The fall of Berlin was only the beginning of the final reckoning for the surviving foreign SS volunteers. Across Soviet captivity, postwar executions, prison camps, and later trials, these men faced ...

April 30 highlights Vietnam War's end, Washington's first presidency, Hitler's death, Louisiana Purchase, and cultural icons ...

Berlin 1945 was already a lost city when a small detachment from the Charlemagne Division marched in under shellfire and air ...

This day in history, 30th April marks the birth of the US presidency, the end of the Vietnam War, and the dawn of the open ...

Ian Buruma What should be done about mass murderers once the regime they served is toppled? Countries all over the world, ...

The title of Katja Hoyer’s book is, and is not, misleading. It might appear to be a history of the Weimar Republic, the successor to the Second Reich, which took its name from the assembly that met ...

Opinion: What do you do when you’re living next door to a fascist state? Fascism has returned because it was never fully ...

Pour yourself something warm. April 30 is a date that holds within it the end of one of the twentieth century's most ...

EU expansion, labor activism, Empire State Building opening, and historic WWII announcements reshaping global history.

Anniversaries commemorating the Second World War liberation of Holland are celebrated by scenes of Dutch parents and children waving Canadian flags as aging veterans march through local communities.

Climate Change measurers taken by the government are dumb. Whether it is renewable energy or Net Zero it has descended into ...

Fall is all about transition. Leaves changing, days shortening, schedules streamlining: among the many seasonal shifts, your beauty regimen can use a few swaps, too. Perhaps it's time to revisit ...