
They had been taught that capture meant death. Not a quick death, but something slower, cruer, designed to break the spirit before the body gave…
You showed us that real honor is not in dying for a cause. It is in choosing life. Even when life is hard, especially when…

Germany, late World War II, the year 1944. Near Berlin, on the shore of Lake Schwitzy, Ravensbrook operated like a human crushing factory. It was…

On April 15th, 1945, British troops passed through the gates of Bergen Bellson. Before them was a vast chaos of death. About 13,000 bodies lay…

In 1939, as war was about to sweep across Europe, Jews in Germany had already been pushed out of everyday life. After more than 300,000…

January 30th, 1933. Berlin, Germany. A new chapter of history officially opened when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor. But this was not merely a transfer…

September 2nd, 1939. Just 24 hours after the gunfire of the invasion of Poland rang out, while the world had not yet recovered from the…

March 12th, 1938. Austria woke up to a morning that appeared calm yet carried the breath of a ruthless destiny. Church bells echoed from old…

Berlin, January 30th, 1933. The winter sky carries the color of cold dead lead. In front of the chancellory, Adolf Hitler is sworn in as…

In the early hours of June 22nd, 1941, before the sun rose, German artillery opened fire along a front line stretching from the Baltic Sea…


