PN1501 Before the horse, the Comanche were a technologically primitive, nomadic tribe struggling for survival on the harsh Great Plains. They were pedestrian hunter-gatherers whose world was defined by the distance they could walk, the loads they could carry, and the game they could hunt on foot. They had no pottery to speak of, minimal use … Read more
John Henry Holliday was born in Griffin, Georgia, on August 14, 1851, to Henry Burroughs Holliday and Alice Jane Holliday. The family's first child, Martha Eleanora, had died in 1850 at six months and nine days old. Church records show that John Henry, the infant son of Henry and Alice Holliday, received the ordinance of … Read more
Rare audio recordings offer a different perspective on some of the most notorious figures of Nazi Germany. Instead of the shouted rhetoric of mass rallies, these clips capture Adolf Hitler and members of his inner circle speaking in calm, ordinary, even conversational voices. The recordings follow a method used in an earlier project devoted to … Read more
Jag hade just avslutat några bankärenden och var på väg ut genom den stora glasdörren när jag fick syn på henne. Hon stod överst i trappan, en liten kvinna i ungefär sjuttiofemårsåldern, med grått hår hårt dragit bakåt och en tygkasse i vardera hand. Himlen var lätt molnig och lukten av avgaser och tidig vår … Read more
Meddelandet kom klockan 6:47 en onsdag morgon. Jag satt med armbågarna nerborrade i en kvartalsrevision, något trettiotvå år som forensisk revisor gör med en människa. Jag har alltid varit tidigt uppe, alltid haft siffror framför mig innan kaffet ens var färdigbryggt. Så ett meddelande från Hector var inte en del av min vanliga morgon. Vi … Read more
Jag borde ha förstått att något var fel. Hon hade aldrig kallat mig söt förut, inte en enda gång under tre års äktenskap. Inte ens när Daniel och jag gifte oss, inte när vi köpte huset, inte när vi fick veta att vi väntade vårt första barn som vi sedan förlorade under andra månaden. Aldrig. … Read more
In December 1944, General George S. Patton Jr. was everywhere along the front, riding in his Jeep through the frozen mud of Luxembourg and France as the Third Army ground forward. One cold morning near Nancy, a scene unfolded that had nothing to do with the Germans. A white first lieutenant stood face to face … Read more
Heinrich Severloh has long been one of the most controversial figures of D-Day. The German soldier, remembered as the "Butcher of Omaha Beach," claimed he personally killed or wounded thousands of American troops on June 6, 1944. Modern research, detailed mapping, and a careful reading of his own memoir tell a far more complicated story. … Read more
Albert Göring was Hermann Göring’s younger brother, but the two men could hardly have been more different. While Hermann rose to become Hitler’s second-in-command and the most powerful figure in Nazi Germany after the Führer, Albert spent the war using his infamous surname to smuggle prisoners to freedom and defy the regime at every turn. … Read more
In December 1944, the Ardennes Forest in Belgium had become a frozen nightmare. The Battle of the Bulge had just begun, Hitler's last desperate offensive, and German forces had smashed through Allied lines. The weather was the worst Europe had seen in decades, with snow, ice, and wind that cut through every layer of clothing. … Read more