In an exclusive extract from his memoir, Kiyoshi Tanimoto describes the terrifying trip across the city to locate his wife and child• ‘I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: read an interview with Tanimoto’s daughter Koko...
Read MoreOn that fateful day in 1945, Kondo was just a baby in her mother’s arms. She talks about her father’s newly discovered eye-witness account of the aftermath – and why she decided to continue his work as a peace campaigner•...
Read MoreFor years, I polished the brass plaques in front of my apartment dedicated to a Jewish mother and daughter who were murdered by the Nazis. Then a message out of the blue connected me to a surviving child …At the grand, biblical...
Read MoreEight decades after liberation from the Nazis, silence, shame and a struggling legal system keep Jewish property in Dutch family homesSeveral months ago, the Dutch art detective Arthur Brand was surprised to be contacted by a...
Read MoreThe global economic system doesn’t even benefit its US and European creators any more – let alone indebted nations or emerging giantsDonald Trump represents everything that the Davos crowd hates – and it is unlikely they are any...
Read MoreIn harrowing documentary My Underground Mother, a woman finds out what really happened to her mother in the warWhen journalist Marisa Fox was a young girl, her mother would regale her with stories of her own youth, all of which...
Read MoreIt started out as a fringe musical about an outlandish war plan – and became a West End and Broadway smash. As the show hits China, Australia and Mexico, its ‘nerd’ creators explain how they went global with a box of hats and a...
Read MoreMonarch welcomed German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and promised both nations’ support for UkraineThe UK and Germany are ready to “bolster Europe” against the threat of further Russian aggression and both nations “stand”...
Read MoreFrank-Walter Steinmeier and wife joined by King Charles and Queen Camilla on Windsor carriage ride as visit beginsGerman president Frank-Walter Steinmeier was welcomed with military pomp, a 41-gun royal salute and a celebratory...
Read MoreFrank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife joined by King Charles and Queen Camilla on carriage ride through Windsor at start of three-day visitGerman president Frank-Walter Steinmeier was welcomed with military pomp, a 41- gun royal...
Read MoreScientists discover thousands of sea creatures have made their homes amid the detritus of abandoned second world war munitions off the coast of GermanyIn the brackish waters off the German coast lies a wasteland of Nazi bombs,...
Read MoreDavid Lammy being caught without a poppy sparked a national debate. But there are many ways to honour the fallenAt the start of last week, I was thinking my regular Remembrance season thoughts – Are people wearing poppies...
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