To understand Trump, read the journalist who saw Hitler coming
Writer Karl Kraus anticipated the Orwellian vision of a totalitarian society influenced by doublethink that obscured the Fuhrer’s aims
Writer Karl Kraus anticipated the Orwellian vision of a totalitarian society influenced by doublethink that obscured the Fuhrer’s aims
An extraordinary documentary delves into the bitter debate over the fate of the building in the Austrian city of Braunau where the Nazi leader was born
Spyridon Louis, a humble water carrier without any athletics training, was the first great hero of the Olympic Games when, at the last minute and against all odds, he brought victory to Athens in 1896
A Weimar exhibition reveals that dozens of professors and students at the school, a hotbed of artistic vanguard in 1930s Germany, were members of the party or accepted commissions from the Third Reich
Major sporting events, such as the 1936 Games, served the Reich as loudspeakers for National Socialism, as documented by an exhibition on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin
In a new book, retired general Richard Dannatt and expert archivist Allen Packwood analyze the Normandy landings on the 80th anniversary, from the perspective of the prime minister’s contribution to the ‘Longest Day’
Pieces stolen by the Nazi regime in occupied Europe star in three ambitious simultaneous exhibitions in Austria
The Oświęcim Jewish Museum has acquired negatives discovered in 2020 that reveal the daily life of the residents of the Polish city at the beginning of the Nazi occupation
The former family home of a series of rich industrialists from Milan was designed by Piero Portaluppi, a prolific Italian architect. Today, the residence is visited as a monument and used as a film set
The book ‘Bajo el manto del Caudillo’ depicts Franco’s Spain as the European country where the most high-ranking officials and collaborators of the Third Reich were in hiding
Its promoter, the Polish-Jewish jurist Raphael Lemkin, warned of the ‘contagious nature of any social psychosis’
While the father of psychoanalysis managed to escape from Vienna after the Anschluss in 1938, four of his sisters died in the camps. Three of them were gassed in Treblinka
In her latest photobook, Bulgarian visual narrator Hristina Tasheva explores the meaning of utopias and their drift
Hitler became chancellor of Germany through the ballot box. With elections taking place in many parts of the world, this year could trigger an equally tragic turning point
The book of memoirs ‘Underground in Berlin’ tells the unusual story of Marie Jalowicz, who defied the Third Reich without leaving Berlin, circumventing the Gestapo and enduring rape, freezing conditions and hunger
Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone of Interest’ is a World War II story about daily life at Auschwitz from the German commander’s perspective
An exhibition in Berlin debates what would have happened if German history had taken alternative paths and the allies had not unexpectedly captured the Remagen bridge intact, potentially extending World War II by months
U.S. President and his campaign are placing emphasis on energizing Black voters amid deepening concerns among Democrats that he could lose support
The essential moral rule is do no harm. But as a species we are capable of both the best and the worst
A book by Frank Dikötter analyzes the common traits of 20th century despots
There should be little doubt about the legitimacy of Ukraine’s response to Russia’s aggression, and Israel’s to the Hamas attacks. The problem lies in the limits
Billionaire owner Musk has faced accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on the platform since purchasing it last year
To celebrate Friedrich Schiller’s birthday, Germany’s Museum of Modern Literature honors the author of ‘Ode to Joy’ and acknowledges his impact on European history
A report in the ‘The Lancet’ shows how nationalist ideology corrupted the most advanced science and medicine of its time
Inner resistance, as many examples throughout history demonstrate, is the only recipe for a citizen to fight against their own monsters
In ‘Beyond,’ Walker chronicles the space race between the Soviet Union and the U.S. He masterfully reconstructs the epic flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to leave the Earth and point the way to the stars
The detainee printed and sold more than 300 titles on Adolf Hitler, Aryan ‘ethics,’ anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial from his family home in Buenos Aires