The passing of the Enabling Act marked the formal transition to the totalitarian Nazi dictatorship. Introduction The Enabling...
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Jews were not passive. Instead, they actively fought the Nazis. Introduction In Nazi Germany, Hertha Reis, a...
The Hitler myth of an infallible multi-faceted genius with messianic and superhuman qualities approached deification. Introduction Adolf...
Analyzing periodicals from U.S. religious leaders in 1935. Introduction Each September marks the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s Nuremberg...
She caused a furor when she coined “the banality of evil” to describe mindless acts of Nazi...
The German fascination with Native Americans has been a tradition of several centuries. Abstract In his contribution,...
Introduction “The Pope. And how many divisions has he?” Joseph Stalin at the 1943 Teheran conference, responding...
Only in the past few years have the stories and experiences of trans people in Nazi Germany...
Throughout most of the war, the bulk of the German gold reserves was held at the Reichsbank...
Soviet citizens never saw most of the Western cultural treasures brought home. Introduction World War II resulted...
Examining about 20 honorary consuls suspected of supporting the Third Reich through espionage and other activities. In...
The Nuremberg Laws made official the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Introduction It was in Nuremberg, officially...
Kolbe knew that his access to sensitive information put him in a unique position to help the...
Examining the U.S. and British policy of appeasement toward fascist states during the 1920s and 1930s. The...
Turning to wordless witnesses to learn more: pictures. Introduction The summer of 2022 marked the 80th anniversary of...
A group of Jewish doctors demonstrated their dedication to science – and their own humanity. Introduction Exactly...
The Völkischen was a German national conservative movement that rose in prominence during the Weimar Republic. Introduction...
The Gestapo came across Schrefel following the arrest of another Jewish man for sodomy. Among the 31,000...
Churches throughout the world began to address their failures to stand against Nazis after 1945. Introduction Churches...
The Nazis put forth their own supraconfessional variety of Christianity which they labelled ‘positive Christianity’. John Keegan...
One remarkable example of defiance of official ideological control in education. The heated debate today over whether...
For these militia units to be effective, they needed not only strength in numbers, but also fanaticism....
The SS (Schutzstaffel – or Protection Squads) was originally established as Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguard unit. Introduction...
A significant expansion drive started began after Baldur von Schirach was appointed as the first Reich Youth...
The term “quisling” has become a byword for “collaborator” or “traitor” in several languages. Introduction Vidkun Abraham...
From Russia to Germany and back to Russia again – and finally to the gallows. Introduction Andrey...
Before the Nazis retreated from Kyiv, they were ordered by to conceal their atrocities. Introduction Babi Yar...
How did the Nazi party come to power and how did Hitler manage to eliminate his opponents?...
The not-so-sweet history of a horrible collaboration to make a buck. “The onset of the Second World...
“Technically, I was an enemy alien, so I was not allowed to [voluntarily] enlist.” He was drafted...