--- title: "Blog" description: "Blog with articles about WW2 and the Holocaust, exhibitions, interesting D-Day books, personal views and interesting posts museums and memorials" url: "https://www.normandy1944.info/ww2-blog-articles-events-museums-and-more" date: "2026-07-07T23:27:04+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- ![WW2 blog with personal views, events, museums, memorials](https://www.normandy1944.info/images/frontpageslideshow/d-day-normandy-beyond-veterans-eyewitness-stories-uk.jpg) # The World War II Blog ### Articles, stories and historical research about the Second World War Explore in-depth articles about veterans, memorials, Holocaust history, books and other important aspects of World War II. [](#) [](#) - [The World War II Blog](#) Personal blog page on WWII Welcome to the D-Day, Normandy and Beyond World War II blog. This section features historical articles about the Second World War, including stories about veterans, Holocaust history, museums, memorials, books, exhibitions, and other topics related to WWII history and remembrance. Museums, events, books and historical projects may also be submitted for inclusion on this page. [ Want to add an article? ](https://www.normandy1944.info/contact#contact) Add your museum or event to the list of 73 articles you find here below. - All - Article - Book - Event - Exhibition - Institution - Memorial - Museum - Project - Touroperator [### Canadian Trail Overijssel ![Canadian Trail Overijssel](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/ec/Canadian_Scottish_veteran_Nick_Janicki-ecf540d4.jpg&src=images/blog/2026/Janicki/Canadian_Scottish_veteran_Nick_Janicki.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=59b92a21)Date of publication: 02 May 2026 Canadian Trail Overijssel: Walking Route and Liberation Stories Deventer and several of its villages are now also connected to the western track of… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/canadian-trail-overijssel) [### Hygiene, Stimulants and survival in WW2 ![Hygiene, Stimulants and survival in WW2](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/a8/German-Pervitin-the-drug-that-the-German-soldiers-used-in-WW2-to-stay-awake-a87a4969.jpg&src=images/blog/2026/Drugs_and_more/German-Pervitin-the-drug-that-the-German-soldiers-used-in-WW2-to-stay-awake.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=2eddf166)Date of publication: 25 March 2026 The invisible front: Hygiene, Stimulants, and Survival in WW2. While history books focus on Tiger tanks and Spitfires, the average soldier’s daily re… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/hygiene-stimulants-and-survival-in-ww2) [### Japanese Army Proficiency Badges by Andrew Reznik ![Japanese Army Proficiency Badges by Andrew Reznik](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/d7/Japanese-Army-Proficiency-Badges-by-Andrew-Reznik-d7de083f.jpg&src=images/blog/2026/Japanese_Army_Proficiency_Badges_Andrew_Reznik/Japanese-Army-Proficiency-Badges-by-Andrew-Reznik.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=d1006420)Date of publication: 10 January 2026 This specialized reference is a detailed identification and study guide to Imperial Japanese Army proficiency badges spanning the years 1888 to 1945… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/japanese-army-proficiency-badges-by-andrew-reznik) [### Auschwitz Museum unveils new exhibition on prisoner life ![Auschwitz Museum unveils new exhibition on prisoner life](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/12/Auschwitz-Museum-unveils-new-exhibition-on-prisoner-life-12573d94.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/Auschwitz_expo/Auschwitz-Museum-unveils-new-exhibition-on-prisoner-life.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=588ac378)Date of publication: 17 December 2025 The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum has opened a new permanent exhibition that sheds light on the everyday lives of prisoners held in the larg… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/auschwitz-museum-unveils-new-exhibition-on-prisoner-life) [### Charles Norman Shay dies at the age of 101 ![Charles Norman Shay dies at the age of 101](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/b4/Charles-Norman-Shay-young-man-b423c9e1.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/charles_norman_shay/Charles-Norman-Shay-young-man.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=cf25877c)Date of publication: 08 December 2025 Master Sergeant Charles Norman Shay died at the age of 101 on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at his home in Normandy, France. Shay, a decorated Native… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/charles-norman-shay-dies-at-the-age-of-101) [### Women in the Normandy Campaign: Unsung Contributions ![Women in the Normandy Campaign: Unsung Contributions](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/34/Women-of-the-WRNS-operating-codebreaking-machines-at-Bletchley-Park-34ccf4fe.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/Women_on_DDay/Women-of-the-WRNS-operating-codebreaking-machines-at-Bletchley-Park.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=d7ed3bfa)Date of publication: 14 November 2025 When most people imagine the Normandy invasion, they picture paratroopers dropping into the night sky, infantry struggling ashore under machine-gun f… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/women-in-the-normandy-campaign-unsung-contributions) [### When honour is hidden: removal of Black American soldiers ![When honour is hidden: removal of Black American soldiers](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/73/Technician-Fourth-Class-George-H.-Pruitt-43rd-73aa7718.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/George_H_Pruitt/Technician-Fourth-Class-George-H.