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An Exhibition on Roma Participants in the Resistance to Nazism Opens in Prague

On 15 October 2026, the Museum of Roma National Revival in Prague opened an exhibition dedicated to Czech and Slovak Roma who fought against the Nazi occupation. Curators found more than 1,400 fighters in the archives and selected 100 stories. Previously, this topic remained on the periphery of Czech and Slovak historiography for decades. On October 15, 2026, the Museum of Roma National Revival in Prague opened an exhibition dedicated to Czech and Slovak Roma who fought against the Nazi occupation. Curators found more than 1,400 fighters in the archives and selected 100 stories. Previously, this topic had remained on the margins of Czech and Slovak historiography for decades.

Aziz Karimov
4 min read
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Missing German WWII Submarine Found Off Devon Coast

A Plymouth diving team, Gasperados, identified the German submarine U-672, scuttled by her own crew in July 1944 after an attack by HMS Balfour. The boat was discovered in August 20 miles off Salcombe at a depth of about 70 metres. All 52 crew members survived. Due to a clerical error, the logbook coordinates were recorded roughly 74 km from the actual site, so the find only became possible 82 years later.

Sevara Azamova
2 min read
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A monument to Uzbekistan natives who died during the liberation of the village of Shapury was unveiled in the Vitebsk district of Belarus

In the village of Shapury in the Vitebsk district, at a mass burial site where about 18,000 Soviet soldiers are buried, including 729 natives of Uzbekistan, a monument was solemnly unveiled to those who died during the liberation of Vitebsk. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the authorities of Belarus and Uzbekistan. The report cites BelTA.

Aziz Karimov
2 min read