The German case shows that truth alone is insufficient if it is not paired with ethical judgment...
Nazi Germany
Looking back on the media history of Nazi Germany, its most important ‘modernism’ can only be regarded...
Weimar’s emergency provisions were not imposed from outside the constitutional system but were written into it as...
The historical lesson is not that institutions must be weakened to prevent abuse, but that they must...
At every critical juncture, the republic chose order over participation, security over deliberation, and administrative efficiency over...
Nacht und Nebel stands as one of the most revealing examples of how a modern state can...
How fashion evolved in France in the 1930s and 1940s. By Babeth Étiève-CartwrightHead of TranslationsWorld History Encyclopedia...
The Gestapo’s targeting of immigrants reveals how racial ideology and administrative authority converged to create one of...
The history of Nazi eugenics demonstrates how pseudoscientific ideas can be transformed into instruments of unprecedented violence...
The archive is full of early alarms. The ethical question is whether we treat them only as...
Democracies die when fear legitimizes indefinite exception, when law is used to undo law, and when enough...
The Nazi assault on the press, publishing, and scholarship was more than censorship. It was an attempt...
Twenty Nazi physicians and three administrators were tried for committing horrible acts. By Dr. George J. AnnasDirector...
To ask whether immigrants were sent to concentration camps is to recognize how far the machinery of...
The Bund’s defeat came not through civic enlightenment alone, but through federal prosecution and the geopolitical rupture...
Its story is a testament to the contradiction at the heart of modern war: that even the...
It was central to the totalitarian transformation of Germany. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The rise...
As Hitler turned German schools and universities into tools of Nazi indoctrination, some educators resisted through quiet...
Rumrich admitted that he was acting on behalf of Nazi agents. It was the FBI’s first major...
Thousands resistance fighters were sent directly to concentration camps without trial. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate...
News of the crushing Soviet victory at Stalingrad in February 1943 over the Third Reich was intense....
Even before 1938, the German resistance had begun seeking foreign help. By Jeff Pines During World War...
It very swiftly became an occupation by a totalitarian regime. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Anschluss (‘fusion’) of 12...
Eventually the Catholics put Hitler in power. By Dr. Mike MageePresidentMinverva University Typically Christian, the Christian majority...
By the end of WWII, millions had been killed across Europe. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The leader...
Richard Strauss did not specify what precisely his music was attempting to remember. By Jeremy EichlerClassical Music...
Key to the Gestapo’s strategy was everyone watching everyone else. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Gestapo was...
Any civilian could be rounded up, imprisoned, and executed. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Einsatzgruppen (‘deployment groups’) were secret...
When individuals were depicted, it was most often through an antisemitic lens. By Dr. Wolf GrunerProfessor of...
He eliminated all opposition and established a totalitarian regime. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The rise of Adolf...