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An iconic Hamburg building, built by Jews and now a chocolate museum, once housed the distributors of one of Nazi Germany’s most gruesome inventions
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Did Nazis Hide Loot Beneath This Giant Polish Castle?
Ksiaz Castle in southern Poland sits atop a remarkable complex of underground tunnels built by the Nazis in 1944
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The Titan Who Founded L’Oréal Prospered Under the Nazis
How the head of the world’s top cosmetic firm fell in with the Nazi-sympathizers of German-occupied France and emerged from the war as successful as ever
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A Brief History of Book Burning, From the Printing Press to Internet Archives
As long as there have been books, people have burned them—but over the years, the motivation has changed
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This Man Betrayed Nazis by Stealing Looted Jewish Valuables
In April 1944, the Nazis began to systematically terrorize the Jews living in Hungary. Shortly afterwards, they forced them to hand over their valuables
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Why African-American Soldiers Saw World War II as a Two-Front Battle
Drawing the connection between fascism abroad and hate at home, pre-Civil Rights activists declared the necessity of “double victory”
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German Abstract Art Pioneer K.O. Götz Dies at 103
His broad strokes and large-scale paintings helped re-establish Germany as post-war cultural hub
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The events, says director Lonnie Bunch, are part of a ‘long legacy of violence intended to intimidate and marginalize African Americans and Jews’
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If You Think ‘Bambi’ Seems Too Mature For Kids, You’re Not Wrong
The popular novel was even a Book-of-the-Month Club selection
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WWII Anti-Fascist Film Goes Viral After Charlottesville
“Don’t Be A Sucker,” which was released in 1943, urged viewers to take a stand against divisive, prejudicial rhetoric
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World’s Oldest Man, a Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 113
Candy maker Yisrael Kristal survived Auschwitz and celebrated his bar mitzvah 100 years after turning 13
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Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of 1940s Nazi Sympathizers
Charles Lindbergh may have been known as a legendary pilot, but he had another, more sinister position in American History: as a Nazi sympathizer
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Eighty Years Later, Two Exhibits Confront the “Degenerate Art” Purge
In 1937, the Nazis confiscated modernist art from museums and put it up for ridicule in an exhibit that still reverberates today
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Did a Nazi Submarine Attack a Chemical Plant in North Carolina?
Multiple eyewitnesses say that one night in 1943, their calm, quiet beach briefly became a war zone
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Berlin Exhibit Confronts Hitler’s Rise to Power
Asking ‘Hitler—how could it happen,’ the exhibit warns the dangers of dictatorship
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Legal Fight Over Nazi-Looted Painting Ends After 26 Years
The heirs to the Paul Klee masterpiece, which was seized 80 years ago as “degenerate art,” have finally reached a settlement with the city of Munich
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Newly Released Documents Reveal Churchill’s Efforts to Suppress Details of Nazi Plot
The British leader did not want the public to know about a Nazi plan to kidnap Edward VIII
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WWII Enigma Machine Found at Flea Market Sells for $51,000
The legendary coding machine was first unearthed by a mathematician with a careful eye who purchased it for roughly $114
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New Website Tracks Paintings Provenance from Brush to Gallery Wall
Mapping Paintings makes it easier to figure out an artwork’s chain of ownership
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Documents Show Chile Foiled Nazi Plot to Attack Panama Canal
Files released by Chile’s Investigations Police show a special unit busted two Nazi spy rings in South America
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