-Pruitt-43rd.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=58a9368c)Date of publication: 11 November 2025 When Honour is Hidden: The removal of Black American soldier Memorials at Margraten I’m actually angry about this. At the heart of honouring freedom… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/when-honour-is-hidden-removal-of-black-american-soldiers) [### After 84 years, a sailor comes home ![After 84 years, a sailor comes home](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/95/The-USS-California-on-fire-after-the-Japanese-attack-on-Pearl-Harbor-colorised-95d37359.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/Pearl_Harbor/The-USS-California-on-fire-after-the-Japanese-attack-on-Pearl-Harbor-colorised.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=6b21cea6)Date of publication: 31 October 2025 More than eight decades after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the remains of a U.S. Navy sailor have been identified, bringing long-awaited closure to a… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/after-84-years-a-sailor-comes-home) [### The passing of the last Tuskegee airman ![The passing of the last Tuskegee airman](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/c9/Death-of-Lt.-Col.-George-E.-Hardy-c90461c9.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/Passing_of_George_Hardy/Death-of-Lt.-Col.-George-E.-Hardy.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=7c95b62a)Date of publication: 30 September 2025 Farewell to an Era. The passing of Lt. Col. George E. Hardy on 25 September 2025 marks the end of a living chapter in American history. Hardy, born J… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/the-passing-of-the-last-tuskegee-airman) [### New Exhibition “Churchill: Image and Power” ![New Exhibition “Churchill: Image and Power”](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/71/Normandy_beyond_Churchill_Image_and_Power_001-7145990b.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/Churchill/Normandy_beyond_Churchill_Image_and_Power_001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=d483783d)Date of publication: 09 September 2025 This month, September 2025, Chartwell, the former home of Sir Winston Churchill, unveils an exciting new exhibition that delves into the iconic leade… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/new-exhibition-churchill-image-and-power) [### Breathing life into the lost voice of Sidney Keyes ![Breathing life into the lost voice of Sidney Keyes](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/be/The-Poetry-of-Sidney-Keyes-poster-be3886c5.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/Poetry_of_Sidney_Keyes/The-Poetry-of-Sidney-Keyes-poster.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=1b461cfe)Date of publication: 21 August 2025 In a quiet but powerful act of remembrance, Finborough Theatre has brought to light the haunting poetry of a voice silenced far too soon. Remember Yo… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/breathing-life-into-the-lost-voice-of-sidney-keyes) [### Walking in the Shadows of Operation Anthropoid ![Walking in the Shadows of Operation Anthropoid](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/4b/OperationAnthropoidTours.com-terezin-4b7a1503.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/OperationAnthropoidTours/OperationAnthropoidTours.com-terezin.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=a7b5a470)Date of publication: 20 August 2025 In the spring of 1942, two young Czechoslovak parachutists, Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, jumped into Nazi-occupied Bohemia. Their mission, codenamed O… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/walking-in-the-shadows-of-operation-anthropoid) [### The Hunger Plan: The chilling strategy of starving ![The Hunger Plan: The chilling strategy of starving](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/3d/The-hunger-plan-in-russia-1941-3dfec263.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/hungerplan/The-hunger-plan-in-russia-1941.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=399933ae)Date of publication: 31 July 2025 Famine is not a natural disaster, it's primarily man-made Imagine a government blueprint that weaponized starvation, not as an unfortunate consequen… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/the-hunger-plan-the-chilling-strategy-of-starving) [### Papa Jake Larson dies at 102 ![Papa Jake Larson dies at 102](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/20/Papa-Jake-dies-at-102-WW2-DDay-survivor-20f3cb43.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/Papa_Jake/Papa-Jake-dies-at-102-WW2-DDay-survivor.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=36613ff4)Date of publication: 19 July 2025 'Papa Jake' Larson was born on December 20, 1922, in Hope, Minnesota. At just 15 years old, during a time of economic hardship, he joined the Nationa… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/papa-jake-larson-dies-at-102) [### Auschwitz Tours from Warsaw ![Auschwitz Tours from Warsaw](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/48/Entrance-of-Auschwitz-Birkenau-memorial-on-a-trip-from-Warsaw-to-Auschwitz-48e25fa8.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/Auschwitz/Entrance-of-Auschwitz-Birkenau-memorial-on-a-trip-from-Warsaw-to-Auschwitz.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=16c1a981)Date of publication: 22 May 2025 A thoughtful journey to the past guided day trips from Poland’s capital I was asked to make a blog post about this Polish touroperator that offers g… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/auschwitz-tours-from-warsaw) [### Nazi artifacts discovered in Argentina after 80 years ![Nazi artifacts discovered in Argentina after 80 years](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/26/Nazi-Artifacts-Discovered-in-Argentine-Supreme-Court-Basement-After-80-Years-26cafb43.