A documentary panned at Cannes in the 1970s for depicting Hitler’s personal life is now being shown in Germany for the first time. David Wroe speaks with the director with the director about the film’s vastly different reception nearly four decades later. When “Swastika” was shown at the 1973 Cannes film festival, fights broke out and somebody threw part of a chair at the screen. “All... 

Crying policemen. Stinking traffic jams of East German Trabis on the posh streets of West Berlin. Strangers falling into each others’ arms. The night of Nov. 9, 1989 was unforgettable. A look into the SPIEGEL archives brings the historic day to life. Wearing nothing but a coat over his pajamas, the man spoke rapidly in his thick Berlin accent: “We live on Bornholmer Street, in the East,... 

A controversy has erupted in a German town over a new memorial that critics say honors SS soldiers and ignores Jewish Holocaust victims. The interfaith German-Israel Society says the memorial to be unveiled Nov. 15 in Grossburgwedel, near Hannover, recognizes members of the notorious Blackshirts. But the mayor of Burgwedel, which has jurisdiction over Grossburgwedel, rejects the charge. “We were... 

A new cemetery has been opened in central Russia, but this one is a bit different from others across the country: The site honors the German soldiers killed in Russia during World War II. Almost 25,000 Germans have already been buried in a cemetery near the village Besedino in Kursk Region, in a move Russia hopes will be viewed as a sign of reconciliation. However, the decision to build the cemetery... 

It is well established that the Nazis removed gold teeth and fillings from their concentration camp victims Adolf Hitler had dental fillings made from gold torn from the mouths of Jews in concentration camps, a new book on the Führer claims. The theory is based on a newly discovered document that shows Hitler’s dentist had about 11lbs of dental gold from the concentration camps at his disposal... 

Croatian extreme right-wing NGO The Croatian Cultural Movement (HUP) has announced plans to erect a monument in honor of former Croatian president Ante Pavelic in Zagreb, Croatia, this December. HUP president Tomislav Dragun has been quoted as saying that the monument will stand adjacent to the capital’s central square. Pavelic, the president of Croatia during World War II, was known for... 

Mary Jo Kopechne, the daughter of an insurance salesman, was born in the village of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, on 26th July 1940. After graduating from Caldwell College for Women in New Jersey, she moved to Washington where she worked as a secretary for George Smathers and Robert Kennedy. During this time she shared an apartment with Nancy Carole Tyler, who worked for Bobby Baker. On 17th July, 1969,... 

Jesse Owens: Owens felt the newspapers of the day reported 'unfairly' on Hitler's attitude towards him, A veteran German sports reporter has claimed that Adolf Hitler did in fact shake hands with black US athlete Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. At the time, it was reported that Hitler had stormed out of the stadium furious that Owens, who had just run his way to the first of four... 

Dr. James David Manning ponders the question of whether or not blacks feel guilty about the slave trade. Blacks sold blacks into slavery. Muslims sold blacks into slavery. Some white people carried them to America. Had it not been for warring black tribes and invading Muslims there would have been little to no US African slavery.  Read More »

THE 4TH OF JULY Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary... 

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is to sue online bookseller Amazon for selling extreme right-wing books, the AJC’s Berlin office announced Friday. According to the AJC, around 50 books on sale on Amazon’s German website contain anti-Semitic sentiments, trivialise National Socialism, and deny the Holocaust. Some of the books have been classed as endangering to youth, a statement by the AJC... 

The final mystery of 9/11 will soon be solved, according to US experts investigating the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center. The 47-storey third tower, known as Tower Seven, collapsed seven hours after the twin towers. Investigators are expected to say ordinary fires on several different floors caused the collapse. Conspiracy theorists have argued that the third tower was brought... 

The Saturn V carrying Apollo 11 lifts off from Cape Canaveral on July 16, 1969. Forty years ago Thursday, Apollo 11 blasted off on its 280,000-mile journey, fulfilling President Kennedy’s 1961 call to reach the moon by the end of the decade. To commemorate the anniversary, NASA released newly restored video footage of the Apollo 11 moon landings — but the fabled “lost” moon tapes... 

Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone last night provoked outrage by praising the policies of Adolf Hitler in an extraordinary interview. The 78-year-old billionaire criticised modern politicians as ‘weak’ and praised the former Nazi leader’s ability to ‘get things done’. His comments provoked furious reaction from politicians and Jewish groups. Ecclestone suggested in an... 

The history of the economic crisis in Germany before the Second World War began with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. The WWI winners deprived the country of a part of its territories with three-quarters of iron ore reserves. German was supposed to pay $33 billion of reparations. Germany plunged into the chaos of inflation. One US dollar cost 4.2 trillion Deutsche Marks. People were...