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Lebensborn: Bearing Children for Adolf Hitler’s ‘Master Race’

by Adriana Allegri

The Lebensborn Naming Ceremony from Master Race by Catrine…
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Contrasts in A Place to Hide

by Ronald H. Balson

A Place to Hide is my ninth novel…
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

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Cold Crematorium is the first English language edition of a lost memoir by Holocaust survivor József…
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A Great Love Story of a Terrible Time

by Rebecca Frankel

WCAG Heading Rebecca Frankel’s Into the Forest explores a little-known chapter of Holocaust…
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Remembering the Stories of the Holocaust

by The History Reader

WCAG Heading January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau…
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Bearing the Legacy of Topf and Sons

by Karen Bartlett

WCAG Heading When Hartmut Topf was a small boy, he was captivated by…
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The Family Behind the Holocaust Cremation Ovens

by Karen Bartlett

WCAG Heading Since the summer of 1941, the Nazis had been mulling over…
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A Judenrat’s Financial Triumph Over the Gestapo

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WCAG Headingby Michael Bornstein and Debbie Bornstein Holinstat It was March 1941. Nearly a year had…
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Life Inside the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp

WCAG Headingby David CesaraniWCAG Heading Until the mass eviction of German Jews to Theresienstadt, the ghetto-camp…
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Elie Wiesel: Night

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WCAG HeadingPreface to Night by Elie Wiesel If in my lifetime I was to write only…
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This Is a Pretty Country We Live In: The Trial of Anne Royall

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by Jack Kelly

In honor of Anne Royall's birthday (June 11, 1769), author Jack Kelly shares…
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Ben Franklin Gets Juiced With a Little Hemp

Ben West's painting of Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky.

by Tim Queeney

In June of 1752, with some sources specifically saying the tenth of June, Benjamin Franklin conducted…
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Dear Mr. Coppola: A True War Story from Việt Nam

by Alex Vernon

Alex Vernon of Peace is a Shy Thing discusses reality versus cinema during…
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Historical Summer Reading: June 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out some of our favorite new history books publishing…
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10 Genius Ideas from the Roman Empire That Still Matter Today

The Roman Empire Got It Right

by Steven Marr

The Roman Empire’s brilliance is far from ancient history. The Roman Empire Got…
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Chor-Bazaar: The Thieves Market

by Nev March

The Silversmith's Puzzle author Nev March explains the storied history…
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The MKULTRA Conspiracy

by John Lisle

Project Mind Control's John Lisle explains how something as classified…
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Featured Excerpt: Whack Job

by Rachel McCarthy James

Whack Job is a brilliant and bloody examination of the axe's foundational…
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