The Propaganda Girls
Lisa Rogak introduces us to four women whose guile and imagination found a novel outlet in World War Two
20th Century
A collection of 94 Posts
Josef Mengele the Elusive Nazi with Betina Anton
Betina Anton explains how one of the most infamous Nazis remained at large for decades after the end of the Second World War
The Day President Kennedy Didn't Die with Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer tells us about a failed assassination attempt that very nearly altered the course of history
Driving a Flock of Sheep through London (1926)
In the 1920s the last traces of old Dickensian London faded as the modern city grew at pace
Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
József Debreczeni describes his arrival at the Auschwitz Extermination Camp in May 1944
The Vatican, the War and the Pope's Secret Bank
Yvonnick Denoël takes us back to the Second World War and the Vatican's efforts to secure their wealth
Johnny Reynolds The Daredevil 'Human Fly' (1917)
On Wednesday 5 September 1917, the daredevil climber Johnny Reynolds performed in Washington D.C.
Jack Delano In Pittsburgh's Mill District (1941)
We search for the source of this classic image by one of twentieth century's great documentary photographers
Martha Dodd: A Yank in the KGB
Brendan McNally describes the strange sequence of events that took a girl from Chicago to Nazi Berlin
Lord of the Flies and the Second World War
Dr Nicola Presley traces the hope and despair of William Golding's novel back to the years of war
The Liberation of Paris in 1944 with Patrick Bishop
On the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris in August 1944, we talk to Patrick Bishop about a complex episode in French history