In July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported ...

As head of the Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie was notorious for his cruelty. After World War II, he escaped to Bolivia, aided ...

The French martyrs declared Friday died between 1944 and 1945, many after being arrested by the Nazi regime for their ...

Hubert Germain, who has died aged 101, was the last survivor of 1,038 French soldiers and resistance fighters decorated as “Companions of the Liberation” by their wartime leader (and future ...

Marthe Cohn was barely 25 on April 11, 1945, and Jewish, but, being blond and blue-eyed, she could pass for an Aryan. She was French, from northeastern Alsace, but spoke German fluently.

The French government has been forced to reduce a video celebrating National Resistance Day due to A.I. errors.

In this month’s picks, a look back at a city in France during the Nazi occupation, an assessment of a renowned gay politician ...

In the popular novel The German Lesson, a character based on Nolde falls victim to Nazi policies on “degenerate art”. Recent research on the painter’s life tells a more complex story.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Eric Marcus about the latest season of his series Making Gay History, which explores the lives of LGBTQ people during the Nazi era.

Having survived a devastating crash during a secret mission, Frank Griffiths finally made it home. Now his great-grandson has ...