
“Defend to the last man. ” With these words, Hitler entrusted SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke with the Reich’s final defense in April 1945. As commander during…

In February 1943, 21-year-old Sophie Scholl stood before Judge Roland Freisler. Just hours later, she was dead. Her crime? Distributing anti-Nazi leaflets. Sophie Scholl wasn’t…

Berlin, April 1945. As Soviet forces close in, Hermann Fegelein, Hitler’s brother-in-law, is caught trying to flee the collapsing Third Reich. Within hours, Hitler signs…

July 20, 1944. Deep within Hitler’s fortified headquarters, the Wolf’s Lair in East Prussia, a bomb detonates during a military briefing. But Hitler survives. Within…
The name “Mengele” was in the headlines, etched into textbooks, and whispered by classmates. It was his name, too. By his late twenties, Rolf could…

What happened to the families of some of the most powerful Nazis after the war? Some wives stood by their husbands until the very end.…

Berlin, April 1945. The city’s in ruins. Soviet artillery pounds the streets. And deep underground, in a bunker beneath all the chaos, Adolf Hitler is…

Berlin, April 1945. As Soviet forces close in, the Third Reich crumbles from within. In his underground Führerbunker, Adolf Hitler has just taken his own…
Their defense was the one the world would hear again and again: “I was just following orders. ” But the tribunal wasn’t interested in ritual…

October 14, 1944. Germany’s most famous general—Erwin Rommel—answers the door. One of the visitors is General Wilhelm Burgdorf. Hitler’s personal adjutant. Rommel is given a…