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/Nazi_Artifacts_Argentina/Nazi-Artifacts-Discovered-in-Argentine-Supreme-Court-Basement-After-80-Years.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=1512cf07)Date of publication: 15 May 2025 In a remarkable historical discovery on May 11 in Beunos Aires, Argentina, 83 boxes of Nazi-related materials confiscated by Argentine authorities du… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/nazi-artifacts-discovered-in-argentina-after-80-years) [### The truth about the German surrender in Wageningen on May 5, 1945 ![The truth about the German surrender in Wageningen on May 5, 1945](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/f4/d-day-normandy-wageningen-signing-formal-German-surrender-1945-f4798737.jpg&src=images/blog/2025/german_surrender/d-day-normandy-wageningen-signing-formal-German-surrender-1945.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=50dddc9e)Date of publication: 01 May 2025 On May 5, 1945, the small Dutch town of Wageningen became the site of a turning point in World War II history. After years of occupation and ha… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/the-truth-about-the-german-surrender-in-wageningen-on-may-5-1945) [### Haven for Military Scale Model Enthusiasts and History Buffs ![Haven for Military Scale Model Enthusiasts and History Buffs](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/0f/D-Day-Normandy-ScaleCrafted-001-0f483b27.jpg&src=images/blog/2024/ScaleCrafted/D-Day-Normandy-ScaleCrafted-001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=ea032b28)Date of publication: 31 October 2024 ScaleCrafted.com is an absolute gem for anyone passionate about military vehicles, aircraft, and scale modeling. Whether you’re a seasoned model buil… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/haven-for-military-scale-model-enthusiasts-and-history-buffs) [### The Crete Fleet ![The Crete Fleet](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/8d/crete-fleet-001-8d70391e.jpg&src=images/blog/2024/The_crete_fleet/crete-fleet-001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=38014704)Date of publication: 15 May 2024 The Crete Fleet is a free on-line encyclopaedia of Concrete Ships, Concrete Barges and Mulberry Harbour components. The website is a result of a five… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/the-crete-fleet) [### Frank Gubbels Battlefield Guide ![Frank Gubbels Battlefield Guide](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/af/d-day-normandy-beyond-frank-gubbels-tourguide-nederland-003-af5aca17.jpg&src=images/blog/2024/Frank_Gubbels/d-day-normandy-beyond-frank-gubbels-tourguide-nederland-003.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=cd197be5)Date of publication: 30 January 2024 Frank Gubbles was motivated by Dr. Stephen Ambrose's acclaimed book and the hit HBO series Band of Brothers, numerous individuals embark on journeys… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/frank-gubbels-battlefield-guide) [### Berlins Darkest Years Tour ![Berlins Darkest Years Tour](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/f1/d-day-normandy-beyond-matti-tourguide-berlin-001-f1fda24e.jpg&src=images/blog/2024/Matti/d-day-normandy-beyond-matti-tourguide-berlin-001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=c2475301)Date of publication: 19 January 2024 Embarking on a journey through Berlin's poignant World War 2 sites isn't just about exploring history; it's about connecting with the profound storie… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/berlins-darkest-years-tour) [### Irish lady whose forecast saved D-Day, dies at 100 ![Irish lady whose forecast saved D-Day, dies at 100](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/21/Maureen-Sweeney-002-21ea883d.jpg&src=images/blog/2023/Maureen_Sweeney/Maureen-Sweeney-002.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=b18136fb)Date of publication: 20 December 2023 Maureen Sweeney, the remarkable Irish woman whose pivotal weather forecast altered the course of the D-Day landings, has passed away at the age of 10… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/irish-lady-whose-forecast-saved-d-day-dies-at-100) [### Léon Gautier, last survivor Kieffer commando dies (100) ![Léon Gautier, last survivor Kieffer commando dies (100)](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/7d/leon-gautier-dead-100-2023-001-7d4a8a06.jpg&src=images/blog/2023/leon_gautier/leon-gautier-dead-100-2023-001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=d84a7813)Date of publication: 03 July 2023 Léon Gautier was the last survivor of the 177 French who landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944. "To you, to your brothers in arms with whom you landed… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/leon-gautier-last-survivor-kieffer-commando-dies-100) [### Holocaust Histories podcasts ![Holocaust Histories podcasts](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/c3/holocaust-podcasts-prisoners-c3bd9155.jpg&src=images/blog/2023/holocaust_podcasts/holocaust-podcasts-prisoners.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=c3ed1967)Date of publication: 01 July 2023 My name is Jonathan Bonder. I'm the producer of Holocaust Histories a new podcast series. Each episode in the first season features a boxer with a di… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/holocaust-histories-podcasts) [### Benjamin Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103 ![Benjamin Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/1b/Benjamin-Ferencz-last-surviving-Nuremberg-prosecutor-dies-at-103-1b533d6b.jpg&src=images/blog/2023/Benjamin_Ferencz/Benjamin-Ferencz-last-surviving-Nuremberg-prosecutor-dies-at-103.