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Drake Resurrects Avant-Garde Amusement Park Designed by Basquiat, Dalí and Hockney
The rap star has invested nearly $100 million to bring back the ambitious 1987 carnival
These 84-Year-Old Nazi Photos Paint a Harrowing Picture of Kristallnacht
The images show mobs ransacking Jewish-owned homes, businesses and synagogues in 1938
Has This Piet Mondrian Painting Been Hanging Upside Down for 77 Years?
Intriguing new observations suggest that it has—but curators are going to leave it the way it is
Why Are Climate Activists Throwing Food at Million-Dollar Paintings?
In the most recent stunt, protesters tossed mashed potatoes at Monet's “Grainstacks” in Germany
Crowds Pour in for Oktoberfest After Two Years of Pandemic Closures
For the first time since 2019, millions will travel to Munich for the famous beer festival
Why Was America So Reluctant to Take Action on the Holocaust?
A new Ken Burns documentary examines the U.S.' complex, often shameful response to the rise of Nazism and the plight of Jewish refugees
This Summer’s Drought Is Europe's Worst in 500 Years. What Happened Last Time?
The 1540 megadrought brought mass suffering to the continent, but European society quickly bounced back
Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Trains Are Now Running in Germany
They're expected to keep some 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere each year
The Contradictory Legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev
The Soviet leader, who died on August 30 at age 91, attempted to enact "revolution from above"
What Online Inflation Calculators Can—and Can't—Tell Us About the Past
Most of these tools are based on the Consumer Price Index, a measure of changing prices in the U.S. over time
Hitler’s Watch Sells for $1.1 Million at Controversial Auction
Jewish leaders opposed the sale, calling it “an abhorrence” in an open letter
The Schoolteacher Who Saved Her Students From the Nazis
A new book explores the life of Anna Essinger, who led an entire school's daring escape from Germany in 1933
How the Ghost Army of WWII Used Art to Deceive the Nazis
Unsung for decades, the U.S. Army's 23rd Headquarters Special Troops drew on visual, sonic and radio deception to misdirect the Germans
In the Netherlands, Volunteer Archaeologists Find Roman Temple Complex
The site was likely used by soldiers near the Roman Empire's northern border
The 20th-Century History of Anti-Semitic Attacks on Jewish Politicians
Russian rhetoric against Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy echoes the language directed toward Jewish leaders in post-WWI Europe
Nazi-Looted Painting Returned to 101-Year-Old Dutch Woman
Over 75 years ago, Germans stole 'Portrait of Steven Wolters' from Charlotte Bischoff van Heemskerck’s father
The Holocaust-Era Comic That Brought Americans Into the Nazi Gas Chambers
In early 1945, a six-panel comic in a U.S. pamphlet offered a visceral depiction of the Third Reich's killing machine
The Colorful History of Haribo Goldbears, the World's First Gummy Bears
2022 marks the centenary of the German candy company's flagship product
The Many Myths of the Man Who 'Discovered'—and Nearly Destroyed—Troy
In the 1870s, amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann inflicted irreparable damage on the site of the legendary city
At a Former Concentration Camp, Holocaust Survivors Draw Parallels Between Nazi and Russian Rhetoric
Speakers at a ceremony marking the liberation of Flossenbürg condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims of demilitarizing and de-Nazifying Ukraine
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