On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched their invasion into Poland marking the beginning of World War II. Among those units invading Poland was that of Lieutenant Hans-Albrecht Herzner. But when ...

What on earth were the German people thinking during World War II? How could they support such a dreadful war of aggression? How could they tolerate — or actively support — the extermination of Jews ...

On this day in 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, previously sworn ideological enemies, signed a 10-year non-aggression treaty, vowing that neither nation would attack the other. As part of a ...

Said the German president, 'Eighty years ago, at this very moment, all hell rained down on Wielun,' the first city to be bombed by the Luftwaffe Author of the article: You can save this article by ...

Stephen Kuhn and his family fled Nazi Germany and came to America. Here he talks about the journey. Kuhn: My father, mother and brother and I came to this country in August 1939. We left Germany for ...

German troops shown marching through Warsaw after their invasion of Poland in September 1939. (National Archives and Records Administration) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 ...