Today In History: January 27th, 1945. The Liberation of Auschwitz
To commemorate this day, I thought I'd put up some footage shot some months after the liberation, when Auschwitz I was being used as a hospital for the treatment of…
Steve Shives’s Five Stupid Things About the Nazis
Steve Shives presents another fine entry in his addictive "Five Stupid Things..." series. While I do have one quibble with its description of Nazi administrative efficiency--Hitler's government was many things, but,…
Expelled Nazis Can Still Collect Social Security Benefits
An AP investigation revealed that former SS camp guards, missile engineers, and collaborators continued to receive payments after fleeing or being deported from the U.S. Why? Apparently the Justice Department used…