Essay: Ukraine war – Pope Francis should learn from his World War II predecessor’s mistakes in appeasing fascism
In an article first published on The Conversation, TIM LUCKHURST says Pope Francis should heed the mistakes of Pope Pius XII…
Atom bomb survivor hopes Japan debut of ‘Oppenheimer’ will stoke nuclear debate
Hiroshima, Japan Reuters Teruko Yahata was eight when she saw a blueish-white light envelop the sky over her home city of Hiroshima one summer morning, moments before the first atomic bomb explosion knocked her unconscious and levelled swathes of the Japanese city. Teruko Yahata, 86, a World War II Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor, speaks about […]
Postcards: A new Holocaust Museum shows how three-quarters of Dutch Jews were deported and killed
AP reports ahead of the official opening of the Netherlands’ new National Holocaust Museum on Sunday…
Russia puts Estonia Prime Minister on wanted list for destroying Soviet monuments
Moscow, Russia/Vilnius, Estonia Reuters Russian police have put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Lithuania’s culture minister, and members of the previous Latvian parliament on a wanted list for destroying Soviet-era monuments, according to the Russian interior ministry’s database. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kallas was wanted for the “desecration of historical memory”. Estonia’s Prime Minister […]
Essay: How the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can guide governments through the turmoil of 2024
Law professor KATHRYN MCNEILLY, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights could provide a way forward in a world in conflict…
Britain’s cyber spies mark 80th anniversary of secret code-breaking computer
London, UK Reuters Britain’s GCHQ spy agency celebrated the 80th anniversary of Colossus on Thursday, putting the spotlight on a code-breaking computer which helped defeat Hitler’s Germany and was so significant it was kept secret for decades. In 1944, Colossus, the world’s first digital computer, decoded German messages which convinced Allied forces their year-long plan […]
Postcards: Rome buses recount story of a Jewish boy who avoided Nazi deportation by riding tram. He’s now 92
FRANCES D’EMILIO, of Associated Press, reports on the story of Emanuele Di Porto amid commemorations pof the 80 anniversary of the Nazi deportation of Rome’s Jewish community…
“Tired of waiting”: For Filipino wartime rape survivors, a last hope for reparations
A UN decision urging compensation for women raped by Japanese troops during World War II has raised their hopes of seeing justice. MARIEJO RAMOS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Letter showing Pope Pius XII had detailed information from German Jesuit about Nazi crimes revealed
Rome, ItalyAP Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in German-occupied Poland, undercutting the Holy See’s argument that it couldn’t verify diplomatic reports of Nazi atrocities to denounce them. The documentation […]
Catholic Church beatifies Polish family for sheltering Jews
Warsaw, Poland Reuters The Catholic Church beatified on Sunday a Polish family of nine, including a new-born baby, who died at the hands of Nazi Germans during World War II for sheltering a Jewish family from the Holocaust. The beatification service for Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children was held in the south-eastern […]