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The Importance of Mud

by Jane Ziegelman

Once Upon a Town author Jane Ziegelman credits her studies in cultural anthropology…
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The Toilet Paper – and Other Stuff – That Helped Bring Down Hitler

Marlene OSS Album

by Lisa Rogak

Propaganda Girls author Lisa Rogak reveals some of the black propaganda…
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Nazi Wives and the Lady Macbeth Syndrome

by James Wyllie

WCAG Heading When I began my account of these women’s lives, people would…
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Hitler’s Jewish Army

by Ellen Feldman

wcag heading wcag heading While conducting research for her novel, author Ellen Feldman…
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D-Day: The German Opposition

by Giles Milton

WCAG Heading Who was Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski? And why was he so important…
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Paris Abandoned: The Realities of Armistice During World War II

by Anne Sebba

WCAG Heading Slowly, the terms of the armistice began to sink in. The French…
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Who really were the Mitford sisters?

by Laura Thompson

Wcag Heading Wcag Heading Take six girls, all of them rampant individualists, and…
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Unity Mitford: When Hitler Took Cocaine

When Hitler Took Cocaine The History Reader
WCAG Heading by Giles Milton In the summer of 2012, a cache of extraordinary medical documents…
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Hildebrand Gurlitt and the Nazis Looting of Europe’s Treasures

Hitler's Art Thief - Hildebrand Gurlitt
Wcag Heading by Susan Ronald Wcag Heading Hildebrand Gurlitt When I stepped into a large, Swiss…
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The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler

Pope Pius XI
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Peter Eisner Castel Gandolfo, June 23, 1938 Two days…
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Hitler

Featured Excerpt: Emilio Pucci

Il Deputato Liberale Emilio Pucci, IV Legislatura Repubblica Italiana, 2016. Courtesy of Wikimedia. Public Domain.

by by Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci

Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci with a foreword by Suzy Menkes When people think of fashion…
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The Importance of Mud

by Jane Ziegelman

Once Upon a Town author Jane Ziegelman credits her studies in cultural anthropology…
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Featured Excerpt: The Escapes of David George

Map from The Escapes of David George. Credit: Credit: Springer Cartographics

by Gregory E. O'Malley

When most Americans think of slavery, they do not picture the colonial…
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Five New History Books to Read This February

From the dramatic story of a Black man’s relentless search for freedom in Revolutionary-era America to…
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Galileo’s Secret Sauce: People Skills

A portrait of Galileo by Flemish painter Justus Sustermans. Circa 1640. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

by Matt Kaplan

In I Told You So!, author Matt Kaplan reveals how scientists from Darwin…
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Anne Sebba’s 7 Most Important Holocaust Books

Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was finally liberated. In The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, New York…
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The Landmarks of Mary Ann Patten’s Maine

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo gives a behind-the-scenes look…
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Dolly Parton Knows Who She Is

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, 1969.

by Martha Ackmann

Lifelong fan Martha Ackmann shares with The History Reader why she felt drawn…
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