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The Polish Ballerina Who Shot Nazis on Her Way to the Gas Chamber
The story of Franceska Mann's brave act of resistance at Auschwitz has become Holocaust legend. But how much do we actually know of her story?
The Forgotten Female Codebreaker Who Helped America Defeat the Nazis
Elizebeth Smith Friedman broke Nazi Enigma machines and busted South American spy rings before being written out of history by powerful men. A new biography aims to change all that.
Christopher Nolan's New Movie Looks Like a Straightforward WWII Epic
It'll be interesting to see how Nolan tackles a war story, since there probably won't be any high concept mind-fucks like 'Inception' or 'Prestige'-y twists.
How Hungary's Anti-Semitic Far-Right Poster Boy Found Out He Was a Jew
In 2006, Csanád Szegedi was Vice President of the country's virulently anti-semitic Jobbik Party. Then, his career came tumbling down after it emerged that his family had survived Auschwitz and Nazi labour camps.
Nazis, Thieves, and a Dog Named Pickles: The Unsolved Mystery of the First World Cup Trophy
In 1930, FIFA President Jules Rimet commissioned a trophy for the first World Cup. Since then it has been stolen, hidden, hunted, and lost. If it even still exists.
Throwback Thursday: Everything You Think You Know About Jesse Owens at Hitler's 1936 Nazi Olympics Is Wrong
It is an accident of history that we can still watch and appreciate Owens's famous race because of a Nazi sympathizer.
Stop Trying to Catch Pokémon While Visiting Auschwitz
The Holocaust memorial site went ahead and added its name to the already long list of places where you should absolutely not play 'Pokémon Go.'
Life, Death, Tennis and the Nazis: Gottfried von Cramm, The Man That Wimbledon Forgot
Gottfried von Cramm was one of Germany’s greatest tennis players, and a gay sportsman who stood up to the Nazis. His legacy has been overshadowed, but deserves to be brought into the light.
Check Out the Crazy Home Archive of the "Human Google"
We tiptoed around stacks of files on the Kray twins and Kardashians, in Edda Tasiemka's massive personal archive of newspaper clippings.
'The Black Years': Nazism and Its Effects on Art in Germany
Works created, acquired, and seized during the Nazi regime comprise 'The Black Years. Histories of a Collection. 1933-1945' at the Hamburger Bahnhof Contemporary Art Museum in Berlin.
Meet the Satirist Ruining Berlin's Olympic Bid
A small time blog and the hopeful Olympic organizers in Berlin have inadvertently conspired to teach us all a lesson about a dark chapter in Olympic history.