World War II
Hitler fired him, the CIA hired him: The Reinhard Gehlen story
October 14, 2026Eighty years after the Nuremberg verdicts, the career of Hitler’s spy chief on the Eastern Front shows how Washington traded justice and democracy for anti-communism.
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The women who prosecuted Nazis at Nuremberg
August 24, 2026Attempts to erase Mary Metlay Kaufman, one of the chief accusers of IG Farben and other war criminals, must be challenged.
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Hiroshima Day ceremony in Chicago to take on nuclear proliferation
August 6, 2026Serious questions remain about U.S. motivation in dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan allegedly to end World War II
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The battle for Berlin’s memory
May 12, 2026Government officials are eagerly trying to erase or “contextualize” the physical reminders of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Hitler and fascism.
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Lessons from 1936: Why France’s Popular Front still matters today
April 29, 2026The anniversary of the Front Populaire arrives at a moment that makes it feel less like history and more like a mirror.
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