Backing Tyranny
The consequences of the German aristocracy’s Faustian pact.
Third Reich
The Postwar History of a Nazi Film
How a 1940 antisemitic propaganda weapon was turned against Israel.
The Exhumation of a Nazi Perpetrator
The origins of SS General Otto von Wächter’s rise to power.
Why is the Public so Obsessed with the Nazis?
The history of the Third Reich remains as popular as ever. Why?
1933: Death of a Democracy
On 1 January 1933, Germany was a democracy with a range of political parties. By the end of the year its parliament was a rubber stamp for Adolf Hitler’s will.
Stauffenberg: Portrait of a Plotter
The views and actions of the man who tried to kill Hitler.
Himmler's Witch Hunt
The Third Reich’s obsession with a pure Germanic past led to a renewed interest in the witch hunts of early modern Germany.
Fears of a Fourth Reich
Many people have been accused of trying to establish a Fourth Reich, but what was it?
Menstruation and the Holocaust
Periods are a fact of life, but little talked about. How did women in the concentration camps cope with the private being made public in the most dire and extreme circumstances?
Home Truths
The question of the responsibility of the ‘everyman’ and ‘everywoman’ remains a pressing one.