I would like to see our leaders talk about this and stay away from words that hurt. Consider words that heal instead.

In April 1945, as Soviet armies smashed through Germany’s final defenses, Berlin prepared for the battle that would end the ...

Once you have known love, lived in its light, what would you do rather than surrender it? Ian Buruma’s engaging new history Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945 (2026) examines the compromises that Germans ...

On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, a key Cold War moment impacting Berliners, politics, and global ...

Editorial illustration about Venezuela honors Russia on Victory Day against fascism. (Illustration: Cafezinho / Flux Pro) Venezuela paid tribute to Russia, Belarus and other former Soviet ...

Russia commemorated Victory Day on May 9, 2026, marking the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany during the Second ...

Once used to show off Russia’s vast military, including its nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles, the parade ...

In April 1945, Soviet forces launched the final assault on Berlin as the Third Reich collapsed around them. Street-by-street ...

Artist Gunter Demnig carefully placed a palm-sized Holocaust memorial brass plaque into the sidewalk on a busy street corner ...

As the Red Army closed in on the German capital in April 1945, the Berlin Philharmonic played on. With blackouts in the city and the sound of artillery fire in the distance, the symphony orchestra ...

“Dictators thrive not on love but on indifference,” said Kevin Peraino in The New York Times. That’s the underlying message of Ian Buruma’s “crisply told and uncomfortably relevant” new history of ...