Tag: world wars

• Hidden for decades, the stolen Mauerbach works brought attention to Nazi-era art theft

  February 1, 2025

  A 3rd-century marble bust of Alexander the Great, Old Master paintings and drawings, 19th-century continental pictures, collections of antique coins and medals: they were the household treasures of Austria’s bourgeoisie,… more ›

• ‘You are still a soldier to me’: The forgotten African hero of Britain’s colonial army

  May 17, 2020

  In a crowded, Zambian slum on VE Day, a family gathered to bury one of the last veterans of Britain’s colonial army. Jaston Khosa of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment was… more ›