The Wannsee Conference
Yesterday wasn't just Martin Luther King Day. It was also 51st anniversary of the Wannsee Conference. A lot of people lazily describe this event as the meeting at which the…
The Tegernsee, Heinrich Himmler, and the Night of the Long Knives
The Tegernsee proves once again that, whatever else one might think of the Nazi leadership, they had taste in real estate. A picturesque lake south of Munich, framed by mountains…
Was There A Nazi Personality?
One of my Facebook friends posted about a book that led to my thinking about this issue. Here's the exchange: Now I'd like to revise and extend my remarks…
The School For Nazi Wives
According to the International Business Tribune, the Nazis ran a school for SS brides: Documents found in Germany’s Federal Archive uncovered a program designed to turn young women into perfect…
Gays and Lesbians In the Third Reich
Though old German laws against homosexuality--most notoriously Paragraph 175 of the German penal code--persisted through the Weimar republic, the 1920s were a time when German homosexuals not only successfully pressed…