THE NORMANDY INSTITUTE PAYS HOMAGE TO THE MEN OF EASY COMPANY
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the series “band of Brothers”
On September 9, 2001, the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers aired its first two episodes. Two days later the world was in shock as planes crashed into the Twin Towers in

Col. Ed Shames (June 13, 1922 – December 3, 2021) was a veteran of the famed Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II. The division, best known for its portrayal in the miniseries "Band of Brothers," saw action from the D-Day invasion to victory i

Veterans share their memories of D-Day. It has been 70 years since the critical invasion of Normandy during WWII.

Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France.

On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, emotional WWII veterans look back at the largest seaborne invasion in history. More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft were sent to storm the heavily German-fortified French coastline of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The coordinated operation left a lasting global imp...

June 6, 2024 marked the 80th anniversary of the WWII Normandy landings. President Emmanuel Macron received some 20 leaders, including US President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, at an international ceremony at Omaha Beach.

This short documentary profiles two elderly Holocaust survivors in Florida who recently formed their own klezmer band. Produced by Joshua Z. Weinstein

Marcel Marceau saved at least 70 Jewish children from the Nazis through risky border crossings during World War II, and his cousin Georges Loinger saved 350. Marcel Marceau saved at least 70 Jewish children from the Nazis through risky border crossings during World War II, and his cousin Georges Loi...

Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with a trip to Auschwitz, Poland on January 27, 2023. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop ...

During Kristallnacht, Jews were terrorized across Germany with nearly 100 killed, and homes, synagogues and business destroyed. The world watched and did nothing, leading to the horrors of the Holocaust. We must learn from the past and not stay silent in the face of hate.