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=8a93f365)Date of publication: 08 April 2023 Benjamin Berell Ferencz (March 11, 1920 - Boynton Beach Florida, April 7, 2023) was an American lawyer. He was an investigator of Nazi war crimes aft… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/benjamin-ferencz-last-surviving-nuremberg-prosecutor-dies-at-103) [### WW2 in color ![WW2 in color ](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/7a/ww2-in-color-001-7a1ca344.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/WW2_in_color/ww2-in-color-001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=c10b87d3)Date of publication: 23 December 2022 In the four-part series WO2 IN COLOR colourist Jakob Lagerweij brings the Second World War to life in a masterful way. Part 1 begins with the h… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/ww2-in-color) [### Stumbling block challenge ![Stumbling block challenge](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/e8/d-day-normandy-beyond-struikelstenen-challenge-e8145be1.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy-beyond-struikelstenen-challenge.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=79f14834)Date of publication: 06 November 2022 On November 9th 1938 was the peak of the so called November pogroms in Nazi Germany. A series of massive riots against the Jewish population. At the… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/stumbling-block-challenge) [### Hannah Pick-Goslar dies 93 ![Hannah Pick-Goslar dies 93](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/24/d-day-normandy-beyond-Hannah-Pick-Goslar-240eba65.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy-beyond-Hannah-Pick-Goslar.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=636bbeb7)Date of publication: 28 October 2022 Hannah Pick-Goslar passed away on October 28 at age 93. Hannah, or Hanneli as Anne called her in her diary, was one of Anne Frank's best friends, the… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/hannah-pick-goslar-dies-93) [### Remains of 8.000 Nazi victims found in Polish mass grave ![Remains of 8.000 Nazi victims found in Polish mass grave](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/6b/Nazi-concentration-camp-soldau2-6bb054b6.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/Nazi-concentration-camp-soldau2.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=a8f9239c)Date of publication: 13 July 2022 In Poland, a mass grave containing the burnt remains of about 8.000 people has been found near the former German concentration camp Soldau. Researche… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/remains-of-8-000-nazi-victims-found-in-polish-mass-grave) [### Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam ![Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/e6/d-day-normandy1944-verzetsmuseum-amsterdam-collectie6-e61ac574.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy1944-verzetsmuseum-amsterdam-collectie6.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=3275683c)Date of publication: 23 June 2022 On April 24, 1984, the first meeting of the incoming board of a foundation with the aim of “creating and maintaining a museum dedicated to resistance… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/verzetsmuseum-amsterdam) [### The Walter Frentz Collection ![The Walter Frentz Collection](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/cd/d-day-normandy-beyond-walter-frentz-collection-002-cd6dacca.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy-beyond-walter-frentz-collection-002.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=09c2894b)Date of publication: 01 June 2022 The Walter Frentz Collection is a website displaying over 5.000 images and photographs of the vast collection of German cameraman Walter Frentz. We m… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/the-walter-frentz-collection) [### Band of Brothers Tour ![Band of Brothers Tour](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/4b/d-day-normandy-beyond-beaches-normandy-tour-001-4bcf8c0a.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy-beyond-beaches-normandy-tour-001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=3f5e3ab7)Date of publication: 10 May 2022 The Band of Brothers Tour is an unforgettable 11-day journey from the shores of Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, hitting all of the highlights of t… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/band-of-brothers-tour) [### Stichting Driel Polen ![Stichting Driel Polen](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/5e/d-day-normandy-beyond-polish-market-garden-5e6a302a.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy-beyond-polish-market-garden.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=d9d3345c)Date of publication: 10 May 2022 1.003 paratroopers of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade landed on September 21, 1944 in Driel and the surrounding area to take part in the… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/stichting-driel-polen) [### Mimi Reinhardt, dies at 107 ![Mimi Reinhardt, dies at 107](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/70/D-Day-Normandy-Beyond-mimi-reinhardt-schindler-7086f371.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/D-Day-Normandy-Beyond-mimi-reinhardt-schindler.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=f53923a4)Date of publication: 30 April 2022 Mimi Reinhardt, who compiled lists of names for German industrialist Oskar Schindler to help Jews during the Holocaust, has died aged 107. She… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/mimi-reinhardt-dies-at-107) [### WW2 victim identified after 77 years ![WW2 victim identified after 77 years](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/79/D-Day-Normandy-Beyond-Cornelis-Pieter-Kreukniet-7928f0b8.