Powered by RedCircle A naval air battle that led to the death of seven German airmen; a lighthouse keeper who spied the movement of Allied ships on the Atlantic; a bumpy landing of an American plane and its transport to … Read more
Did you know that a group of Dutch refugees in Portugal bought bathing suits to force their elements to bathe in the sea, saving money on baths in pensions that had to be paid or that a Portuguese man left … Read more
In 1943 Rogério de Menezes – an employee of the Portuguese Embassy in London – was sentenced to death in England, accused of spying for the Germans… The sentence, however, was never served and at the end of the war … Read more
Ana da Silva Pinho is the author of the book “The Cáritas children between Austria and Portugal (1947-1958)”, a research that addresses the experiences of several thousand minors form central European country who, after the war, were welcomed in Portugal. … Read more
Historian Irene Pimentel guides us through the Holocaust or Shoa, the subject of her latest book and one of the most remarkable events of World War II. More than eighty years after the allies discovered what the “Final Solution” meant, … Read more
