PN1501 When Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, the German Republic crumbled in a single day. Crowds gathered outside the Reich Chancellery, drawn by his fiery rhetoric and nationalist promises. Behind the new government lurked a paramilitary force known as the Sturmabteilung, or SA. Nicknamed the Brown Shirts for their distinctive … Read more
On January 30, 1933, the German Republic crumbled in a single day when Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. Crowds gathered outside the Reich Chancellery, drawn by his fiery rhetoric and nationalist promises. Behind Hitler's new government lurked a paramilitary force known as the Sturmabteilung, or SA, nicknamed the Brownshirts for their distinctive uniforms. … Read more
Hans Kammler was the SS general who commanded Nazi Germany's secret weapons program. He constructed the underground lairs that hid the V-2 missile program, oversaw the construction of Germany's most advanced jet aircraft, and was responsible for the use of tens of thousands of slave laborers from the concentration camps. He was, to all intents … Read more
Prima di quel brindisi, io e Carly stavamo insieme da otto mesi. Non l’avevo mai presentata ufficialmente ai miei genitori, perché volevo prima essere sicuro di tutto, ma loro conoscevano il suo nome. Sapevano chi fosse, cosa facesse, quanto tempo passasse con me. Non avevo mai sentito il bisogno di affrettare i tempi, e forse … Read more
Rudolf Hess served as deputy leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1941, standing only one place behind Adolf Hitler in the hierarchy of the regime. A World War I infantryman and later a pilot, Hess was complicit in the actions the Nazis took against their enemies. That complicity included the promulgation of race laws … Read more
On June 22, 1941, German forces crossed the Soviet border without a declaration of war, along a front stretching from the Baltic to the Carpathians. Within weeks, entire Soviet armies were destroyed, and millions of soldiers fell into German hands. For most of those prisoners, captivity meant a slow death. Men were held in open … Read more
La guardia al posto di blocco non mi guardò subito. Si allontanò dal finestrino e fece una telefonata, voltandomi le spalle, e vidi le sue spalle irrigidirsi. Erano quattro anni che passavo da quel cancello centinaia di volte, da quando mi ero sposata. Il mio tesserino da familiare era nel portafoglio. L’adesivo sul parabrezza era … Read more
On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, igniting the Second World War. After the defeat of the Polish army, the Germans imposed a repressive occupation regime. In the weeks and months that followed, German special forces, police, and army units targeted thousands of Polish civilians, while millions of others faced persecution, forced labor, deportation, … Read more
In the early hours of March 17, 1956, a doctor at Harlem Hospital stood over an examination table and stared at something he had never seen in 23 years of medical practice. The patient's right hand was swollen to nearly twice its normal size. Its color was not the pink of healthy flesh or even … Read more
För tre år sedan, på mitt bröllop, trodde jag att jag äntligen hade fått en familj. Jag stod där i min vita klänning och såg på min mans släkt som dansade, skrattade och kramade om varandra. Jag tänkte att om jag bara älskade dem tillräckligt mycket, om jag alltid fanns där, alltid ställde upp, så … Read more