In July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported ...

Four Frenchwomen who were sent by the Nazis to a labor camp for female prisoners found support in one another—during and ...

Author Roseanna White shares her perspective, through the lens of historical events, on why we should exercise our freedom to ...

As the top Tour de France riders lined up in early July, Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard — the rivals who have won the ...

As head of the Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie was notorious for his cruelty. After World War II, he escaped to Bolivia, aided ...

The French army ceased to rely on messenger pigeons back in 1961, following the Algerian war of independence. But carrier ...

In the studios of La Victorine in Nice, director Edmond T. Gréville strove to shoot 'Dorothée cherche l'amour' amid supply ...

New York Times bestselling author, historian and White House correspondent Lynne Olson's new book The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück tells of defiance in a notorious women-only Nazi concentration camp.

UVA president Jim Ryan's resignation under pressure from Donald Trump's administration recalls warnings from Thomas ...

An agreement has been reached regarding property confiscated from the Hohenzollern family: Items currently displayed in ...

These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny messages during war-time communication ...

Wimbledon heralded two new champions as Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner won their maiden titles in contrasting finals.