INA's story is a tangled saga involving nationalism & treason, as well as heroism & deceit. To take each strand individually ...

A love story between two prisoners at the worst of the Nazis’ concentration camps? The plot of the Tattooist of Auschwitz ...

Nicaragua once preoccupied the U.S. public. Forty years later, few Americans noticed Daniel Ortega's return to power.

In a new four-article series, The Independent reveals the details of Bel Trew’s special investigation into the desperate ...

Lale and Gita were able to exchange correspondence and on Sundays – prisoners' only day of rest – even enjoyed clandestine meetings outside her housing block. Their relationship looked to have ended ...

Georgia did not join the Soviet Union voluntarily; it was imposed on Georgian society through war. The Baltic states ...

Ukrainian soldiers say they are worried fortifications are not being built quicky enough as Russian forces continue to ...

Peacock’s ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ follows the real story of Lali Sokolov, who is sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where he takes up the job of tattooing the serial numbers on ...

Building the second line, 2 to 5 kilometers behind the front line and within range of Russian artillery, is the ...

Russian claims to Crimea based on historical ownership, language or the illegitimacy of past decisions are weak. They provide ...

Unlike Russia, Ukraine does not have the option of forcing thousands of prisoners to do the work ... because it couldn't ...