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Eva Anna Paula Braun was born on February 6, 1912, in Munich, Germany. Her mother, Franziska "Fanny" Braun, worked as a seamstress before marrying and becoming a housewife. Her father, Friedrich "Fritz" Braun, left to fight in World War I when Eva was two years old and returned after the war to work as a … Read more

Just outside the fences of the Auschwitz camp complex, beside the commandant's office and within sight of the crematoria, stood a spacious villa surrounded by gardens, flowers, and children's toys. While thousands perished each day behind the villa's high concrete wall, a German family lived a comfortable life only meters away from the machinery of … Read more

On March 12, 1945, a German general walked into the Reich Chancellery in Berlin 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 … Read more

If you have searched for Gerda Bormann online, you have likely encountered horrifying claims. Viral posts say she visited Dachau, watched prisoners torn apart by dogs, and documented executions with cold detachment. The videos attract millions of views and have spread across every platform. Almost all of them are wrong. The woman being described in … Read more

On January 12, 1948, a 44-year-old historian died of cancer in a hospital in Hanover. His name was Hans Gerd von Rundstedt. Weeks earlier, his father had been allowed to leave a British prison camp to sit at his bedside before being taken back to England. That father was Gerd von Rundstedt, the German army's … Read more

On the evening of October 15, 1946, Hermann Göring sat on the edge of his cot in cell block C of Nuremberg prison, eating black bread. In two hours, the International Military Tribunal would read his sentence. Everyone in courtroom 600 already knew what it would be. What they did not know was that three … Read more

On the evening of October 15, 1946, Hermann Göring sat on the edge of his cot in cell block C of Nuremberg prison, eating black bread. In two hours, the International Military Tribunal would read his sentence. Everyone in courtroom 600 already knew what it would be, and Göring knew it too. What the guards … Read more

Princess Victoria Elizabeth Augusta Charlotte was born on July 24, 1860, at the New Palace in Potsdam, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. She was the eldest daughter and second child of Prince Frederick William of Prussia, later Emperor Frederick III, and Victoria, the Princess Royal of Great Britain. Through her mother, she was … Read more

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