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#wwii — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #wwii, aggregated by home.social.

  1. The Guardian: Nazi-looted painting must be returned to Jewish art dealer’s heir, Argentina court rules. “Argentina must return to the rightful owner’s heir an 18th-century painting stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector, a judge has ruled. Portrait of a Lady by Italian baroque painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was missing for eight decades before being photographed in 2025 hanging in […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/the-guardian-nazi-looted-painting-must-be-returned-to-jewish-art-dealers-heir-argentina-court-rules/
  2. ABC 15: Disabled Marine veteran forced to sell rare 1,000-letter WWII archive to save his family. “A disabled Marine Corps veteran who spent more than a decade preserving a rare collection of over 1,000 World War II letters says he now has no choice but to sell it. Joseph ‘Joe’ Alosi, 100% service-connected disabled, says mounting medical bills, the loss of his home, and family crises have left […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/05/abc-15-disabled-marine-veteran-forced-to-sell-rare-1000-letter-wwii-archive-to-save-his-family/
  3. started a #wikipedia article on US labor economist Kate Papert (1902-1977), director of the New York State Division of Women in Industry in the 1930s and 1940s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Pap @wikiwomeninred @barnardcollege @uwmadison #WWII #labour #LaborDay

  4. The atomic bomb needed uranium from the Congo. This book tells the secret race to get it first.
    #books #bookreview #SpiesInTheCongo #WWII
    smpl.is/amn1i

  5. The atomic bomb needed uranium from the Congo. This book tells the secret race to get it first.
    #books #bookreview #SpiesInTheCongo #WWII
    smpl.is/amn1i

  6. The atomic bomb needed uranium from the Congo. This book tells the secret race to get it first.
    #books #bookreview #SpiesInTheCongo #WWII
    smpl.is/amn1i

  7. The atomic bomb needed uranium from the Congo. This book tells the secret race to get it first.
    #books #bookreview #SpiesInTheCongo #WWII
    smpl.is/amn1i

  8. The atomic bomb needed uranium from the Congo. This book tells the secret race to get it first.
    #books #bookreview #SpiesInTheCongo #WWII
    smpl.is/amn1i

  9. Parts of 1986 report on Nazis in Canada must be made public: judge
    nationalpost.com/news/nazis-ca

    It all seems mysterious to me: Did Canada allow Nazis to settle here after #WWII out of carelessness? Or was there some scheme, like favouring anti-Communists, regardless of what they did before 1945? And why is there still secrecy about the Deschênes Commission?

    #CanPol #cdnpoli #Nazis
    #NationalPost

  10. Parts of 1986 report on Nazis in Canada must be made public: judge
    nationalpost.com/news/nazis-ca

    It all seems mysterious to me: Did Canada allow Nazis to settle here after #WWII out of carelessness? Or was there some scheme, like favouring anti-Communists, regardless of what they did before 1945? And why is there still secrecy about the Deschênes Commission?

    #CanPol #cdnpoli #Nazis
    #NationalPost

  11. Parts of 1986 report on Nazis in Canada must be made public: judge
    nationalpost.com/news/nazis-ca

    It all seems mysterious to me: Did Canada allow Nazis to settle here after #WWII out of carelessness? Or was there some scheme, like favouring anti-Communists, regardless of what they did before 1945? And why is there still secrecy about the Deschênes Commission?

    #CanPol #cdnpoli #Nazis
    #NationalPost

  12. Parts of 1986 report on Nazis in Canada must be made public: judge
    nationalpost.com/news/nazis-ca

    It all seems mysterious to me: Did Canada allow Nazis to settle here after #WWII out of carelessness? Or was there some scheme, like favouring anti-Communists, regardless of what they did before 1945? And why is there still secrecy about the Deschênes Commission?

    #CanPol #cdnpoli #Nazis
    #NationalPost

  13. Parts of 1986 report on Nazis in Canada must be made public: judge
    nationalpost.com/news/nazis-ca

    It all seems mysterious to me: Did Canada allow Nazis to settle here after #WWII out of carelessness? Or was there some scheme, like favouring anti-Communists, regardless of what they did before 1945? And why is there still secrecy about the Deschênes Commission?

    #CanPol #cdnpoli #Nazis
    #NationalPost

  14. @TomBerend
    1. moneycontrol.com/world/we-got-

    2. From the article: "Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney has suggested that Canada is “at war.” Not a shooting war, but about as serious a business for the country’s future as anything in our history."

    3. If PM Mackenzie King found time to speak to Parliament at the start of something as grave as #WWII, PM #MarkCarney could find time to do so during a trade war.