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/D-Day-Normandy-Beyond-Cornelis-Pieter-Kreukniet.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=721fc7b1)Date of publication: 30 April 2022 77 years after World War II, a victim has been identified. It concerns Cornelis Pieter Kreukniet from The Hague. His remains were found after the war… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/ww2-victim-identified-after-77-years) [### Harry Billinge: D-Day veteran dies aged 96 ![Harry Billinge: D-Day veteran dies aged 96](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/5b/D-Day-Normandy-Beyond-Harry-Billinge-portrait-dies-5bde880d.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/D-Day-Normandy-Beyond-Harry-Billinge-portrait-dies.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=f8051d4c)Date of publication: 09 April 2022 D-Day veteran Horace "Harry" Billinge has died aged 96 following a short illness, his family has confirmed. Mr Billinge, from St Austell, Cornwall, w… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/harry-billinge-d-day-veteran-dies-aged-96) [### Letters offer a look at youth Adolf Hitler ![Letters offer a look at youth Adolf Hitler](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/e4/d-day-normandy-letters-father-adolf-hitler-e4c45330.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy-letters-father-adolf-hitler.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=379399af)Date of publication: 08 April 2022 An Austrian historian has found 31 letters from Adolf Hitler's father. Roman Sandgruber used them to write the first biography of Alois Hitler and to… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/letters-offer-a-look-at-youth-adolf-hitler) [### German Holocaust denier (93) has to go to jail ![German Holocaust denier (93) has to go to jail](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/a4/d-day-normandy-93-year-old-German-holocaust-denier-a4b3c0b6.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy-93-year-old-German-holocaust-denier.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=319bf132)Date of publication: 03 April 2022 Ursula Haverbeck a 93-year-old German woman has been jailed for a year for denying the Holocaust. She denied the Nazi genocide from WW2 at a 2017 ral… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/german-holocaust-denier-93-has-to-go-to-jail) [### Resistance women who saved thousands of lives ![Resistance women who saved thousands of lives](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/4f/d-day-normandy-forgotten-resistance-dutch-women-4ff95b31.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy-forgotten-resistance-dutch-women.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=8caa2a92)Date of publication: 03 April 2022 They hid people in hiding in their own house, cycled through the country carrying weapons and food stamps, plotted attacks and smuggled Jewish childr… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/resistance-women-who-saved-thousands-of-lives) [### A unique find of a Short Stirling BF396 ![A unique find of a Short Stirling BF396](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/84/Short-Stirling-MK1-84770fa5.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/Short-Stirling-MK1.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=c3803899)Date of publication: 02 April 2022 Wreckage of a British World War II bomber that washed up on the beach at Camperduin in February has been identified. It turns out to be the remains o… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/a-unique-find-of-a-short-stirling-bf396) [### WWII bomber on display in 2000 pieces ![WWII bomber on display in 2000 pieces](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/d2/Lancaster-2000-pieces-Overloon-unique-d2865b23.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/Lancaster-2000-pieces-Overloon-unique.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=496ef82a)Date of publication: 01 April 2022 'Unique in the world'. More than 2000 fragments of a British bomber from the Second World War will soon be on display in the Overloon War Museum. Vol… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/wwii-bomber-on-display-in-2000-pieces) [### Eagles Over Husky by Alexander Fitzgerald-Black ![Eagles Over Husky by Alexander Fitzgerald-Black](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/91/eagles-over-husky-alexander-black-911e0bfc.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/eagles_over_husky/eagles-over-husky-alexander-black.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=c6bdc972)Date of publication: 14 February 2022 The Allied Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, May 14 to August 17, 1943 In the summer of 1943, the United Nations began Operation HUSKY, the invas… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/eagles-over-husky-by-alexander-fitzgerald-black) [### Veteran Richard Overton still waiting for a headstone ![Veteran Richard Overton still waiting for a headstone](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/3c/richard-overton-3c1efb24.webp&src=images/blog/2022/richard-overton.webp&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=e4c5092c)Date of publication: 07 February 2022 Richard Overton, who was the oldest World War II veteran when he died in 2018 at 112, is still waiting on a headstone for his grave at Texas State Ce… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/veteran-richard-overton-still-waiting-for-a-headstone) [### Badges on Battledress by Jon Mills ![Badges on Battledress by Jon Mills](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/b1/badges-on-battle-dress-jon-mills-b18e27da.