In the aftermath of the Allied invasion of Sicily, American troops executed dozens of unarmed Italian and German prisoners. The Biscari Massacre remains one of the most controversial war crimes ...

The Greek Culture Ministry purchased the archive after a private collector attempted to sell the material online. Athens has ...

Video. The Greek Culture Ministry purchased the archive after a private collector attempted to sell the material online.

Thrasivoulos Marakis grew up hearing stories about the grandfather he was named after but who he never met — about how the ...

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World War II produced some of the most consequential military leaders in modern history. Commanders on both sides were suddenly responsible for directing enormous armies, fleets, and air forces across ...

Nazi sergeant Hermann Hoyer's photos of the execution of Greek patriots at Kaisariani resurfaced after 82 years.

On February 20, 2026, Greece's Ministry of Culture signed a preliminary agreement with Belgian collector Tim de Craene to acquire 262 authentic photographs from the May 1, 1944, execution of 200 Greek ...

A Belgian collector who put up a series of World War II photographs showing the final moments of 200 Greeks executed by a Nazi firing squad for online auction has signed a preliminary agreement with ...

The images of political prisoners, taken just before they were killed by Nazis in 1944, were put up for auction on eBay. The sale was pulled shortly thereafter. By Koba Ryckewaert and Niki Kitsantonis ...

If fighting in war didn't kill you, then deserting the battlefield surely would! Find out why "cowards" were put to death if they refused to fight or bailed on their fellow soldiers during battle, in ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece said Monday it will try to obtain photos that appear to show the final moments of 200 Greeks who were executed by a Nazi firing squad in Athens during World War II, after ...