The government is set to apologise today after a report found as many as 350,000 black and Asian troops who died fighting for the British Empire were denied gravestones or had their names left of memorials due to ‘pervasive racism’. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) said it ‘apologised unreservedly’ after its investigation found that the … Read more
Officials are expected to apologise today over claims black and Asian troops who died fighting for the British Empire were denied gravestones due to racism. The acknowledgement by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission comes after an inquiry found that hundreds of thousands of Commonwealth casualties were remembered unequally in official cemeteries as a result of … Read more
More than 150 Jewish gravestones used by the Nazis to help build a road have been found in a small market square in a town in Poland. The grim discovery was made during construction work in the town of Leżajsk where workers removed a layer of asphalt and found the ‘matzevot’, which is Hebrew for … Read more