To turn history into TV, producers everywhere make the past tidy and simple and sympathetic. But when it's Germans presenting WWII, middlebrow conventions are no excuse.
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: In Britain, VE Day signalled the end of violence. But in Europe the following months witnessed atrocities that made this perhaps the darkest chapter in human history
Lothar was only 6 when he was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944
In July 1936, the SS opened the Sachsenhausen concentration camp as the principal concentration camp for the Berlin area.
The USSR's role in the defeat of Nazi Germany World War Two is seen as the nation's most glorious moment. But there is another story - of mass rapes by Soviet soldiers of German women.
Berlin is a wonderfully diverse and dynamic city and, for a tourist with an interest in history, there are plenty of WWII and Cold War sites to visit. #Berlin #Germany #WWII #ColdWar #c2cgroup
Johanna Ruf, now 88, was just 15 when she was stationed at the Nazi leader's bunker in Germany. It was there she was due to meet Hitler and where she slapped Joseph Goebbels' son.
We will be taking a look at the bunkers used by Adolf Hitler and his entourage in Berlin. There were two bunkers connected to each other, Fuhrerbunker and
We will be taking a look at the bunkers used by Adolf Hitler and his entourage in Berlin. There were two bunkers connected to each other, Fuhrerbunker and
Jürgen Wagner, born 9 September 1901 in Strasbourg, was the son of Ernst Wagner, a German physicist, professor at the University of Munich. He was known for his work on X-rays and the absolute value of the high pressure. Jürgen in his youth, attended several schools, including in Wesel, Muenster and Erfurt. In 1915 he joined the Cadet... Read more »
Haunting photographs document the scene in the bunker beneath Berlin where Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were married -- and where they died.
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Color pictures from the celebrations that marked Hitler's 50th birthday in 1939, and the gaudy gifts bestowed by peers and sycophants.
Rephotography is the act of repeat photography at the same site, with a time gap between the two images; the so-called "then and now" view of a particular area.
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We will be taking a look at the bunkers used by Adolf Hitler and his entourage in Berlin. There were two bunkers connected to each other, Fuhrerbunker and
Rochus Misch was by the German leader's side for five years and even saw the Führer after he committed suicide at the end of the war.
