Nazis | War History

New TV drama tells story of 1960s Nazi criminal Eichmann trial

Ian Harvey

A new BBC TV drama is to tell the story of the 1960s Nazi criminal trial of Adolf Eichmann, which was filmed by a TV…

The black history of a global New Year concert

Ian Harvey
black history

In Vienna the New Year day is celebrated with a concert of classical music. Very few people know that there is a dark side to…

Second World War code breaker dies at age 91

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code breaker

Harriet Jackson never told her family that she was a code breaker and that she actually helped to shorten the world war. She worked at…

The German camera from World War II found by a Royal Marine

Ian Harvey
German camera

On November 1, 1944, Arthur Thompson, a Royal Marine from Herney Bay in Kent, came across a German camera during the allied operation to liberate…

Krieghoff Drilling shotgun owned by Adolf Hitler up for auction

Ian Harvey
Krieghoff Drilling shotgun

A Krieghoff Drilling shotgun, which is believed to have been presented to Adolf Hitler in 1934, is being auctioned for sale. The gun was last…

Cardiff, Wales remembers its World War II blitz

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World War II

Only two months after Germany had bombed Britain’s northern city of Coventry during World War II did the Nazis then turn to Cardiff in Wales. The Third…

Birthplace of Adolf Hitler is a Problem to Austrian Authorities

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Birthplace of Adolf Hitler

Birthplace of Adolf Hitler is a Problem to Austrian Authorities Adolf Hitler was born in the town of Braunau during 1889. His father was a…

Secret Nazi nuclear plant discovered in northern Austria

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nuclear plant

A secret Nazi nuclear plant has been found in St Georgen an der Gusen, a small town west of Linz in northern Austria. The plant…

Nazi commando’s post-war life story reveals he settled in Ireland

Ian Harvey
post-war life

Otto Skorzeny was the Nazi’s top commando during World War II. Known as Scarface due to a large facial scar on his left cheek, he…

A secret Nazi bunker used for nuclear research has been discovered

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secret Nazi bunker

A factory used by the Nazis during the war has hidden a secret entrance to an underground nuclear facility and secret Nazi bunker in northern…

70 years on, Christmas during the Battle of the Bulge is remembered

Ian Harvey
Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge began in the middle of December 1944. Allied troops were holding the vital town of Bastogne in the south of…

New Budapest memorial reveals Neo-Nazi concerns for Hungary

Ian Harvey
Budapest

Budapest, Hungary’s capital, recently unveiled a new statue to commemorate and remember the victims of World War Two. The statue is a stone Archangel Gabriel,…