Furious Reform MSPs accused of 'using language of the Third Reich' REFORM MSPs have reacted with outrage after being accused of using the “language of the Third Reich” ... The National (Scotland) · Jun 24
Quiet masterpiece explores innocence in the shadow of war It is a timeless story, enhanced by gorgeous cinematography. The Canberra Times · May 28
‘We needed a Hitler who really vibed with the dog’: meet Lexie, the world’s first cinemadographer A new film, Blondi, takes audiences inside the Führer’s bunker in the final days of the Third Reich, from the point of view of his beloved dog The Guardian - UK · May 22
German artist Georg Baselitz dies aged 88 Prominent contemporary visual artist explored range of techniques across six decades of work The Guardian - UK · Apr 30
Jürgen Habermas obituary Philosopher and social theorist who advocated a new direction for German thought after the horrors of Nazi rule The Guardian - UK · Mar 15
How worried should we be that political leaders keep making oblique Nazi references? Several high-profile political leaders have in recent months been seen apparently dabbling in Nazi allusions. In many cases, dog whistle messages send oblique signals to supporters. These are pitched at a frequency that most listeners can’t hear but are meaningful to those seeking confirmation of their own views. The Conversation · Jan 7
‘We wrote it living on Tesco sandwiches and anxiety attacks!’ How Operation Mincemeat conquered the world It started out as a fringe musical about an outlandish war plan – and became a West End and Broadway smash. As the show hits China, Australia and Mexico, its ‘nerd’ creators explain how they went global with a box of hats and a dream The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025
How Germany's Nuremberg trial for Nazi crimes transformed international law Eighty years ago, on 20 November, 1945, the historic trials of many leaders of the Nazi Third Reich began in Nuremberg, Germany, just months after the end of WWII. The exceptional procedure laid the foundations of a new international legal model to prosecute crimes against humanity. Radio France Internationale · Nov 22, 2025
His research on autism was compassionate – how could Hans Asperger have collaborated with the Nazis? The Vienna-based ‘father of neurodiversity’ was ahead of his time in his work but was also implicated in the Third Reich’s crimes. My novel set out to explore these contradictions The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025
New Dietrich Bonhoeffer biopic is a grossly misleading portrait of the anti-Nazi dissident The complexities of history have always posed problems for commercial cinema. With rare exceptions, mainstream historical films tend to flatten the inconveniently irregular textures of individual biographies and their context into simpler templates of good and evil, valour and villainy. The Conversation · Mar 7, 2025
OPINION - Half the world seems to pity Melania Trump — they couldn't be more wrong On a day which variously included Donald Trump promising to rename the Gulf of Mexico, virtually all of the January 6 rioters being released, and Elon Musk doing a gesture so reminiscent of the Third Reich that it was actually blurred on Australian and German television, it was a far… Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025
Is Trump actually a fascist – and why does the answer matter? Given the comparisons to Hitler and Mussolini, experts say it’s important to remember that fascism is a process The Guardian - US · Nov 4, 2024
Slashed painting owned by Stephen Fry’s mother tells chilling story of fleeing from Nazis 1920s canvas of Dutch woman, to be shown for first time at Holt festival, has slit from border guards’ bayonets The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024
Euro 2024 in a super election year: how the Olympic Stadium is putting Germany’s past front and centre Germany is hosting the Uefa Euro 2024 men’s football tournament right in the middle of what has been called the country’s “super election year”. People are voting at local, state and European levels, amid renewed contests over Germany’s relationship with its Nazi past. The Conversation · Jul 4, 2024
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 The AfD’s obsession with the Third Reich is driving a realignment of Europe’s far right Marine Le Pen’s rupture with her German allies reveals a tactical fault line between the ‘old’ right and the ‘new’
The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024 Aryan homoeroticism and Lenin’s head: the museum showcasing Berlin’s unwanted statues At the ancient citadel of Spandau, German history is redefined with rejected sculptures of figures ranging from Kant to Hitler
The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023 Ukraine’s awkward allies: the far-right Russians fighting on Kyiv’s side Notorious former football hooligan Denis Nikitin runs a controversial unit actively engaged alongside Ukraine forces
The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023 Artworks stolen by Nazis returned to heirs of outspoken cabaret performer killed in the Holocaust Seven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned to the heirs of a cabaret performer, who was killed during the Holocaust and whose massive art collection was stolen by the Third Reich
Radio France Internationale · Jul 2, 2023 French university begins work to return human remains to Tanzania and Namibia The University of Strasbourg in north-east France has undertaken the task of verifying the origins of its collections of human skulls, bones and other remains that were collected in the wake of abuses under German colonial rule in Namibia and Tanzania. It comes as part of a restitution process demanded…