Video: 'Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh'
(Monday, May 28, 1945) — The novel Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II, was published today in London by Chapman & Hall.
Video: 'Death Of Himmler (1945)'
(Wednesday, May 23, 1945, 11:14 p.m. CEST; on the Western Front and Eastern Front during World War II) — Nazi official Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the people most directly responsible for the Holocaust, committed suicide tonight by biting into a cyanide capsule while in British custody in Luneburg, Germany. Continue reading Nazi war criminal Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while in British custody 80 years ago this hour (May 23 1945)
Video: ‘Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Wedding at Malabar’
(Monday, May 21, 1945, shortly after noon EWT; during World War II) — Actors Humphrey Bogart, 45, and Lauren Bacall, 20, were married today in the spacious hallway of the twenty-room house of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield on Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio, in a three-minute ceremony. Continue reading Film actors Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall wed in Lucas, Ohio 80 years ago this hour (May 21 1945)
Video: 'USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) damaged by suicide planes - 11 May 1945'
(Friday, May 11, 1945, shortly after 10:00 a.m. JST; during the Battle of Okinawa, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — The aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill was attacked and severely damaged today by two kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa; according to the U.S. Navy’s official website, 346 men were killed, 43 were left missing, and 264 were wounded.
Video: 'The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration camp KL Stutthof'
(Wednesday, May 9, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Stutthof concentration camp, built in a secluded, wet, and wooded area near the small town of Sztutowo (Stutthof) 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Gdansk in northern Poland, was liberated today by Soviet forces. Continue reading Stutthof becomes last Nazi concentration camp liberated by Allies 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
Video: 'Schindler's List (8/9) Movie CLIP - He Who Saves One Life Saves the World Entire (1993) HD'
(Wednesday, May 9, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The labor camp Brünnlitz, a sub-camp of the Nazi concentration camp Gross-Rosen located in the village of Brnenec in the Czech Republic where 1,200 Jews worked in a munitions factory, was liberated today by Soviet troops about 11 hours after their protector Oskar Schindler escaped. Continue reading Oskar Schindler’s labor camp Brünnlitz liberated 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
Video: 'Liberation Of Prague (1945)'
(Wednesday, May 9, 1945, 8:00 a.m. CEST; during the Prague Offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II) — With World War II in Europe at an end, Soviet forces liberated Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation today. Continue reading Soviet forces liberate Czechoslovakia 80 years ago this hour (May 9 1945)
Video: 'Theresienstadt'
(Tuesday, May 8, 1945, evening; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Theresienstadt concentration camp, established in the fortress and garrison city of Terezín (German name Theresienstadt), located in what is now the Czech Republic, was liberated today by Soviet troops. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt liberated 80 years ago tonight (May 8 1945)
Video: 'The Fruits Of Victory (1945)'
(Tuesday, May 8, 1945, 3:00 p.m. British Double Summer Time; on the Western Front of World War II) — British Prime Minister Churchill formally proclaimed the end of the war in Europe today, broadcasting to the world that the “evildoers *** are now prostrate before us.” But the jubilating people of Britain heard from the Prime Minister and… Continue reading Churchill hails one victory, pledges crushing of Japan 80 years ago this hour (May 8 1945)
Video: '[VE Day 75] President Harry Truman's speech for Victory in Europe Day newsreel 8 May 1945'
(Tuesday, May 8, 1945, 9:00 a.m. EWT; on the Western Front of World War II) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman, on his 61st birthday, announced on radio this morning that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered, and that “the flags of freedom fly all over Europe” (click here for a clip of this day on “American Experience: Truman” at 1:41:50). Continue reading President Truman announces Germany’s surrender, declares Victory in Europe Day 80 years ago this hour (May 8 1945)
