SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 17, 2013
Her aunt was executed by the Nazis, her uncle was a far-right political leader and her father told her stories of nighttime battles on the Eastern Front. SPIEGEL's Marianne Wellershoff traces her family's complicated place in World War II history. By Marianne Wellershoff more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 12, 2013
Born 200 years ago, Germany's most controversial composer's music is cherished around the world, though it will always be clouded by his anti-Semitism and posthumous association with Adolf Hitler. Richard Wagner's legacy prompts the question: Can Germans enjoy any part of their history in a carefree way? By Dirk Kurbjuweit more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 09, 2013
In 1983, Stern magazine stunned the world by saying it had found Adolf Hitler's diaries. Unfortunately, they were fake. Now Gerd Heidemann, the reporter who discovered them, wants the diaries back, citing a clause in his original contract. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 02, 2013
Each meal could have been her last, but Adolf Hitler's food taster Margot Wölk lived to tell her story. Forced to test the Nazi leader's meals for more than two years, the 95-year-old tells SPIEGEL ONLINE that she lived in constant fear. By Fabienne Hurst more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 07, 2013
Leading Nazi Hermann Göring was instrumental to Hitler's reign of terror, but research suggests his brother Albert saved the lives of dozens of Jews. Israel must now decide whether he deserves to be honored as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations." By Gerhard Spörl more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- February 22, 2013
Historian Othmar Plöckinger argues that Adolf Hilter's time in the military facilitated his transformation into a murderous dictator. His new book traces how in the army Hilter acquired skills and an education that he would put to use during his later rise to power. By Felix Bohr more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- January 30, 2013
Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of Hitler's rise to power in Germany. Correspondence from foreign diplomats in Berlin at the time reveals the extent to which they underestimated the dangers of the Nazi Party. By Christoph Strupp more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- January 30, 2013
Adolf Hitler and his Nazi henchmen amassed huge amounts of valuable art, jewelry and other collectibles prior to and during World War II. It is a poisonous legacy which German museums and governments have failed to properly address. The moral disaster continues to the present day. By Steffen Winter more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- November 29, 2012
In the mid-1920s, Joseph Goebbels was given the difficult task of fostering support for the growing Nazi Party in Berlin, "the reddest city in Europe besides Moscow." But, by 1933, a combination of street brutality and political smarts succeeded in catapulting the party past rival parties. By Uwe Klussmann more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- November 12, 2012
Braunau still doesn't have a plan for what to do with the house Adolf Hitler was born in. But a parliamentarian from Russia has an idea. He wants to raise enough money to buy the property and then demolish it. And he has support from a surprising quarter. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- November 12, 2012
A think-tank linked to Chancellor Merkel's Bavarian sister party inherited money from the estate of two former Nazis in the 1980s and organized a folk music competition in accordance with their wishes, SPIEGEL has learned. The annual event has now been suspended pending a closer inspection of the late benefactors. more...
