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

In the halcyon days before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill, Kim Smith was the master chef behind ...

In the final days of World War II, U.S. and German soldiers fought side by side—not against each other, but against the SS.

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

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

PARIS — Foreign ministers from the United Kingdom, France and Germany met with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva on Friday, ...

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

French opposition to the roundups of its Jewish citizens during WWII offer reasons to hope Americans will oppose Trump.

President Macron’s government has been forced to withdraw an artificial intelligence-generated video celebrating the French ...

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.

He had fled France for London in June 1940, inspired by de Gaulle’s famous 18 June “Appel” – call or summons – over BBC radio, urging French resistance to the German occupation.

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.