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World War II-era map sparks treasure hunt for Nazi loot in Dutch village Detail of a hand-drawn map purportedly showing where Nazi loot was buried in Ommeren, the Netherlands.
The city of Amsterdam on Tuesday said it would severely restrict attendance to the annual national World War II remembrance on May 4, in a bid to keep the ceremony safe and to curb potential ...
MESCH, Netherlands (AP) — Walking arm-in-arm with the Dutch queen, American World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer returned Thursday to the tiny village that he and others in the 30th Infantry ...
MARGRATEN, Netherlands (AP) — People ‘adopting’ fallen soldiers buried at an American war cemetery in the Netherlands are helping to keep alive memories of their sacrifice as the country ...
Two waves of refugees – Germans before the war and Dutch following the German invasion – brought the Jewish population to 2,200 by 1945, according to van Rens.
As World War II nears its end in 1945, the Netherlands’ German occupiers were pushed back by Allied advances. The soldiers who had been in Arnhem found themselves in Ommeren and decided to bury ...
The elusive painting was tracked down after a person in Chicago claimed to possess a “stolen or looted painting” their uncle brought back to the U.S. after serving in World War II.
World War II-era map sparks treasure hunt in small Dutch village By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA The Associated Press, Updated January 24, 2023, 7:29 a.m. 1 ...