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/badges_on_battledress/badges-on-battle-dress-jon-mills.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=a21a868a)Date of publication: 17 November 2021 Badges on Batteldress with the subtitle 'An Illustrated History of the Cloth Insignia Worn on Khaki and ​Jungle Green by Britain's Armed Forces 1939… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/badges-on-battledress-by-jon-mills) [### Veterans Day (11 November) ![Veterans Day (11 November)](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/a4/d-day-normandy-beyond-veterans-day-a4847c03.jpg&src=images/blog/2022/d-day-normandy-beyond-veterans-day.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=c906b963)Date of publication: 11 November 2021 Veterans Day is an annual memorial in the United States that pays tribute to all those who served in the armed forces, especially living veterans. Ve… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/veterans-day-11-november) [### Fabric of War by Bill Alexander ![Fabric of War by Bill Alexander](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/0f/fabric-of-war-cover-bill-alexander-0f68aef5.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/fabric_of_war/fabric-of-war-cover-bill-alexander.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=348f2828)Date of publication: 09 November 2021 Fabric of War is the first thoroughly researched and detailed history dealing with the Canadian army cloth shoulder titles as worn between 1900 and 1… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/fabric-of-war-by-bill-alexander) [### Market Garden Commemoration ![Market Garden Commemoration](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/e6/d-day-normandy-beyond-market-garden-blog-e623239f.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/market_garden/d-day-normandy-beyond-market-garden-blog.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=37dd40f9)Date of publication: 18 September 2021 By September 1944, Allied forces had successfully broken out of their Normandy beachhead and pursued shattered German forces across Northern France a… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/market-garden-commemoration) [### Veteran books of WW2 ![Veteran books of WW2](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/83/D-Day-Normandy-beyond-Books-wing-ding-837b35cd.jpg&src=images/books/american/eugene_carson/D-Day-Normandy-beyond-Books-wing-ding.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=9666a1cd)Date of publication: 04 September 2021 A new part on my website: books written by veterans of WW2. Well known authors have enough exposure so therefor this part of my website is meant to g… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/veteran-books-of-ww2) [### Liberation of Camp Westerbork NL ![Liberation of Camp Westerbork NL](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/e6/d-day-normandy-beyond-blog-westerbork-e6ccd717.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/d-day-normandy-beyond-blog-westerbork.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=8ea43b6d)Date of publication: 11 April 2021 On April 12, 1945, the Canadian army freed 876 Jewish prisoners in camp Westerbork. To the cry: "The Tommy's are here!", everyone rushed out to catch… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/liberation-of-camp-westerbork-nl) [### Jewish Virtual Library ![Jewish Virtual Library](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/bb/virtual-library-logo-bb1991c7.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/virtual-library-logo.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=c65df821)Date of publication: 30 March 2021 Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism t… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/jewish-virtual-library) [### Camp Vught National Memorial discovers unique photographs ![Camp Vught National Memorial discovers unique photographs](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/d7/New-photographs-discovered-Kamp-Vught-Netherlands-001-d76fed6c.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/vught/New-photographs-discovered-Kamp-Vught-Netherlands-001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=9621948c)Date of publication: 30 March 2021 Camp Vught National Memorial recently came into possession of three special photos, which were taken by a German soldier during one of the Jew transp… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/camp-vught-national-memorial-discovers-unique-photographs) [### Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus ![Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/D-Day-normandy-beyond-HMC-Building-9903badc.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/D-Day-normandy-beyond-HMC-Building.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=75d55941)Date of publication: 30 March 2021 The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus (HMC) opened in 1984 on the campus of the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield, Michigan (… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/holocaust-memorial-center-zekelman-family-campus) [### Spectacular color footage ![Spectacular color footage](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/75/jack-lieb-75e20a13.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/jack-lieb.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=cad13cd8)Date of publication: 25 March 2021 Spectacular HD-scanned footage of 1945 with narration by newsreel cameraman Jack Lieb. According to this source Lieb's voice had been recorded in 197… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/spectacular-color-footage) [### Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum ![Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/0a/Current-and-Future-Buildings-0a1c391d.