Zelensky discusses Lavrov's anti-Semitic statements with Israeli Prime Minister
The Ukrainian president spoke about his activities in the international political arena on Wednesday, May 4. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a conversation with Israeli Prime…
"Evil does not know what state borders are": Zelensky addressed the Danish people on the anniversary of the country's liberation from the Nazis
Tyranny never stops at taking over just one country. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Danish people on the anniversary of the liberation of Denmark from…
Pro-Nazi is not "Azov", but the Russian military who came to Ukraine with the war – Zelensky
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Azov battalion, which is now defending Mariupol, is in no way pro-Nazi, which some countries of the world accused…
Germany sues Italy again over WWII compensation dispute
Italy continues to allow victims of Nazi war crimes to claim compensation from Germany. Germany has filed a lawsuit against Italy in the UN’s highest court as…
“I will cut a swastika on my forehead”: Russia recruits fans of Nazism into its army (audio, photo)
Russia is recruiting admirers of Nazism into its army. While Russian propaganda says that the Russian Federation is “liberating” Ukraine from the Nazis , the invaders themselves…
The German tycoons who got fat on the Nazi killing machine
After his men discovered the charred and bullet-ridden bodies of a thousand slave labourers murdered near the northern German town of Gardelegen in April 1945, US Army…
A chilling account of life under siege, by the Anne Frank of Leningrad
June 22 At quarter past 12 the entire country heard [foreign minister] Comrade Molotov’s speech. He announced that at four o’clock this morning, without any formal declaration…
Traitor King by Andrew Lownie review: Edward VIII was even worse than we thought
The meat of Lownie’s absorbing and easily digestible book, however, is embodied in its title. “Traitor” is a strong word, but it is not melodramatic: in purely…
The hidden Nazi past of the products you love
Original sin On February 20 1933, about two dozen of Nazi Germany’s wealthiest businessmen – among them, Günther Quandt, a textile producer turned arms-and-battery tycoon; Friedrich Flick, a…
The ‘Nazi porn’ TV train rolls on – and so does its Churchillian interpretation of history
There is then much debate about whether Chamberlain thought he had bought time by refusing to fight over the Sudetenland, or whether he genuinely thought, in his…
How I found out my grandfather was a Nazi
Joining her will be two other speakers, who will pass on memories from very different perspectives. Eitan Neishlos, 42, an Australian tech entrepreneur and philanthropist, will tell…
This nightmarish thriller proves French cinema was once the greatest in the world
Clouzot got into cinema in the early 1930s, working in studios in Germany, but was thrown out by the Nazis for befriending Jewish colleagues. He then spent…
Fugitives by Danny Orbach, review: the Nazis who became Cold War spies
There were two ways in which the Allies could make use of a senior Nazi in the years following the end of the Second World War. One…
Resistance by Halik Kochanski review: a superb, myth-busting study of Nazi-occupied Europe
Kochanski is excellent on the “painful visibility” of occupying forces, with German troops taking over not just public buildings, but private dwellings, too. A Czech wrote: “You…
Rise of the Nazis, review: if only BBC Two would show more proper history documentaries like this
What is the point of BBC Two? According to its remit, it exists to provide “knowledge-building programming”. Really, though, it has become a channel on which to…
‘She was loving, but snippy’: the real Anne Frank, by her best friend
The Goslar family was first taken to the Westerbork transit camp in the north eastern Netherlands, where they remained for eight months. Hannah’s grandfather died there. The…
Sotheby’s to help Louvre return artworks looted by Nazis
Sotheby’s is joining forces with the Louvre museum to research the provenance of nearly 10,000 museum artworks acquired before and during the Nazi Occupation of France. Scholars…
Furtwängler wasn’t a Nazi – it’s time to give this great conductor his due
Wilhelm Furtwängler was perhaps the greatest classical conductor of the 20th century, but since his prime coincided with Nazi rule, he was also one of the more controversial….
Friedrichstrasse 19 by Emma Harding review: a decade-straddling love letter to Berlin
Friedrichstrasse is, of course, a real street, still combining the plush with the rough, the romance of Berlin with its tragedy. Bisected after the war by the…
Anne Frank author: I am 90 per cent certain we have got the right guy
Improved forensic techniques and the use of AI for cross-referencing names and dates have given this team the edge over the police team who conducted an investigation…
The Betrayal of Anne Frank, review: a stunning piece of historical detective work
On August 4 1944, SS officer Julius Dettman received information that Jews were hiding in a warehouse complex at Prinsengracht 263 in central Amsterdam. The IV B4…
How a British Rail employee ended up in the Old Bailey’s only war crime trial
On February 9 1999, Britain’s first and last war crimes trial began at the Old Bailey in London. In the dock – or, more accurately, beside his…
Was appeasing Hitler really such a bad idea? Thanks to Netflix, we will never know
Old statues are not the only target of the modern iconoclasts. Revisionists are now asking other questions about our history, like: was appeasement of Hitler really as…
The Nazis looted my family’s art – here’s how we might get it back
The CLAE is looking for several thousands of works at any one time. Some come with extensive documentation of their journeys, while others have little more than…
‘Eradicating the bad stuff’: the unwelcome return of book burning
Bishops have often led the way with British book burning: in 1599 the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London prohibited the publication of various satirical…