WWII

The Band Played on at Auschwitz

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch playing cello

by Anne Sebba

The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz author Anne Sebba shares with The History Reader…
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New Books to Fall for: October 2025

We've fallen hard for these history books publishing this October. From Pulitzer Prize finalist Siddharth Kara's…
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Featured Excerpt: The Last Secret Agent

by Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson

After decades of silence,…
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Featured Excerpt: Project Mind Control

DCI Allen Dulles on the cover of Time magazine in 1953, the year that he established MKULTRA.

by John Lisle

In Project Mind Control, John Lisle reveals inside story of the CIA’s secret mind control project,…
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Featured Excerpt: Naples 1944

by Keith Lowe

Award-winning author Keith Lowe's newest critical deep-dive into the history of Naples during…
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Featured Excerpt: Propaganda Girls

German soldier carrying a white flag surrenders to American troops on the outskirts of St-Lo. Ca. 18-20 July 1944. Public Domain.

by Lisa Rogak

In Propaganda Girls, bestselling author Lisa Rogak reveals the incredible untold story of…
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The Siren Song of False History

by Keith Lowe

Keith Lowe writes about how the myth of Parthenope, entwined with historical misconceptions…
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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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Featured Excerpt: A Rage to Conquer

by Michael Walsh

The Battle of Actium from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra by…
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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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