After surviving an assassination attempt, Hitler demanded immediate retaliation. His orders forced German intelligence to ...

On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg, a decision made entirely within the framework of Germany’s constitutional system. Though lawful ...

Everyone knows Adolf Hitler. Or at least… they think they do. History has documented his rise, his power, and his crimes in ...

With democracy in global decline amid the rise of autocrats and ongoing armed conflict, many politicians and pundits invoke the emergency of fascism a century ago in an attempt to make sense of our ...

The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History by Caroline Sharples explores the public fascination with the ...

“I remember singing it in the playground in the late 1970s,” said Guy Walters in The Independent: “Hitler has only got one ball / The other is in the Albert Hall.” We all assumed the ditty was just a ...

Last member of Hitler’s inner circle dies in prison On this day, Aug. 17, in 1987, Rudolf Hess, the last surviving member of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s inner circle, was found strangled to death in an ...

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