Griselda Pollock explores the life and work of artist Charlotte Salomon
‘She found herself facing the question of whether to commit suicide or to undertake something wildly crazy.’ –…
Nazi Germany
Hitler’s Obsession with the Occult – by Eric Kurlander
The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, yet today it is often dismissed as Heinrich Himmler’s personal…
Words and Politics: Lessons from Nuremberg – by Joel E. Dimsdale
by Joel E. Dimsdale, author of Anatomy of Malice — Seventy years ago the international military tribunal at…
Hitler at Home: A Conversation with Despina Stratigakos
Adolf Hitler’s makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations which he undertook…
Albert Speer: An Artist Under Hitler
‘When Speer’s father saw the model of Berlin, he responded to his son, “You’ve all gone completely insane”.’ Albert…
Kristallnacht and the Nazi Imagination
How were the Nazis able to conceive of eradicating an entire people… of ‘A World Without Jews’? This…
Family Politics: Joseph Goebbels
Paul Ginsborg’s Family Politics tells the story of the 20th-century through the lens of the family, examining key…
Nazis, Islamists, and the Making
of the Modern Middle East
During the 1930s and 1940s, a unique and lasting political alliance was forged among Third Reich leaders, Arab…
‘Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis’. Author Article by Michael Haas
Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis explores the legacy of those musicians persecuted by the Third…
Capital Punishment: Extract from ‘Hitler’s Berlin: Abused City’ by Thomas Friedrich
In Hitler’s Berlin: Abused City, Thomas Friedrich explores how the German capital captivated Hitler’s imagination and how he sought…