N1104 Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications director and co-host of "The Rest Is Politics US," has publicly argued that organized crime was responsible for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He made the case during an appearance on a podcast, where he was described as a vigorous proponent of the mob theory. Scaramucci … Read more
On March 12, 1945, a German general walked into the Reich Chancellery with his cavalry saber still at his hip and his monocle fixed in his eye. By that point in the war, almost no one argued with Hitler anymore. The man crossing the marble floor was about to do three forbidden things in the … Read more
Ernst Kaltenbrunner was born on October 4, 1903, in Ried im Innkreis in northern Austria. After secondary school, he studied law at the University of Graz and earned his degree in the late 1920s. He joined the Austrian Nazi Party in 1930, at a time when membership carried real personal risk. The party was banned, … Read more
In the spring of 1945, the mark that had been meant to save a soldier's life became the thing that could destroy him. It was a small tattoo, the size of a fingernail, on the underside of the left arm near the armpit. It showed a blood group, applied so that a medic pulling an … Read more
When Germany surrendered in May 1945, its most famous tank commanders scattered in every direction. One went home and spent the next 55 years running a pharmacy. One went back to drilling teeth. One became a small town fire chief. The two biggest names of all were already dead. And for decades, nobody could find … Read more
One of history’s most notorious Nazi war criminals died a free man on a Brazilian beach, and the world would not know for six years that the “Angel of Death” of Auschwitz had finally been claimed by the sea rather than by justice. On February 7, 1979, an elderly German pensioner named Wolfgang Gerhard waded … Read more
L’odore dell’arrosto domenicale aleggiava ancora nella sala da pranzo dei Montgomeri, ma per Judith quella che sentiva era solo una tensione fredda che le si attorcigliava nello stomaco. Suo padre, Harold, sedeva a capotavola con la consueta dignità da dirigente, gli occhi puntati sulla figlia più giovane con un’ammirazione che Judith non aveva mai conosciuto … Read more
Non avrei mai immaginato che i miei stessi genitori sarebbero stati quelli a mettere a rischio la vita di mia figlia. Hanno prosciugato i centocinquantamila euro che avevo risparmiato per anni per l’operazione al cuore di Emma e l’hanno chiamato aiuto familiare. Mia madre ha riso e mi ha ringraziato per aver finanziato il matrimonio … Read more
Alla fine ho avuto la conferma alle 21:47. La notifica della banca, un piccolo suono secco, era ancora viva nel silenzio dell’appartamento. Tre ore. Tre ore mi separavano dal trasferimento automatico che avrebbe coperto la rata del prestito di Marco. Ho lasciato il telefono sul tavolo, a faccia in giù, come se potessi impedirgli di … Read more
La fête de fiançailles de ma sœur, cinquante invités, une fontaine à champagne, un cordon de soie. Mon père a levé son verre. « À notre fille qui a tant réussi, a-t-il annoncé, les yeux tournés vers Chloé. Notre fierté et notre joie. » Puis il s’est tourné vers moi, sans même cacher son petit … Read more