D-Day

Passengers aboard the MS St. Louis in 1939. The ship of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany was blocked from landing in Cuba, Canada and the U.S. and ultimately returned to Europe.

Arts

This Ship Of Jewish Refugees Asked For Shelter 80 Years Ago — And The US Said No

Shahla Farzan

Updated at 5 p.m., June 5 with information about a new location for the event — The lecture and vigil will now be held at the Missouri History Museum to…

Arts

Remembering — and commemorating — the 70th anniversary of V-E Day

Mary Delach Leonard

It’s the 70th anniversary of V-E Day — and a good day to thank a World War II veteran.We’ll begin with a classic newsreel, “The War Ends in Europe,” which…

Missouri Veterans Remember D-Day And Final Months Of War In Europe

Marshall Griffin

Friday marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944. On that day, Allied forces began the push to end the European front of World War II by landing…

New Book, Film Commemorate 70th Anniversary Of D-Day

This Friday will mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day: the day 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, in a bid to invade…