Chicory & Sugar
“Bonjour,” she says, with a heavy dose of longing. “Bonjour, mademoiselle.” Instinct guides him to greet her as he once would, with a soft kiss on her thin lips...
Tag: World War 2
Our collection of biographical and historical fiction short stories, quotes and photographs from World War 2.
The American “Ghost Army” of WWII
The field lay still under the June sky, with soft breezes stirring the tall grass, not a tank nor rifle in sight. But by morning, that field would look like the...
Dust Storms of Manzanar
Papa came home stunned today. “The Japanese Army attacked Pearl Harbor. News is reporting thousands dead,” he said to Mama, tears streaming down his...
Photographs from London Air Raid Shelters, WWII
The following are some photographs of life in London Air Raid shelters during World War II. Source: Frissell, Toni, photographer. Woman kneeling next to bed of ...
French Resistance Operative Jeannette Guyot
Jeannette Guyot joined the French resistance fighting Nazi occupation during World War II in 1940. Barely in her twenties at the time, she would take on many da...
Paul Grüninger Helps Save Jewish Refugees
Paul Grüninger was a Swiss police commander who saved about 3,600 Jewish refugees during World War II by backdating their visas and falsifying other documents t...
Jewish people await selection at Auschwitz-Birkenau
Jewish people from Subcarpathian Rus await selection at Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944. — “Jewish people await selection at Auschwitz-Birkenau” source...
A snapshot biography of Anne Frank
“Of the multitude who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne...
Jan and Miep Gies
“I could anticipate the sleepless nights and the remorse I would feel later in life if I did not assist those in trouble. Remorse is far worse than any de...
A snapshot biography of Jackie Cochran
Jackie Cochran Biography Jackie Cochran was independent, persistent, she was adventurous and driven to achieve, and when she “set her mind to do something...