Sadly as pertinent to today's troubled, divided world as the WWII era it describes, They Called Us Enemy (published Top Shelf Comix), by Star Trek icon @georgetakei recalls the forced interring of his family.

glané sur le net Changing Narratives about Croatia's Jasenovac concentration camp: The last Serbian, Roma and Jewish inmates rose up and rushed the gate 80 years ago. In the last weeks of WWII, as partisan units advanced, Croatia's fascist leaders had begun to liquidate the camp.[AN] Bogdan Bogdanović: Stone Flower, motif On the anniversary of the breakout from the Ustaša (…)
-- À gauche (France), Genocide / Pogrom /… https://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article74690&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Jasenovac #WWII #Genocide #HumanRights #Croatia

US recognizing #Crimea as Russian would be much worse than Munich in 1938

I doubt #Trump will do it because he understands — at least advisors around him & State Department understand — the consequences

In 1938, leaders of the UK, France, Italy met with Adolf #Hitler in #Munich formally recognising #Nazi Germany’s #annexation of the Sudetenland. An emboldened Hitler launched #WWII a year later

https://kyivindependent.com/us-recognising-crimea-as-russian-would-be-much-worse-than-munich-in-1938-ukrainian-lawmaker-says/

This is essentially all that #Trump's bravado was worth all this time.

He only has the guts to twist #Ukraine's arms with grotesque "mineral deals" extortion -- smear, threaten, spit on the country that's defending itself in the largest European #war since #WWII against the entire #Russian war machine supported by the global dictatorial axis -- and then tiptoe around #Putin's wants and wishes like a lackey for a glass necklace.

#histodons #WWII #HistoireMixte Chronique intime et féminine de la Libération à partir d' extraits des journaux de Madeleine Maysonnave (1922-2018), Magda De Grada (1892-1985) et Käte Twachtmann (1908-1974), qui donnent un aperçu des sacrifices et souffrances endurés par les femmes au cours du conflit ; avec 1 éclairage par des historien·nes.

disponible à partir du 6 mai

https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/114200-000-A/temoins-de-la-liberation/

The Dutch still honour Canadians after what we did for them 80 years ago.

Opinion: We need to do more to teach ourselves what happened during those years.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/dutch-honour-canadians-1.7512126
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Les Néerlandais rendent encore honneur aux Canadiens après ce que l’on a fait pour eux il y a 80 ans.

Opinion: On doit faire davantage pour nous éduquer ce qui s’est passé lors de ces années.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gave a ritual tree offering to Yasukuni Shrine at the start of the war-related Tokyo shrine's spring festival on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/japan/ishiba-yasukuni-shrine-ritual-offering/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shigeruishiba #yasukunishrine #wwii

Bring tears to my eyes, for so many reasons.

May he live to 120 and beyond.

#Holocaust #Shoah #survivor #testimony #WWII #WarsawGhettoUprising
#Jews #Jewish

https://www.timesofisrael.com/104-year-old-warsaw-ghetto-survivor-in-australia-gives-vivid-testimony-of-uprising/

Protesters marched in Ginza on Saturday, demanding relief for those who suffered during World War II, including civilians killed in air raids. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/20/japan/politics/wwll-protesters-march/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tokyo #ginza #wwii #tokyoairraids #wardead #okinawa #sovietunion #us

Evacuating collections to protect New Zealand's treasures during WW2.

Over 80 years ago, the largest ever evacuation of New Zealand's cultural treasures was undertaken during World War II.

Tens of thousands of priceless artworks, sacred Māori artefacts and irreplaceable documents were ushered out of NZ's cities' biggest museums and institutions, and into safe houses over fears the South Pacific could become the next target of enemy attacks.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558566/evacuating-collections-to-protect-new-zealand-s-treasures-during-ww2 #museums #WWII #NewZealand

"All Reactionaries Are Paper Tigers" | Mao Zedong Talks with Anna Louise Strong (1946)

#socialism #communism #marxism #socialist #communist #marxist #china #maoism #maoist #interview #ww2 #wwii #imperialism #ussr #sovietunion #japan #korea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjTZciFed04

Past and Present: P-47G NX47FG Thunderbolt (rare Razorback variant) make a pass by Blue Angel #5 at the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #P47 #Thunderbolt #Warbird #WWII

TIL: Eleven Royal Canadian Navy ships lost in the Second World War were lost *in Canadian national waters*.

There was a ceremony yesterday in Esquimalt for the last ship sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic, the HMCS Esquimalt, on April 16, 1945. It was within sight of the lights of Halifax harbour.

Random Question: Is it "Her" or “His" MCS if the monarch has changed since the ship was in service!?

#WWII #LestWeForget #History #Canada #RCN
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/home2/esquimalt-ceremony-marks-last-canadian-ship-sunk-in-second-world-war-7951868

Genealogy Roundup, April 16 – Megan Smolenyak

Genealogy Roundup, April 16 Boonville World War II soldier who died as a POW is finally coming home – Welcome home, Pvt Harland J Hennessey. Honored to have researched your family. #hero #WWII Two women have sent each other the same weathered birthday card for 81 years – So these friends have been sending each other the same silly birthday card for 81 years!

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/04/16/genealogy-roundup-april-16-megan-smolenyak/

Comedy duo Laurel & Hardy At a Victory Caravan in Washington DC, 1942. With them in the Jeep is Desi Arnez, dancer Eleanor Powell, and opera singer Rise Stevens.