https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/adolf-hitler/RSS feed for Adolf HitlerenThu, 21 May 2026 15:02:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-are-the-owners-of-these-nazi-looted-masterpiecesand-could-displaying-them-at-one-of-frances-most-popular-museums-help-track-them-down-180988779/A new permanent display at the Musée d’Orsay showcases artworks that may have been stolen or sold under suspicious circumstances during World War II. Officials are still hoping to find the families of their rightful ownersThu, 21 May 2026 15:02:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-are-the-owners-of-these-nazi-looted-masterpiecesand-could-displaying-them-at-one-of-frances-most-popular-museums-help-track-them-down-180988779/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/no-joke-ahead-of-his-100th-birthday-mel-brooks-donates-his-hilarious-archive-to-the-national-comedy-center-180988741/Thousands of notes, storyboards, early scripts and photographs belonging to the “2,000-year-old man” and EGOT winner will join material from Lucille Ball, Joan Rivers and George CarlinThu, 14 May 2026 19:21:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/no-joke-ahead-of-his-100th-birthday-mel-brooks-donates-his-hilarious-archive-to-the-national-comedy-center-180988741/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-renaissance-painting-took-a-winding-path-from-hitlers-munich-apartment-to-an-american-journalists-home-to-the-national-gallery-in-london-180988733/An art historian recently spotted the 16th-century artwork in a rare photograph of Hitler’s old apartment that was printed in a 1978 furniture catalogWed, 13 May 2026 19:08:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-renaissance-painting-took-a-winding-path-from-hitlers-munich-apartment-to-an-american-journalists-home-to-the-national-gallery-in-london-180988733/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-austrian-diplomat-resigned-when-the-nazis-annexed-his-country-to-make-ends-meet-his-wife-turned-to-dressmaking-and-captivated-the-american-public-180988213/Gretchen Prochnik was known around Washington, D.C. for her stylish looks. She capitalized on this interest to launch a successful business after Austria "ceased to exist" in 1938Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-austrian-diplomat-resigned-when-the-nazis-annexed-his-country-to-make-ends-meet-his-wife-turned-to-dressmaking-and-captivated-the-american-public-180988213/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-have-identified-the-names-of-five-million-victims-murdered-in-the-holocaust-180987658/Led by Israel's Yad Vashem, the initiative has been underway since the 1950s. But it recently got a boost from artificial intelligence, which is helping humans search through the recordsThu, 13 Nov 2025 21:10:13 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-have-identified-the-names-of-five-million-victims-murdered-in-the-holocaust-180987658/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-story-behind-nuremberg-a-wwii-drama-about-hermann-gorings-cat-and-mouse-game-with-an-american-psychiatrist-180987621/Starring Russell Crowe as the high-ranking Nazi and Rami Malek as Army officer Douglas M. Kelley, the film dramatizes the intense dynamic between its central characters during the Nuremberg trialsFri, 07 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-story-behind-nuremberg-a-wwii-drama-about-hermann-gorings-cat-and-mouse-game-with-an-american-psychiatrist-180987621/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-jewish-prisoners-revolted-against-the-nazis-killing-their-guards-and-escaping-from-a-world-war-ii-death-camp-180987495/During the lesser-known 1943 Sobibor Uprising, several hundred Jews fled into the forests of Poland, where many were tracked down and shot. Fifty-eight Sobibor inmates survived the warTue, 14 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-jewish-prisoners-revolted-against-the-nazis-killing-their-guards-and-escaping-from-a-world-war-ii-death-camp-180987495/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-long-lost-17th-century-paintings-were-looted-by-the-nazis-they-just-surfaced-at-an-ohio-auction-house-180987336/The still lifes were part of the Schloss collection, which was seized in 1943. Auction house officials halted the sale when they learned of the artworks' suspected provenanceMon, 15 Sep 2025 17:46:57 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-long-lost-17th-century-paintings-were-looted-by-the-nazis-they-just-surfaced-at-an-ohio-auction-house-180987336/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-daring-polish-resistance-fighter-who-volunteered-to-be-sent-to-auschwitz-so-he-could-sabotage-the-nazi-death-camp-from-the-inside-180986559/Witold Pilecki smuggled reports about Germany's war crimes to the Allies, urging them to stop the atrocities at Auschwitz by bombing the camp. But his warnings went unheededThu, 08 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-daring-polish-resistance-fighter-who-volunteered-to-be-sent-to-auschwitz-so-he-could-sabotage-the-nazi-death-camp-from-the-inside-180986559/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-2300-year-old-sword-decorated-with-two-small-wastikas-in-a-celtic-necropolis-180986540/Found in France, the site featured more than 100 graves filled with ancient metal artifacts—including bracelets, brooches and two well-preserved swordsMon, 05 May 2025 17:02:21 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-2300-year-old-sword-decorated-with-two-small-wastikas-in-a-celtic-necropolis-180986540/