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/Current-and-Future-Buildings.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=d0c6a825)Date of publication: 12 February 2021 The Mission of the Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum is to honor and preserve the heritage of the men who trained at Camp Gordon Johnston in Carrabell… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/camp-gordon-johnston-wwii-museum) [### Remco Reiding ![Remco Reiding](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/16/d-day-normandy-beyond-remco-reiding-1674cddf.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/d-day-normandy-beyond-remco-reiding.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=1a8baa17)Date of publication: 11 February 2021 Remco Reiding, researcher, writer and WW2 project manager became known for his years of research into the forgotten Soviet Field of Honor in Leusden… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/remco-reiding) [### Captain Sir Tom Moore dies at 100 ![Captain Sir Tom Moore dies at 100](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/bb/d-day-normandy-beyond-tom-moore-002-bb3f0c2f.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/d-day-normandy-beyond-tom-moore-002.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=aa6e0b1f)Date of publication: 02 February 2021 Captain Sir Tom Moore, the second world war veteran who raised almost £39 million for NHS charities during the first coronavirus lockdown in spring 2… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/captain-sir-tom-moore-dies-at-100) [### USHMM permission ![USHMM permission](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/03/d-day-normandy-beyond-ushmm-permission-001-03cee5e1.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/d-day-normandy-beyond-ushmm-permission-001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=2fac7355)Date of publication: 02 February 2021 I would like to thank the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum located at 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, Washington, USA for their willingness to hel… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/ushmm-permission) [### Karl Höcker's Auschwitz album (USHMM) ![Karl Höcker's Auschwitz album (USHMM)](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/c0/d-day-normandy-beyond-karl-hoecker-auschwitz-album-c0f86ecf.jpg&src=images/blog/2021/d-day-normandy-beyond-karl-hoecker-auschwitz-album.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=d704e0b9)Date of publication: 29 January 2021 The Höcker Album (or Hoecker Album) is a collection of photographs believed to have been collected by Karl-Friedrich Höcker, an officer in the SS dur… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/karl-hoecker-s-auschwitz-album-ushmm) [### Crowdsourcing: Every name counts! ![Crowdsourcing: Every name counts!](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/f9/crowdsourcing-jeder-name-zaehlt-1000x560-f9a82ad9.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/crowdsourcing-jeder-name-zaehlt-1000x560.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=a1a0c8c3)Date of publication: 25 January 2021 On the upcoming 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, which coincides with International Holocaust Memorial Day, th… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/crowdsourcing-project-every-name-counts) [### The Juno Beach Centre ![The Juno Beach Centre](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/1b/d-day-normandy-canadian-dog-tags-1bf1164c.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/d-day-normandy-canadian-dog-tags.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=cdeda8eb)Date of publication: 18 October 2020 The Juno Beach Centre Association (JBCA) is a Canadian non-profit charitable corporation that is governed by a Board of Directors based in Burlington… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/the-juno-beach-centre) [### U.S. Army Center of Military History ![U.S. Army Center of Military History](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/8d/d-day-normandy-beyond-us-army-military-history-2-8da01402.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/d-day-normandy-beyond-us-army-military-history-2.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=e0f1f7f8)Date of publication: 15 July 2020 The Center Of Military History (CMH), which reports to the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, is responsible for the appropriate… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/u-s-army-center-of-military-history) [### German Russian Museum Berlin ![German Russian Museum Berlin](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/f0/d-day-normandy-beyond-german-russian-museum-000001-f0cd50e0.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/d-day-normandy-beyond-german-russian-museum-000001.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=eb06af78)Date of publication: 21 May 2020 The Second World War ended in Europe with an act of unconditional surrender in our house. On 8 May 1945 the High Command of the German Wehrmacht sign… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/german-russian-museum-berlin) [### Cigarette box found! ![Cigarette box found!](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/ec/d-day-normandy-beyond-Cigarette-tin-002-ec17e45c.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/d-day-normandy-beyond-Cigarette-tin-002.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=1171deae)Date of publication: 19 May 2020 A small aluminum tin with an engraved portrait, a name in Cyrillic script and a date: it was accidentally excavated at the site of former Camp Amersf… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/cigarette-box-from-amersfoort-found) [### Stephen Ambrose Tours ![Stephen Ambrose Tours](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/5f/Normandy-Frank-Everards-WEB-5fb59079.