    @yuanyiz.bsky.social

    #CanPol #cdnpoli #TrumpTariffs

  15. My husband discovered the 'cozy' British TV mystery, "BOOKISH," because one of his idols, Mark Gatiss, wrote it and stars in it. Zack soon became bored with the mystery genre pacing, but I've found a new favorite! #markgatiss #bookish #books #sellingbooks #bookselling #bookseller #vintage #period #periodpiece #1940s #england #britain #britainafterthewar #worldwartwo #worldwarII #wwII #devotedcouple #romance #mystery #excitement #interesting #anglophile #anglophilia #london

  16. Wednesday, August 26, 2026

    Russian drone strikes border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova . . . . . "He's sort of like Hitler" — Trump's ex-Ukraine envoy Kellogg warns Putin won't stop at Donbas . . . . . US snubs joint UN rebuke of Russian strikes against Ukraine — again . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  17. During workshops run by a University of Tokyo graduate student, participants recreate in a computer game parts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki before the U.S. atomic bombings to understand how the attacks changed the cities. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/ #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #wwii #us #atomicbombings #students #universities #hibakusha

  18. Based on a true story, "The Man Who Carries the Voice of August" is set in 1970s Japan and stars Masahiro Motoki as a journalist who records the testimonies of atomic bomb survivors — and confronts the fragile nature of memory itself. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/ #culture #film #wwii #japanesefilm #masahiromotoki #takeshishibata #nhk #atomicbombings #hibakusha #hiroshima #nagasaki

  19. Wednesday, August 5, 2026

    "It started flying right at me": Russian drone seen targeting vegetable seller at Kherson market in horrific video footage . . . . . Russian ballistic missile attack kills 15, injures 51 in Kyiv and surrounding area . . . . . Over 8,300 glide bombs dropped by Russia on Ukraine in July in record figure since full-scale invasion . . . . . US stocks of ATACMS, Precision Strike missiles at rock bottom after virtually all used in Iran war . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  20. The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, has reported that 1,999 children and grandchildren of atomic bomb survivors participate in activities at entities linked to the group. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/ #japan #nihonhidankyo #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #nuclearweapons #hibakusha

  21. Salisbury Journal: Dame Vera Lynn’s ‘vast wartime archive’ joins Imperial War Museum collection. “The collection includes Dame Vera’s personal diary from her 1944 tour of India, the contract for her BBC radio show Sincerely Yours, 160 wartime contracts for more than 200 engagements, letters from Dame Vera to her husband Harry Lewis, and items of clothing from her Entertainments National […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/17/salisbury-journal-dame-vera-lynns-vast-wartime-archive-joins-imperial-war-museum-collection/
  22. Resistance Fighter Lepa Radić

    The Yugoslav Partisan was executed 83 years ago today at the age of 17.

    In February 1943, Lepa Radić was captured while organizing a rescue of 150 citizens seeking refuge from the Axis. She attempted to protect them by firing at the Nazi SS forces but was eventually arrested. After 3 days of isolation + torture, during which Radic refused to divulge any information, the Germans sentenced her to death by hanging. Moments before her execution Radic was offered a pardon if she revealed the names. Her response: “I am not a traitor of my people. Those whom you are asking about will reveal themselves when they have succeeded in wiping out all you evildoers, to the last man.”

    #leparadic #resistancefighter #partisan #wwii #remarkablepeople #heroine #rememberlegends #resist

  23. Monday, January 12, 2026

    Ukraine hits Russian drilling platforms in Caspian Sea -- UK developing ballistic missiles for Ukraine capable of striking deep inside Russia -- Ukraine brings US-made Tempest air defense system into combat, footage suggests -- Russia 'repeated fascism,' Zelensky says as war in Ukraine outlasts Nazi Germany's war with USSR ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  24. Fils d'un père adhérent au #parti #nazi #NSDAP, et membre de la #Wehrmacht, immigré qu #Chili apres la #WWII

    Ses opinions :

    Pour :
    * autoriser le port d'armes pour les civils et
    * le droit de tirer sur les cambrioleurs
    * l’amnistie des militaires condamnés pour des tortures ou assassinat commis sous la dictature de #Pinochet
    * des #professeurs de #religion dans toutes les #écoles #publiques
    * rompre les relations diplomatiques avec la France

    Contre :
    * l'avortement , en toutes circonstances

  25. Cookers and right-wing media are melting down over Dan Andrews visiting China to mark Japan's WWII defeat.
    History check: China was an Ally. Its resistance helped stop Japan from invading Australia.
    Andrews showing respect where it's due. Facts > vibes.

    #auspol #DanAndrews #WWII #China #Cookers #HistoryMatters #victoria #educationstate
    amp.9news.com.au/article/36cfb

  26. How the Allied Occupation changed Japan: A love story

    On Sept. 2, 80 years will have passed since representatives of Japan and the Allied powers signed an agreement formalizing the end of World War II aboard the USS Missouri. That document formalized Japan’s surrender and initiated a postwar occupation that …
    #Japan #JP #JapanNews #DouglasMacArthur #GHQ #JapanTopics #news #occupation #u.s. #U.S.MILITARY #wwii
    alojapan.com/1360148/how-the-a

  27. How the Allied Occupation changed Japan: A love story

    On Sept. 2, 80 years will have passed since representatives of Japan and the Allied powers signed an agreement formalizing the end of World War II aboard the USS Missouri. That document formalized Japan’s surrender and initiated a postwar occupation that …
    #Japan #JP #JapanNews #DouglasMacArthur #GHQ #JapanTopics #news #occupation #u.s. #U.S.MILITARY #wwii
    alojapan.com/1360148/how-the-a