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Remembering Georg Elser: Munich Unveils a New Memorial to a Hero of Nazi Resistance

By: Kate Rodriguez

Adolf Hitler's On-Going Popularity with Students: An Unhealthy Fascination Focused on a Brutal Dictator

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Nazi Concentration Camp Mauthausen, Austria: Mauthausen's Role Before and During the Second World War

By: Fiona Allison

The Nazi Concentration Camp Neuengamme: Neuengamme's Role Before and During the Second World War

By: Fiona Allison

Women and the Reformation: Differing Views on Women's Status in a Protestant Society

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Leitz Family Historian – Rabbi Frank Dabba Smith: Leica Camera Enthusiast, Historian and Spiritual Leader Interview

By: Feature Writer Frances Spiegel

The Nazi Concentration Camp Ravensbruck: The Only Concentration Camp Built Especially for Women

By: Fiona Allison

Nazi Concentration Camp Flossenburg: Its role before and during the Second World War

By: Fiona Allison

The Lost Roman Legions: Hermann, the German Barbarian Who Defeated Three Roman Legions

By: Diane Evans

German Nationalism and the Lost Roman Legions: Two German Leaders – Hermann and Hitler

By: Diane Evans

The Hohenzollern Kings of Prussia: From Electors of Brandenburg to Emperors of Germany

By: Emily Chauviere

The Nazi Concentration Camp Sachsenhausen: Its role before and during the Second World War

By: Fiona Allison

The First Nazi Concentration Camp in Germany: Dachau and its role before and during the Second World War

By: Fiona Allison

The 1936 Berlin Olympics Bell: Swastikas, Eagle and Olympic Rings on War-Damaged Bell

By: Murray Sager

The Role of Women in Nazi Germany 1939-1945: How did Their Status Change During the Second World War?

By: Fiona Allison

What Led to Hitler's Chancellorship: How did Such a Maniacal Tyrant Gain Power

By: George Julian

The Children of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse: His Seven Children with Princess Alice of Great Britain

By: Emily Chauviere

The Descendants of the Battenberg / Mountbattens: The Children of Prince Alexander of Hesse and Princess Julie

By: Emily Chauviere

The First Royal Battenbergs from Hesse: The Morganatic Marriage of Prince Alexander of Hesse and Julie Hauke

By: Emily Chauviere

The Children of Emperor Frederick III of Germany: Emperor Wilhelm II and His Seven Royal Siblings

By: Emily Chauviere

The Marriage of Emperor Frederick III of Germany: Dynastic Union of Frederick of Prussia and Victoria of Great Britain

By: Emily Chauviere

The History of the Berlin Wall: 20 Years After German Reunification

By: Julia Mehoke

Versailles and the Second World War: How Did the Treaty of Versailles Affect the Origins of the WWII?

By: George Julian

Germany and World War II Restitution: Compensation for Persecution, Hardship, and Loss of Property

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Beginnings of the Holocaust: The T4 Euthanasia Programme in Nazi Germany, 1939-1941

By: Fiona Allison

A Chaotic Nazi State: Hitler's Lack of Organisation in the Nazi-German Government

By: George Julian

Atlantis and the Aryan Connection: Olaus Rudbeck, Rudolf Steiner and Nazi Mysticism

By: Feature Writer Mary Desaulniers

Symbolism in Medieval Society: The Similarities Between Martin Luther, and Reynard the Fox

By: James Jackson

Triumph of the Will: Leni Riefenstahl's Classic Film of the Nazi Rallies at Nuremberg

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Hitler's Early Political Career: The Formation of the NSDAP

By: Jeanie Turner

Albert Walter and the Comintern in Hamburg: Leader of the Communist International of Seamen & Harbor Workers

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Reichstag Fire of 1933: Hitler Blamed the Communists and Used the Fire to Expand Power

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Holocaust Collaborators Under New Scrutiny: A Spiegel Cover Story Raises Important New Questions and Draws Ire

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Hitler's Rise to Power: His Appointment as Chancellor of Germany in 1933

By: Deanna Proach

The CDU 1949 to 1969: The Importance of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany

By: Barry Vale

Hitler's Involvement in Politics: The Rise of the Nazi Party

By: Deanna Proach

Adolf Hitler: Life Before His Rise to Power

By: Deanna Proach

Hiding Jews During World War II: The Difficulties of Finding Secret Safe Havens from the Nazis

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

A History of the Rotfront Movement: The Paramilitary Arm of the Weimar Republic's Communists

By: Benjamin Derin

Life and Death of Horst Wessel: How a Dead Man Became the Hero of the Nazi Movement

