Undetonated World War II bomb found in Potsdam
Up to 10,000 people were evacuated from central Potsdam, Germany this week after construction workers came across an undetonated World War II bomb. The bomb…
Cold War photograph collection
Martin Roemers is a Dutch photographer who grew up with the Cold War, which lasted from the late 1940’s into the early 1990’s. He heard…
6 mind-boggling recent discoveries of WWII remnants
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Interior of Goebbels Bunker discovered in December 1997 (2) SS driver’s bunker discover in 1996 (3) WWII Kurt…
A Cold War legacy
Veteran worked with emerging technologies during Air Force career By Jeremy P. Amick While friction between the United States and communist nations began to boil…
Statue of Vladimir Lenin Contested in Germany
The communist policies spread by Vladimir Lenin shaped a large portion of the world for decades. Relatively speaking, it has not been long since the…
The Start of the End for the Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was a barrier between social, economic, and political groups in Europe after the end of the Second World War. It began to…
Guarding the Truth- testimony of a guard at a Nazi concentration camp
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Margarete Barthel, at her house near Duesseldorf, Germany in 2006 (2) A pile of corpses of Jews &…
100th Anniversary of WWI and Germany Has No Plans
The Local reported on January 13, 2014 a story regarding Germany’s official plans to commemorate the century anniversary of World War One. Although most of…
The chilling abadoned hospital that nursed Hitler back to health after he was shot in a battle.
Beelitz-Heilstatten in Brandenburg, Germany was a location of large complex hospital consisting of about 60 buildings which was designed by Heino Schimieden in 1898…
Gestapo Leader, Heinrich Mueller, May Be Buried In a Mass Grave in a Jewish Cemetery
Heinrich Mueller was the head of the Gestapo during the Second World War. He didn’t survive the war. To the surprise of the German media,…
Simply Ingenious! German Spy Cams and Bugs During the Cold War
The CIA of the United States, the MI6 of the United Kingdom and the KGB of the Soviet Union — home to the world’s greatest…
History of Malbork Castle: From the Teutonic Knights to the Second World War
Malbork Castle has a long and rich history that makes it deserving of its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 13th-century castle is…