What on earth were the German people thinking during World War II? How could they support such a dreadful war of aggression? How could they tolerate — or actively support — the extermination of Jews ...

This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in Government and History, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and History. This course is available as an outside option ...

Award-winning author Sophie Hodorowicz Knab’s recent release, “Wearing the Letter P: Polish Women as Forced Laborers in Nazi Germany, 1939-1945,” skillfully uncovers a tragic but overlooked chapter of ...

Few figures have been more thoroughly debated and dissected than Adolf Hitler. Today, one can only hope to retell his tale in clear prose, striking a proper balance between argument and narrative ...

How a people takes to defeat has been a staple of historical inquiry since ancient times, and in this gut-wrenching work, Cambridge University historian Stargardt (Witnesses of War) examines the ...

BERLIN – A timeline of the career of Helmut Schmidt: — Dec. 23, 1918: Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt born in Hamburg, Germany. — 1939-1945: Serves periodically as a soldier during World War II, ...

During World War II, tyranny and destruction swept over continents, and the very foundations of our freedom stood in peril.