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The Second World War was not only fought on the battlefield. This category covers the civilian experience. Rationing, propaganda, forced labour, resistance movements, and the social upheaval the war left in its wake on every
The Nuremberg Laws never ordered a single murder. That was exactly the point, and exactly what made the Holocaust possible. It’s hard to imagine, but with one signature more than half a million German citizens lost their full citizenship rights.…
Volkswagen, Krupp, and Siemens didn’t just survive Nazi Germany. They built their fortunes on it. Cracking a joke about a serious existential war like World War II is mostly still not very much appreciated, not even after more than 80…
Millions died by his regime. But only one death may have been by his own hand. These days, the Holocaust hardly needs any explanation. Everyone knows what the Holocaust entails. But everyone also knows how many victims World War II…
From a ‘scouting club’ with 700 members to eight million child soldiers, and how childhood was gradually transformed into preparation for war We haven’t really given much thought to the Hitler Youth yet. It’s actually quite striking, and unheard of…
It began in ancient Rome. Mussolini adopted it. Hitler copied it, and then lied about where it came from. The Nazi salute. As soon as you look up anything at all about World War II, you’re bound to come across…
How a student union campaign became state censorship, and why the Nazis feared the written word. It’s a recurring theme in history, and not just in the history of World War II. It’s been going on for ages. I’m talking,…
“Wir haben es nicht gewusst”. It’s an iconic and globally recognizable phrase. “We didn’t know.” Iconic, if you’ve ever read anything about the aftermath of World War II. You can hardly avoid it. It was the phrase used by the…
During World War II, people in the Pacific countries and islands heard a radio broadcast. In fact, it was immediately clear who these broadcasts were aimed at. For approximately 75 minutes a day from around 1943 through 1945, American soldiers…
The kidnapping of children by the Nazis. To this day, it’s not something you read about very often. Yet it did happen, and on a larger scale than one might initially think. The exact number of children kidnapped by the…
How Ordinary People Became an Extraordinary Resistance Resistance movements were present throughout Europe during World War II. In some countries, these movements were more widespread than in others. In Germany, for example, there was virtually no widespread resistance movement, apart…
