Tag: World War II
Clare Hollingworth, British Journalist who broke the news of World War II, dies at 105
Clare Hollingworth, British war correspondent who broke the news that the World War II had started, died in Hong Kong at the age of 105. Hollingworth, who was born in Leicester in 1911, was the first to break the story of Nazi invasion of Poland that triggered the World War[Read More…]
Woman who featured in iconic World War II ‘The Kiss’ photo, dies
Greta Zimmer Friedman, who featured in the iconic photograph kissing a US sailor at Times Square, died of pneumonia on Thursday at 92. Friedman who fled Austria during the World War II at the age of 15, passed away at a hospital in Virginia. Friedman was 21-years-old when she became part[Read More…]
Pope Francis in his historic visit to Auschwitz asks God for the ‘Grace to cry’
Pope Francis made a historic visit on Friday to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the notorious former German Nazi concentration camp in Poland. The visit has once again sparked the debate on one of the 20th century’s worst atrocities. The visit of the leader of the Catholic Church has also called decades of debate[Read More…]