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Listen to Hirohito’s surrender speech

The original recordings of Japanese royal emperor Hirohito’s surrender speech on the 15th of August 1945 have been made public by the Imperial Royal Household...

03 August 2015 by Jan Huisman

Sobibór is finally excavated. Its gruesome history revealed

History of Sobibor Amulet

Archaeologists found the remains of two gas chambers at the site of former nazi extermination camp Sobibor. A gruesome reminder of the crimes committed there...

12 October 2014 by Jan Huisman

The SS built a secret army after WWII

The notorious Waffem-SS continued their military activities after the Second World War. They built on a secret army in West Germany, starting in 1949. Their aim was to fight off a Russian invasion...

11 May 2014 by Jan Huisman

No more lying about WW2 in Russia – or face 5 years imprisonment

The Russian Duma passed a law that criminalizes lying about the Second World War. From now on, offenders will face up to five years imprisonment...

24 April 2014 by Jan Huisman

Hitler’s Jewish neighbor publishes diaries

Edgar Feuchtwanger lived in Munich, Germany, during the rise and heydays of the nazi-regime, from the early 1930’s to the outbreak of the war in 1939...

21 April 2014 by Jan Huisman

British Pathé shows a wide range of historical footage

If you like old news footage you definitely have to check out the Youtube channel of British Pathé. They published a staggering 85...

21 April 2014 by Jan Huisman

Unearthed bones show Edinburgh’s history as center of anatomical research

At Edinburgh’s university campus five human skeletons have been unearthed. Radiocarbon-dating suggests that the human remains date to the 18th / early 19th century...

09 March 2014 by Jan Huisman

The hunt for Germany’s nazi-criminals continues: 6000 suspects await investigation

The leading executive of Germany’s center for nazi-crimes expects that about a dozen former concentration camp thugs are to be arrested...

28 February 2014 by Jan Huisman

Three alleged Auschwitz guards arrested in Germany, aged 88-94

It’s a race against time: Nazi hunters try to capture the last living nazi-criminals...

21 February 2014 by Jan Huisman

Nazis wanted to use mosquitoes as a biological weapon

At the end of the Second World War the nazis examined the use of mosquitoes as a biological weapon. Recently examined reports of the concentration camp Dachau proofs this...

13 February 2014 by Jan Huisman

Why ‘War Generation’ is strongly criticized in America

In Germany, the historical drama ‘Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter’ was a great success...

31 January 2014 by Jan Huisman

Designer of legendary Kalashnikov-rifle deceased today at 94

The AK-47 rifle is famous for its use in the Russian army and later as a weapon of choice for terrorist and freedom fighters alike...

23 December 2013 by Jan Huisman
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