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A black and white photo of men. women and children in Berlin in the 1940s, carrying suitcases and fleeing the city on foot.

‘Stay Alive,’ About Life in Nazi Berlin, Shows How Easy it Is to Just Go Along

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A black and white image of a 1940s-era store, with white car parked outside. A large sign reading 'I am an American' hangs on the store front.

A New Exhibit Highlights the Dilemmas of Japanese American Soldiers in WWII

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A rotund older man sits in a dank room, hands clasped together on the table before him, wearing a pale grey suit. To his right, out of focus sits a younger ma wearing an army green uniform.

‘Nuremberg’ Is a Murky but Sobering Take on the 1945 Nazi Trials

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Two smiling men in nazi uniforms stand on a platform saluting at the crowd and smiling. Next to them is a woman seated behind a camera with another man at her side.

‘Riefenstahl’ Examines the Woman Who Made Hitler’s Propaganda Films

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‘The Devil Reached Toward the Sky’ Tells an Oral History of the Atomic Bomb

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A white women with long brown hair, wearing a white t-shirt, holds up a black and white photograph of a similar looking woman from a different era.

‘My Underground Mother’ Uncovers a Hidden Holocaust History

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The Jewish ‘Red Angel’ Who Withstood Incarceration for Workers’ Rights

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A book cover shows an illustration of a sailboat in choppy waters against a sunset.

‘Hold Strong’ Sets a Love Story Amid the Greatest Maritime Horror of World War II

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Four men in military uniforms, their faces obscured, struggle atop piles of shrapnel together to raise an American flag.

San Francisco Names Street for Photographer Who Captured Iconic Iwo Jima Photo

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