Cambridge. During the Second World War, dozens of Cambridge girl students worked day and night, in secret, to crack the Nazi codes. His story has just become known almost a century later. They all came from Newnham College, Cambridge University, which was for women and was founded in 1871 in Cambridge, central England. During the … Read more
Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said that modern Israel is receiving the same encouragement, funding and support from the Western world that Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany received en masse before World War II. His remarks came on Maduro Plus, a TV show hosted by Maduro himself, in support of Brazilian President Lula da Silva, … Read more
They used to stare at the toes of their shoes, wrapping their music in dense electric guitar feedback and drowning their vocals in it. Slowdive rose to fame in the early 1990s as one of the leading bands of the scene that British journalists initially derisively called shoegaze. The musicians were staring at their shoes, … Read more
Nov 5, 2023 at 2:41 PM Update: 13 minutes ago Museum Arnhem will open an exhibition next week with works made by German artists under the Nazi regime. These also include paintings that Adolf Hitler had hanging on his wall. The exhibition Art in the Third Reich – Seduction and distraction consists of ninety works … Read more
Gallows humor and serious social themes are combined in the provocative play Noční krajina, whose Czech premiere was presented by the National Theater in Brno last week. It was written by the fifty-one-year-old German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, and was performed for the first time at the end of last year in Berlin. The bitter … Read more
On July 20, 1944, Germans attempted to overthrow dictator Adolf Hitler, end the war, and restore the rule of law. The coup failed, within a short time a large number of the 200 or so resisters were arrested and many were executed, including one of the leading figures in the coup d’état, Claus Schenk Graf … Read more
So just when you look at how many films and books etc. have been made and are being made with him and the Nazis. I just saw a film titled “When Hitler Stole the Pink Rabbit” on Amazon… The only one I can think of who is more famous than Hitler is Jesus. But right … Read more
Berlin ∙ After the death of Adolf Hitler 77 years ago, the politics of racism, which was thought to have ended in Germany, has triumphantly reared its head. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the local elections in Sönberg County. AfD candidate Robert Sesselman won last month’s election with 52.8% of the vote. … Read more
In November 2019, a museum dedicated to the Nazi era opened in Berlin. Titled “Hitler is a Taboo Here,” the museum aims to showcase how an advanced democracy like Germany can quickly slide into the abyss of authoritarianism and fascism. The highlight of the museum is the bunker where Adolf Hitler spent his final days. … Read more
When a tyrant wants to employ a person, is it wiser to accept and try to tame the despot at close range, or to stand aside, keep a clean slate and watch others suffer? This is the question posed by a new feature film about the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca, which premiered this week at … Read more