War Crimes | War History

A Look at Vietnam War Movies

Hollywood always had trouble with the Vietnam War. The conflict divided the nation and had no easy story line for the screen. In 1968, John…

This Revisionist Neo-Nazi Lobby Shaped the Image of Waffen-SS After the War

From the end of the Second World War to this day, the way the public perceives the role of the infamous Waffen-SS, the armed wing…

Hideki Tojo – Japanese WWII Prime Minister – Controversial To This Day

Hideki Tojo, a general and a politician, was the true representative of the Japanese expansionist policy in China in the first half of the 20th…

Action T4 – Nazis Euthanasia Programme That Dealt With The disabled and Mentally Ill

In October 1939, Adolf Hitler signed a decree that enabled Nazi Germany to forcefully euthanize patients who they deemed were “unworthy of life”. After the…

Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part II

To commemorate the 71th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an exclusive extract from his book The…

Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part I

To commemorate the 71th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an exclusive extract from his book The…

How The Seven Auschwitz Dwarves Fell Under The Spell Of Dr Death

May 19, 1944 – When Perla Ovitz and her family were lifted off the train shortly after arriving in Auschwitz that fateful Friday; the SS…

Nuremberg Trials are Remembered 70 Years On

It has been 70 years since the Nuremberg trials undertook to investigate and charge high-ranking Nazi officers for their role in war crimes committed during…

Adolf Eichmann’s Holocaust Guilt Proved During 1960s Trial

Adolf Eichmann was one of the high-ranking Nazi party’s officials. He survived the war and fled to South America where he evaded capture until the…

Dirlewanger: A Violent Alcoholic, Sadist & War Criminal – Was Kicked to Death by His Guards

The notorious 36th Waffen Grenadier Divison of the SS earned its horrible reputation mostly on the Eastern Front where they freely conducted numerous war crimes…

Nazi treasure trove discovered in Luneberg

A Nazi treasure trove of buried gold coins thought to be from the Nazi’s Reichsbank has been discovered in Northern Germany. A metal detector enthusiast and…

China to hold World War Two commemoration parade

As China prepares to be the latest country to commemorate the end of World War Two, its authorities say that the Western world does not…