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The Bloody Reign Of Ante Pavelić, The Croatian Dictator Who Was Too ‘Bestial’ Even For The Nazis

Using his ultranationalist terrorist group known as the Ustaše, Ante Pavelić orchestrated a horrific genocide of nearly one million ethnic Serbs, Jews, and Romani people.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 20, 2022

The Bloody Reign Of Ante Pavelić, The Croatian Dictator Who Was Too ‘Bestial’ Even For The Nazis

Using his ultranationalist terrorist group known as the Ustaše, Ante Pavelić orchestrated a horrific genocide of nearly one million ethnic Serbs, Jews, and Romani people.

By Austin Harvey • September 20, 2022

A French Soldier Looted Hitler’s Gold Watch — Now It Could Fetch Up To $4 Million At Auction

The watch was given to Hitler as a gift from Nazi officials and features engravings of key dates and Nazi iconography.

By Austin Harvey • Jul 28, 2022

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A French Soldier Looted Hitler’s Gold Watch — Now It Could Fetch Up To $4 Million At Auction

The watch was given to Hitler as a gift from Nazi officials and features engravings of key dates and Nazi iconography.

By Austin Harvey • July 28, 2022

Meet Barbro Karlén, The Swedish Writer Who Claims To Be The Reincarnation Of Anne Frank

Barbro Karlén believed she was different as a child but didn't know why until she read the diary of Anne Frank — and realized she had lived as Frank in a past life.

By Jessica O'Connor • Jun 30, 2022

Meet Barbro Karlén, The Swedish Writer Who Claims To Be The Reincarnation Of Anne Frank

Barbro Karlén believed she was different as a child but didn't know why until she read the diary of Anne Frank — and realized she had lived as Frank in a past life.

By Jessica O'Connor • June 30, 2022

A 101-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Was Just Convicted As An Accessory To Over 3,000 Murders

At the age of 101, Josef Schütz is the oldest person to ever stand trial for Nazi war crimes.

By Erik Hawkins • Jun 28, 2022

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A 101-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Was Just Convicted As An Accessory To Over 3,000 Murders

At the age of 101, Josef Schütz is the oldest person to ever stand trial for Nazi war crimes.

By Erik Hawkins • June 28, 2022

How Anneliese Kohlmann Became One Of The Most Ruthless Female Nazi Guards During World War II

Anneliese Kohlmann brutally beat and sexually exploited female concentration camp prisoners — but she was sentenced to just two years in prison for her war crimes.

By Jessica O'Connor • Jun 16, 2022

How Anneliese Kohlmann Became One Of The Most Ruthless Female Nazi Guards During World War II

Anneliese Kohlmann brutally beat and sexually exploited female concentration camp prisoners — but she was sentenced to just two years in prison for her war crimes.

By Jessica O'Connor • June 16, 2022

Reinhard Heydrich: The Organizer Of The Holocaust Who Even Adolf Hitler Thought Was Cruel

Reinhard Heydrich had many nicknames: "the Blond Beast," "the Hangman," and "the Butcher of Prague" — but none of them quite captured just how ruthless he was.

By Mark Oliver • Jun 4, 2022

Reinhard Heydrich: The Organizer Of The Holocaust Who Even Adolf Hitler Thought Was Cruel

Reinhard Heydrich had many nicknames: "the Blond Beast," "the Hangman," and "the Butcher of Prague" — but none of them quite captured just how ruthless he was.

By Mark Oliver • June 4, 2022

The Real Story Of Harry Haft, The Jewish Boxer Who Was Forced To Fight For His Life During The Holocaust

While imprisoned at Auschwitz, Harry Haft was ordered to fight other prisoners for the entertainment of the Nazi guards before he escaped and became a professional boxer in the United States.

By Kaleena Fraga • Apr 21, 2022

The Real Story Of Harry Haft, The Jewish Boxer Who Was Forced To Fight For His Life During The Holocaust

While imprisoned at Auschwitz, Harry Haft was ordered to fight other prisoners for the entertainment of the Nazi guards before he escaped and became a professional boxer in the United States.

By Kaleena Fraga • April 21, 2022

Operation Anthropoid And The Plot To Kill The Architect Of The Holocaust

Operation Anthropoid, a secret plan to kill Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, was the only successful assassination of a top Nazi officer during World War II.

By Kara Goldfarb • Apr 21, 2022

Operation Anthropoid And The Plot To Kill The Architect Of The Holocaust

Operation Anthropoid, a secret plan to kill Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, was the only successful assassination of a top Nazi officer during World War II.

By Kara Goldfarb • April 21, 2022

The True Story Of Karl May, The Adventure Writer Who Became Hitler’s Favorite Author

In the 19th century, a German author named Karl May wrote a series of novels set in the American West — which later influenced the worldview of Adolf Hitler.

By Jessica O'Connor • Mar 23, 2022

The True Story Of Karl May, The Adventure Writer Who Became Hitler’s Favorite Author

In the 19th century, a German author named Karl May wrote a series of novels set in the American West — which later influenced the worldview of Adolf Hitler.

By Jessica O'Connor • March 23, 2022

The Heartbreaking Story Of Wilm Hosenfeld, The Nazi Captain Who Saved ‘The Pianist’

Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld was a German schoolteacher turned army officer who helped save a number of Polish Jews from the Holocaust before dying tragically in a Soviet prison.

By Genevieve Carlton • Feb 3, 2022

The Heartbreaking Story Of Wilm Hosenfeld, The Nazi Captain Who Saved ‘The Pianist’

Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld was a German schoolteacher turned army officer who helped save a number of Polish Jews from the Holocaust before dying tragically in a Soviet prison.

By Genevieve Carlton • February 3, 2022

Archaeologists Just Found Three Jewish Prayer Pendants At The Nazis’ Sobibor Death Camp In Poland

Two of the pendants were uncovered in rooms where prisoners were forced to undress before being led into the gas chambers while the third was found near a mass grave.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jan 27, 2022

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Archaeologists Just Found Three Jewish Prayer Pendants At The Nazis’ Sobibor Death Camp In Poland

Two of the pendants were uncovered in rooms where prisoners were forced to undress before being led into the gas chambers while the third was found near a mass grave.

By Marco Margaritoff • January 27, 2022

This Week In History News, Jan. 16 – 22

Ancient Chinese warrior's tomb found with cannabis inside, investigation names man who betrayed Anne Frank, Russian "scepters" turn out to be beer-drinking straws.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 21, 2022

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This Week In History News, Jan. 16 – 22

Ancient Chinese warrior's tomb found with cannabis inside, investigation names man who betrayed Anne Frank, Russian "scepters" turn out to be beer-drinking straws.

By All That's Interesting • January 21, 2022