coordinating the Destruction of an Entire People: The Wannsee Conference
On January 20, 1942, a group of Nazi leaders met to coordinate a continent-wide genocide.
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Dabney Montgomery
Dabney Montgomery, 1051st Quartermaster Service Group Aviation Company of the 96th Air Service Group attached to the 332d Fighter Group, served in southern Italy as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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The Destruction of Monte Cassino
A stalemate on the Gustav Line in January 1944 brought about one of the more controversial Allied decisions of Italian campaign.
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Otto Ohlendorf, Einsatzgruppe D, and the ‘Holocaust by Bullets’
As the leader of Einsatzgruppe D, Otto Ohlendorf was responsible for the murder of 90,000 Soviet Jews, Roma, and Communists.
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Commander George Fleming Davis Medal of Honor
Commander Davis demonstrated steadfast leadership during a kamikaze attack off of Luzon, Philippines.
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Project Diana: To The Moon And Back
Most scholars date the beginning of the Space Race to the middle of the 1950s. However, in the immediate aftermath of World War II, both the US and USSR were already taking their first steps towards extra-planetary exploration.
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The Capture and Execution of William Joyce
On January 3, 1946, ardent fascist and Nazi propaganda broadcaster William “Lord Haw-Haw” Joyce was executed following his conviction for treason.
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Coming To America: The War Brides Act of 1945
By the winter of 1945, millions of American military personnel were on the move, but they were not alone. More than 60,000 women wed by American servicemen during World War II hoped to leave their old homes behind and rejoin their husbands for a new life in the United States. However, for these “War Brides” restrictive American immigration policies posed a major challenge.
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Christmas on the Air—Wartime Radio Programs Revisited
Radio as sonic morale booster was particularly important during the holidays. In this article we revisit Christmas recordings of Command Performance, The Jack Benny Show, and other radio programs.
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Miracle: The Girl from Rotterdam
A Christmas classic, Miracle on 34th Street, provides a surprisingly realistic perspective on WWII refugees.