On June 6, 1980, police digging beneath a bar in South Ozone Park, Queens, found something that should not have been there: a human leg bone, then part of a human shoulder. The establishment above was called Robert’s Lounge. To drivers passing along Lefferts Boulevard, it looked like just another neighborhood bar. To the men … Read more
Am 5. Juni 1942 erschütterte eine gewaltige Detonation die Halbinsel Krim, als das größte jemals gebaute mobile Artilleriegeschütz der Geschichte sein Feuer auf die sowjetische Festung Sewastopol eröffnete und damit ein neues Kapitel der Kriegsführung aufschlug. Das als „Schwerer Gustav” bekannte Eisenbahngeschütz feuerte aus etwa 16 Kilometern Entfernung hinter der deutschen Frontlinie. Aus seinem 32 … Read more
On July 14, 1960, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy had just secured the Democratic presidential nomination. Now came the biggest decision of his political life: choosing a running mate. Behind closed doors, Kennedy's team debated. His brother Bobby, JFK's closest advisor, campaign manager, and enforcer, wanted Stuart Symington of Missouri, … Read more
Am 16. Januar 1945 geht Adolf Hitler in Berlin einen rot ausgelegten Korridor entlang, passiert eine stählerne Panzertür und steigt hinab in die Erde. Achteinhalb Meter unter dem Garten der Reichskanzlei verschwindet er in einem feuchten Betonverschlag, den Maschinen Tag und Nacht vom Grundwasser freihalten. Lebend wird er nie wieder nach oben kommen. Die letzten … Read more
In 1907, workers at the Rockefeller-owned Mesabi Range mines in northern Minnesota pulled something strange from the ground. It was not iron ore, and it was not copper. Within 48 hours, company security had sealed the excavation site entirely. Armed Pinkerton guards stood at every entrance, and everything recovered was packed into crates, loaded onto … Read more
Police radio chatter drifted through the diner door on the evening of June 18, 1962, as Harlem braced for trouble it could feel coming. The heat pressed down on Lennox Avenue, softening the tar seams in the sidewalk and making every breath feel heavy. At a half room behind the diner, a place where men … Read more
When Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, the Nazi movement began tightening its grip on the state. Political opponents were arrested, rival parties were destroyed, and Germany was transformed into a dictatorship. The new regime did not need only soldiers and party officials. It also needed symbols: women who could be … Read more
On April 24, 1954, outside St. Thomas More Church on Manhattan's Upper East Side, 3,000 spectators pressed against police barricades hoping for a glimpse of American royalty. The press framed it as a fairy tale, a union of Hollywood glamour and political aristocracy. Patricia Kennedy, the polished and deeply religious daughter of former Ambassador Joseph … Read more
Die tschechische Holocaust-Überlebende Evelina Landová, die als 13-jähriges Mädchen nach Auschwitz-Birkenau deportiert wurde und als eine der letzten Zeitzeuginnen des NS-Terrors galt, ist am 8. Februar 2024 im Alter von 93 Jahren verstorben. Ihr Tod markiert das Ende eines außergewöhnlichen Lebens, das von unsagbarem Leid, aber auch von bemerkenswerter Überlebenskraft geprägt war. Evelina Landová wurde … Read more
Amon Göth was one of the most brutal and grotesque figures of the Holocaust. He served as commandant of the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp and was later featured in the film Schindler's List for his sadistic running of the camp. He was a man who took great pleasure in killing innocent people. Göth joined the Nazi … Read more