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Hermann Göring built a life of stolen luxury and died by his own hand hours before he was to be hanged. The legacy of the Third Reich's second most powerful man then passed to the two people closest to him: his wife Emmy and his daughter Eda. Emmy Göring was born Emma Johanna Henny Sonnemann … Read more

Reinhard Heydrich was one of the most feared men in Nazi Germany. Hitler called him "the man with the iron heart." He was a key architect of the Holocaust, responsible for more than a million and a half deaths. By 1942, Heydrich had been sent to Prague as deputy Reich protector of Bohemia and Moravia. … Read more

Eva Braun was born on February 6, 1912, in Munich, Germany. She was the middle of three daughters of Friedrich "Fritz" Braun, a school teacher, and Franziska "Fanny" Braun, a former seamstress. Her older sister was Ilse and her younger sister was Gretl. Her parents divorced in 1921, when divorce was nearly unheard of, and … Read more

On May 9, 1945, the war in Europe was over. Adolf Hitler was dead, and the Third Reich had collapsed. In a requisitioned German military barracks outside Munich, a formal surrender ceremony was about to take place. It would become one of the most explosive confrontations of the entire occupation. Fifty-three high-ranking Wehrmacht officers stood … Read more

Lyndon B. Johnson spent much of his public life under the glare of television cameras and the scrutiny of Washington insiders. Behind the polished speeches and political battles was a private world that only a few people ever truly saw. Among those few was Alice Glass, his longtime companion and confidant. For a quarter of … Read more

When World War II ended, the name Hitler had become synonymous with evil. For most people, it was a historical burden to remember and revile. For Adolf Hitler's immediate family, it was a personal nightmare they could not escape. Trapped between blood ties and global condemnation, Hitler's relatives faced an impossible situation. Their stories reveal … Read more

Wilhelm Keitel was a career soldier who became one of the most powerful military figures in Nazi Germany. Born on September 2, 1882, in Helmscherode, Germany, he joined the Prussian Army and fought on the Western Front for the Imperial German Army during World War I. By the end of that war, he had risen … Read more

Reinhard Heydrich was known by many names: the blond beast, the hangman, the man with the iron heart. Even Adolf Hitler used that last phrase, and Heinrich Himmler called him irreplaceable. He was the architect of the Holocaust and the mastermind behind the Final Solution. He may have been the most dangerous Nazi who ever … Read more

In October 2018, Princess Eugenie married at Windsor Castle. After the ceremony, the photographer gathered the family into the Green Drawing Room for the official portraits. That is where it happened. Two people stood inside the same frame for the first time since 1992: Prince Philip and Sarah Ferguson. Twenty-six years had passed since they … Read more