Berlin | War History

Finding Unexploded Bombs in Germany

The neighborhood of Rummelsburg, which sits about a mile from where the Berlin Wall once ran through Berlin, was evacuated this week when construction workers…

German President Remembers Soviet Sacrifices In WWII

German President Joachim Gauck, speaking at Berlin’s Soviet War Memorial on Wednesday 22nd June 2016, acclaimed the Russian victims of Germany’s Operation Barbarossa, 75 years…

10 Recently Identified RAF Airmen Remembered in Berlin Service

The remains of 10 previously unidentified RAF airmen were recently identified and a re-dedication service held for them at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Berlin…

Released Documents Reveal Hitler’s Plans for Nazi Metropolis in Munich

Munich officials have declassified and released over 2,000 documents and sketches that show Hitler’s fascinating plans to reconstruct Munich. The city was always dear to…

The Food Fight That Almost Started World War III – The Berlin Airlift

June 25, 1948, the Soviet Union, flush with the success of driving the Nazis out of Russia, was becoming piqued at the US and British.…

Hitler’s Germania Still Casts Its Long Shadow over Berlin

In the south of Berlin, there is a massive pillar; one of the few remnants of the Nazis’ attempts to make Berlin the capital of…

Thousands of tons of unexploded Second World War bombs in Germany

German bomb-disposal experts are the busiest in the world. Each year they deal with more than 2,000 tons of high explosives – mainly Second World…

World War Two Plane Wrecks Search Continues In Germany

A group in Germany continues to recover and locate plane wrecks from World War Two still strewn across Germany. Sometimes they still have the remains…

Thousands of tons of unexploded Second World War bombs in Germany

German bomb-disposal experts are the busiest in the world. Each year they deal with more than 2,000 tons of high explosives – mainly Second World…

The ‘perfect Aryan’ Nazi Propaganda Baby Was Actually Jewish

When Hitler took control over Germany, he was striving for Aryan perfection and wanted to get rid of the Jewish influence.  With that in mind,…

Remains of Jews Gassed in Auschwitz And Found Preserved In Jars Finally Laid to Rest

The remains of preserved Jews who were part of Nazi experiments at Auschwitz have finally been laid to rest 70 years after the end of World…

Musical Instruments Recovered from War to Play Again in Exhibition

War Damaged Musical Instruments is a sound installation coming to the Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries this November until 5th April 2016. The installation by artist…