This Week In History News, Nov. 26 – Dec. 2
This post was originally published on this siteJulius Caesar’s landing spot in Britain found, location of Romanov treasure discovered, original Adolf Hitler painting uncovered. Archaeologists […]
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This Huge Swastika Was Underneath A City For Decades And No One Knew It Was There
This post was originally published on this siteAuthorities sought to cart it away but it quickly proved too huge to move. DPA It’s perhaps the […]
Four-year-old Michael Finder of East Germany is tossed by his father into a net held by firemen across the border in West Berlin, 1961
This post was originally published on this siteFour-year-old Michael Finder of East Germany is tossed by his father into a net held by residents and […]
Fascinating Snapshots That Capture Street Scenes of Germany in the Early 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThese fascinating photos from Mark Susina that capture street scenes of Germany from the early 1950s. Cities include Berlin, Frankfurt, […]
A German Dancer Couple Created Extravagant and Playful Costumes Before They Committed Suicide in 1924
This post was originally published on this siteKnowledge of the astonishingly bizarre and tragic art of Walter Holdt and Lavinia Schulz is obscure and largely […]
Incredible Found Photos That Document Everyday Life of Rural Germany From the Mid-1960s
This post was originally published on this siteAn incredible collection of found photos from Enno Veereste taken by an unknown south-German photographer that documented everyday […]
How Hitler Happened: 36 Photos That Explain The Nazis’ Rise
This post was originally published on this siteChilling images that reveal how and why the Nazis came to power. 1 of 37 Adolf Hitler salutes […]
What Happened When The Germans Released A POW To See His Dying Mother? He Went Back
This post was originally published on this siteAfter the only recorded case of a compassionate release during WWI, Captain Robert Campbell returned back to his […]
Amateur Sleuths Claim To Have Found Gold-Packed Nazi Amber Room
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1701, craftsmen from Denmark and Poland were hired by Frederick I of Prussia to create the Amber […]
The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn, the oldest electric elevated railway, 1913
This post was originally published on this siteIn January 8, 1913 — a photographer in Wuppertal, Barmen (Germany), captured this image of the unique suspension […]
The Hitler Family Is Alive And Well — But They’re Determined To End The Bloodline
This post was originally published on this siteThere are five remaining members of the Hitler bloodline. If they have their way, it will end with […]
The story of Berlin Wall in pictures, 1961-1989
This post was originally published on this siteErected in the dead of night on August 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall (known as Berliner Mauer in […]
7 Brands With Nazi Ties That We All Use
This post was originally published on this siteThese companies made fortunes and grew to what they are today with help from Hitler. Hugo Jaeger/Timepix/The LIFE […]
Meet The Woman Who Stole Hitler’s Heart And Dated JFK
This post was originally published on this siteThis suspected Nazi spy was simultaneously linked to Hitler and JFK. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty ImagesInga Arvad around the time of […]
Dora Ratjen: The Incredible Story of the Man Who Became a Female Athlete in Olympics and Other Championships
This post was originally published on this siteDora Ratjen was a German athlete who participated in Olympics and other championships in the women’s category until […]
Meet The Man Who Voluntarily Entered Auschwitz To First Expose Its Horrors To The World
This post was originally published on this site…And then managed to escape. Wikimedia CommonsWitold Pilecki in Polish military uniform, sometime before 1939. Upon entering the […]
Embarrassing Hitler Photos That He Tried To Have Destroyed — Or Probably Should Have
This post was originally published on this siteRarely-seen photos that’ll upend your image of this genocidal dictator. 1 of 18 Hitler poses during a photo […]
“Utterly Ruthless”: The Story Of Heinrich Müller, The Highest-Ranking Nazi Never Killed Or Caught
This post was originally published on this siteHe carried out the attack that started WWII and helped plan the Holocaust but was never captured or […]