Category Archives: Ký ức

The Holocaust was the systematic murder of about six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, 1941-1945. History, sites and remembrance.

Auschwitz was the largest Nazi camp complex, where at least 1.1 million people were murdered. History, the site today and visiting guide.

The Nuremberg Trials (1945-1946) tried 24 Nazi leaders; 12 were sentenced to death. History, verdicts, legacy and visiting guide.

Okinawa remembers the 1945 battle that killed over 200,000 people. History, civilian loss, memorials and visiting guide.

Arlington National Cemetery, founded 1864, is the resting place of over 400,000 veterans. History, Tomb of the Unknowns and visiting guide.

Unit 731: the Imperial Japanese Army’s biological warfare unit at Harbin, its victims, the Khabarovsk trial, and the US immunity deal.

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans tells the American story of World War II across a six-acre campus — history, pavilions, and visiting guide.

Mussolini death: captured by partisans near Lake Como, executed at Giulino di Mezzegra on 28 April 1945, and displayed at Piazzale Loreto, Milan.

Prisoners of war in WWII: how millions were captured, held and treated in Europe and the Pacific, and what the Geneva Convention did — and did not — protect.

Hiroshima atomic bomb: the 6 August 1945 bombing, its human cost, the Peace Memorial Park, and how the city remembers today.