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/Normandy-Frank-Everards-WEB.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=c9af8c24)Date of publication: 07 May 2020 Live the memory of a lifetime on a historical or WWII tour by Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours! Our Founder Stephen E. Ambrose, author of t… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/stephen-ambrose-tours) [### Liberation of The Netherlands ![Liberation of The Netherlands](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/d6/The_Liberation_of_Eindhoven_Holland_20_September_1944_TR2370-d61eb9fa.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/The_Liberation_of_Eindhoven_Holland_20_September_1944_TR2370.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=bfc822b4)Date of publication: 01 May 2020 After the Allied landing in Normandy in June 1944, the western Allies rapidly advanced in the direction of the Dutch border. Tuesday 5 September is k… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/liberation-of-the-netherlands) [### Wannsee Conference Memorial ![Wannsee Conference Memorial](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/77/suburb-conference-solution-Villa-Berlin-Wannsee-problem-January-20-1942-7764992a.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/suburb-conference-solution-Villa-Berlin-Wannsee-problem-January-20-1942.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=5abbbb06)Date of publication: 29 April 2020 I visited this memorial last year. The Wannsee Conference (German: Wannsee konferenz) was a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany an… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/wannsee-conference-memorial) [### Auschwitz, the Exhibition ![Auschwitz, the Exhibition](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/7a/DSC_7199-7a4e51d4.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/DSC_7199.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=872f8fe8)Date of publication: 29 April 2020 Auschwitz was the largest and most lethal of all the German Nazi concentration and extermination camps. More than 1,100,000 people were murdered behi… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/auschwitz-the-exhibition) [### Big Red One Assault Museum ![Big Red One Assault Museum](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/e9/big-red-one-assault-museum-1-e9324c62.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/big-red-one-assault-museum-1.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=cbfae6e4)Date of publication: 28 April 2020 On one of my many trips to Normandy I visited the The Big Red One Assault Museum in Colleville-sur-Mer. Owned by Pierre Louis Gosselin, this US 1st I… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/big-red-one-assault-museum) [### The SNAFU special C47 ![The SNAFU special C47](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/27/snafu-special-27f93285.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/snafu-special.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=312c48eb)Date of publication: 28 April 2020 This mindboggling project lead by Patrick Elie (the man with the biggest knowledge of D-Day and the Invasion), is simply breathtaking! With a group o… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/the-snafu-special-c47) [### Dutch women from Ravensbrück ![Dutch women from Ravensbrück](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/af/1024x576a-afde5654.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/1024x576a.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=fba72e3f)Date of publication: 28 April 2020 A Swedish count has rescued thousands of women from Ravensbrück concentration camp, including 200 from the Netherlands. White buses with a red cross… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/dutch-women-from-ravensbrueck) [### The Arolsen Archives, Germany ![The Arolsen Archives, Germany](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/5a/arolsen-archives-5a0972df.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/arolsen-archives.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=88bdb0fc)Date of publication: 26 April 2020 The Arolsen Archives are an international center on Nazi persecution with the world’s most comprehensive archive on the victims and survivors of Nati… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/the-arolsen-archives-germany) [### Musée Memoires 39-45 ![Musée Memoires 39-45](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/47/musee-memoire-39-45-1939-2017-ok-4798ffcd.jpg&src=images/blog/2020/musee-memoire-39-45-1939-2017-ok.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=6c8546ce)Date of publication: 26 April 2020 A stone‘s throw from the Pointe Saint Mathieu, step back in time in this exceptional German command post bunker. On 5 floors, discover a museum focus… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/musee-memoires-39-45) [### How it started... ![How it started...](https://www.normandy1944.info/component/ajax/?p=cache/a5/ray-aebischer_thumb2020-a5d72a86.jpg&src=images/veterans/americans/aebischer_ray/thumb/ray-aebischer_thumb2020.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=1b6b4f2b)Date of publication: 25 January 2019 In 1999, I drove down to Normandy with my wife Anyta for a weekend to visit my parents who were enjoying a two week holiday there. A visit to the loc… Read more ](https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/how-it-started) ## Schema ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Blog", "item": "https://www.normandy1944.info/ww2-blog-articles-events-museums-and-more" } ] } ```