WW2

During the Second World War a cluster of isolated French villages hid Jews in danger and sought them safe passage away from the Nazis. This little-known story is told by author and journalist Peter… Audio

300 Auschwitz survivors, along with an international delegation of politicians from 50 countries, gathered overnight at Auschwitz concentration camp to lay wreathes and hear speeches to mark the 70th… Audio

Jewish holocaust survivors and children of survivors have gathered at the Holocaust Memorial in Makara, Wellington to mark 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Audio

Today's date, 27 January 2015, marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Commemoration events are being held here and… Audio

Today marks 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, where 1.1 million people were murdered by the German Nazi regime. Audio

Commemorations are being held around the world today to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Audio

Kailey Carruthers fills in for a Matinee Idled out Simon Morris to review Force Majeure, Still Alice and Unbroken. Audio

District Court Judge, and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group with a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces, discussing Rose Valland, the most decorated woman in… Audio

75-years ago New Zealand sailors helped strike the first blow at the enemy at the beginning of the Second World War at what has become known as the Battle of the River Plate. Audio

Maraea Rakuraku meets with members of the Poutu whānau who just may be the Māori version of the story that inspired the the 1998 Steven Spielberg film Saving Private Ryan - but with a much happier… Audio

Moana Callaghan and her whānau travelled from Maraenui to attend the three day commemorations at Te Poho o Rawiri pā, Gisborne as their father Wira Callaghan was a soldier in C Company of the 28th… Audio

It became an anthem of survival in a city under siege: Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony. One year into the brutal siege of Leningrad, that would leave more than a million Russians dead, a ragged… Audio

A Swiss museum has accepted a collection of priceless artworks amassed by Adolf Hitler's art dealer and bequeathed by his son, Cornelius Gurlitt. Audio

It has been revealed that a 93-year-old Auckland rest home resident operated as a French spy during World War Two. Audio

Seventy five years ago several hundred Chinese women and children arrived in New Zealand, fleeing the Japanese invasion of China. These were the wives and children of the Chinese men already here. The… Audio

It was a special day for World War Two veteran Neville Selwood yesterday - back in a Tiger Moth aircraft for the first time in 71 years. Mr Selwood marked Armistice Day by flying over the Dunedin… Audio

Seventy years ago, 733 Polish refugee children, traumatised by the effects of war, arrived in New Zealand. Audio

Now more on the story that an Australian War veteran's long campaign to clear a slur against him and his air crew is finally over. Audio

An Australian War veteran's long campaign to restore his good name and redress a huge slur against him and his air crew is finally over. American historians have cleared him of failing to alert the… Audio

Phillip Norman, author of Douglas Lilburn's biography, talks with Emma Smith about the life and work of this pioneering NZ orchestral and electroacoustic composer who will be honoured at the 2014 APRA… Audio