t3003 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
In December 1936, a man knelt beside his mother and wept. He had been king of Great Britain for only three days, raised to the throne after his elder brother walked away from it. In his private diary, George VI recorded that he broke down and sobbed like a child. The crown had not come … Read more
In December 1936, a man knelt beside his mother and wept. He had been king of Great Britain for only three days, raised to the throne after his brother walked away from it. In his diary, George VI wrote that he broke down and sobbed like a child. The crown had not come to him … Read more
In April 1919, a British dreadnought called HMS Marlborough dropped anchor off the port of Yalta on the Black Sea coast of Crimea. The White Army was collapsing inland, and Bolshevik columns were moving south fast. King George V of England had dispatched the ship personally to rescue his aunt before the Reds reached the … Read more
L’attention de Ross s’était figée sur moi l’espace d’une seconde de trop. Nous étions dans la file d’enregistrement du terminal B à LAX, et la femme devant nous venait de glisser une liasse de documents dans un sac crème avant de disparaître vers le fond du terminal. Je la connaissais. Enfin, je connaissais son nom, … Read more
Mi chiamo Claudia Moretti e per sei mesi ho creduto che mio marito Stefano non avrebbe mai più camminato. Dopo il suo incidente avevo trasformato la nostra casa in una piccola stanza di riabilitazione, imparando a sollevarlo, lavarlo, vestirlo e accompagnarlo a ogni terapia. Avevo venduto il mio appartamento, l’auto e persino i gioielli appartenuti … Read more
Z koupelny se pořád ještě valila pára. Neviděla mě, jak stojím ve dveřích. Měla na sobě můj župan, ten starý flanelový, co jsem dostala od babičky. Vlasy si sušila ručníkem, jako by se jí to týkalo. Jako by v tom domě měla právo být. V ruce držela telefon. Ne svůj. Můj. „Nikdy nebudeš,“ řekla do … Read more