By: Benjamin Derin

Hitler And Braun: The Marriage And Death Of The Fuhrer And His New Wife

By: Pete Cummings

Bavaria in the Seven Weeks' War of 1866: Preferring Neutrality, Ludwig II Relectantly Supported Austria

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Holocaust, Nazism, and Rewriting History: Catholic and Protestant Misrepresentations of the Past

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Reformation Printing and Propaganda: Reaching an Illiterate Society Through Broadsheets and Pamphlets

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The White Rose Resistance Movement - Munich: German University Students Protested Against the Third Reich

By: James Parsons

Adolph Hitler – Five Historical Trivia Facts: Interesting Facts about the German Fuhrer's Life and Character

By: James Parsons

Adolph Hitler - Speeches and Rise to Power: Hitler's Oratory Not the Sign of a Madman but of Great Manipulator

By: James Parsons

Mrs. Albert Einstein's Genius: Mileva Maric’s Role in Shaping Her Husband’s Thinking

By: Jim Rada

The Nuremberg Chronicle: First Representation of St. Valentine in 1493 German Book

By: Inka Piegsa-Quischotte

The Other Survivors of World War II: German Children and the Allied Bombing of German Cities

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Unification of Germany and Otto von Bismarck: The Iron Chancellor Alters the European Balance of Power

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Napoleon and the German States: Prussian and Austrian Reactions to the French Emperor

By: Christopher Townsend

Denying the Holocaust: Overwhelming Evidence Trumps the Doubters

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

White Rose Student Group of WW II: Strategies of Passive Resistance Against Fascism of Nazi Germany

By: Feature Writer Jo Murphy

Appeasement and Adolf Hitler in 1938: The Failure to Stop German Aggression and Land Conquests

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Berlin's Unique Origin: Berlin's Medieval History is Peculiar for a European City

By: Morgan Ashenfelter

Martin Luther's Peasant Background Examined: Archaeological and Literary Evidence Suggests a Well-to-do Family

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Martin Luther and The Ninety-Five Theses: Criticism of the Pope's Power Over Purgatory and Sale of Indulgences

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Frederick the Great's Influence on Berlin: Architecture from Frederick II Still Graces Germany’s Capital Today

By: Morgan Ashenfelter

Wilhelm II's Role in the Coming of World War One: Otto von Bismarck's Vision and Policy Cast Aside by the Young Kaiser

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Witch Craze in Sixteenth Century Europe: Emerging Protestantism and Traditions of Misogyny as Causes

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Endurance of Luther's 1517 Reformation: Political and Secular Considerations Enabled Successful Reform

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Hildegard of Bingen's Exceptional Life: A Twelfth Century Nun Defies Gender Roles in Medieval Germany

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

German Jews in the 1930s: How the Nazi Regime Turned Ordinary Germans Against the Jews

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

How to Explain the Holocaust: The Final Solution of the Jewish Question

By: Barry Vale

German Reaction to the Treaty of Versailles: Widely regarded as a harmful consequence of defeat in WWI

By: Barry Vale

Germans Honor Kristallnacht Victims: Germany, Israel Mark 70th Anniversary of November 9, 1938

By: Feature Writer Christine Welter

The History of the Christmas Tree: The German Christmas Tradition that Swept the World

By: Megan Winkler

Humani Generis Unitas and the Jews: An Opportunity to Avert Genocide May Have Been Lost in 1939

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

1933 Fire Destroyed German Parliament: How the Reichstag Fire Fueled Hiter’s Rise to Power

By: Morgan Ashenfelter

Third Reich Sites in Berlin: Top Hitler and Nazi Locations of Germany's Capital

By: Morgan Ashenfelter

Dr. Joseph Goebbels: The German Minister of Propaganda and Hate

By: Jim Osborn

The Third Reich and German Morale: How The Third Reich Responded to Reports of Declining German Morale

By: Sophie Castle-Clarke

Adolf Hitler and Charismatic Leadership: Hitler's Conception of his Role as Fuehrer

By: Sophie Castle-Clarke

Remembering the German Resistance: Germany's Commemoration of Its Anti-Nazi Movements

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Swartz

Origin of Anti-Semitism in Germany: The Path to the Nazi Holocaust

By: Jonathan Moroschan

Rosenstrasse Protest: Review of Nathan Stoltzfus's Groundbreaking Study

By: Melissa Marsh

Review: Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

By: Melissa Marsh

Review: Nazi Germany and the Jews: Jewish Author Delivers Objective Portrayal

By: Melissa Marsh

Propaganda, Fear Lead to Holocaust: Sentiments of renowned, popular Germans bring racial hatred to Jews

By: Feature Writer Alan L. Hammond

Origin of the Holocaust in Germany: The search for German cultural identity began march toward genocide

By: Feature Writer Alan L. Hammond

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