“The New Look” sews together the rise of haute couture and questions about its superstars’ Nazi collaboration during World War II. The Apple TV+ series traces the modern French fashion world through the eyes of acclaimed haute couture designers Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) and Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche) amidst Nazi-occupied Paris and how each of … Read more
It was a forbidden romance like so many others: A meaningful glance. Hearts aflutter. Secret meetings and messages. Bu David Wisnia and Helen “Zippi” Tichauer’s love story took place in the shadow of smoking crematoria, their trysts hidden from guards by prisoners in black and white uniforms. “It was wintertime in Birkenau, the largest and … Read more
“I’ve been feeling the ’30s are being repeated all over again,” Evelyn Konrad told The Post in the wake of growing antisemitism in America and across the world. The 94-year-old New Yorker was a 9-year-old girl on Nov. 9-10, 1938 — when Nazis ravaged the Jewish community in her hometown of Vienna, Austria, in the notorious … Read more
Magnet fishermen nearly had their pastime literally blow up in their faces after accidentally dredging a live grenade from a canal in Scotland. “Nerves started kicking in,” one of the adhesive anglers, Bob, told South West News Service of the heart-pounding incident, which occurred Oct. 10 in Linlithgow. He specializes in the ever-growing sport, in … Read more
A method used by the U.S. military in World War II could be an effective way to cure insomnia, some people claim — and sleep experts agree, with some conditions. The strategy, known as the “military sleep technique,” reportedly has helped people fall asleep in less than five minutes. It was originally detailed in Lloyd Bud-Winter’s book, … Read more
Kate Winslet is back in the nude — two years after she claimed her days of appearing on-screen in her birthday suit were “getting a little bit numbered.” The Oscar-winning actress and star of the upcoming World War II-set drama “Lee” spoke to Vogue about why baring her all for the camera is just another day … Read more
Morgan Freeman emphatically makes his point in the new History documentary, “761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers,” which opens with a D-Day battle clip from the 1998 movie “Saving Private Ryan.” “I grew up going to the movies and if it was a Western or a battle story I ate that stuff up,” Freeman, … Read more
A New York history educator restored a lost piece of history after unearthing harrowing footage that depicts US soldiers freeing Jewish people from a train bound for a Nazi death camp. After the colorized clip was posted to YouTube, several Holocaust survivors came forward, claiming to recognize themselves and their family members in the video. … Read more
When the Nazis came calling in 1939, Kitty Schmidt wasn’t interested. She was the madam of “Salon Kitty,” a swank brothel in Berlin and one of the last sex-for-sale establishments legally allowed to operate in Germany. When higher-ups in the Nazi party suggested Kitty turn her business into a high-tech spying center to electronically eavesdrop … Read more
Ralph Amoussou used the works of his namesake to help build his role as Paul Kadjo in “Transatlantic,” a seven-part Netflix series premiering April 7. “I had the chance to have such an amazing mother, who named me after Ralph Ellison,” said Amousso, 33, born in Paris and raised in West Africa. “I read ‘The … Read more
The U.S. Army K-9 Corps, which trained more than 10,000 dogs to serve several branches of the American military in World War II, began barking orders to its four-legged foot soldiers on this day in history, March 13, 1942. “Dogs have been associated with the United States Army since its inception, but their role has been primarily that … Read more
The wreckage of a U.S. submarine found off the coast of northern Japan has been identified as the USS Albacore – a vessel believed by the Navy to have struck a mine and sunk during the heart of World War II. The Naval History and Heritage Command made the announcement Thursday after several months of examining Japanese … Read more
A brass menorah memorialized in a historic photo from Nazi-era Germany has returned to the country for the first time since the Jewish family it belonged to escaped with their lives nearly 90 years ago. And, on Monday night at sundown, the second night of Hanukkah, the candles of the cherished menorah were lit in … Read more
Tony Vaccaro took his first picture when he was 10 years old and living in Italy. He soon started toting a camera everywhere — to school, on camping trips, a visit to the Vatican, and eventually to the frontlines of World War II, where, as an American soldier, he documented the Battle of the Bulge, … Read more
The new Epix series “Rogue Heroes” centers around a group of disparate SAS (Special Air Service) British Army commandos in World War II surreptitiously battling German and Italian forces in North Africa. It’s based on Ben Mcyntire’s book, “SAS: Rogue Heroes,” and it’s all true — which added an extra dimension to how series creator … Read more
Paul Newman’s posthumous book revealed Thursday that the famed Hollywood actor once engaged in a bloody fight after he was called an anti-semitic slur while serving in World War II. According to the USO website, Newman — who died in 2008 — signed up for the Navy’s V-12 pilot training program but was “disqualified upon … Read more