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 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 ...

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

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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.