A document representing the end of one of history’s most brutal regimes sold Wednesday night at RR Auction for $133,066, surpassing its pre-auction estimate of $100,000. Following Adolf Hitler ...

A document representing the end of one of history’s most brutal regimes sold Wednesday night at RR Auction for $166,333, surpassing its pre-auction estimate of $100,000. Following Adolf Hitler ...

A document representing the end of one of history’s most brutal regimes sold Wednesday night at RR Auction for $133,066, surpassing its pre-auction estimate of $100,000. Following Adolf Hitler’s ...

A few days before the German surrender, the ship "Cap Arcona" sank near his hometown, with 4,500 concentration camp prisoners on board. Uecker helped bury the dead who washed up on shore, a ...

Reich President Karl Donitz Signed German Surrender Negotiation Document Presented to the Allies by Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl (May 6, 1945). Courtesy RR Auctions.

It Happened Here: Valley residents solemnly observe German surrender in World War II ... Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel met with Zhukov and signed the same surrender document.

As the country marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, look back at our unique blog to relive the key events and images from the day as it happened hour-by-hour ...

In early spring 1945, Richard was part of the 79th A.D. Headquarters staff in Germany when the end of the war was in sight. A telex message, marked as 'SECRET' detailing when the war was to end with ...

At 102, Graziano vividly remembers what he saw that day, when it was unclear whether the Germans would sign the surrender document. “I saw a lot of straight faces,” he told CNN. “Germans ...

At 102, Graziano vividly remembers what he saw that day, when it was unclear whether the Germans would sign the surrender document. “I saw a lot of straight faces,” he told CNN. “Germans ...

It had been 2:41am in Reims, France, when German envoys signed the act of unconditional surrender inside a red‑brick schoolhouse that served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s headquarters.