As a descendant of German immigrants, from college on I devoured histories of the rise of fascism to grasp how the cultured ...

The worst of Iago’s malicious lies besmirches the virtue of Othello’s wife, the faithful Venetian beauty, Desdemona. “Look to ...

The film chronicles the history of Berlin from 1939 to the 1960s, highlighting the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, the onset ...

L ove it or hate it, it’s that time of year again when Americans face their annual reckoning with Uncle Sam: April 15 or, ...

The Village Voice looks at "phantom utopias," lies told by today's despots to conjure memories of great autocratic times that never existed.

Readers object to the Naval Academy’s removal of books from its library. Also: Measles vaccines; cutting the E.P.A.; a cost ...

Germany's rise as a leading power in Europe and the world since the beginning of the 21st century represents a prominent aspect of the country's economic ...

Gwendolyn & Eddie may be fiction, but as Seabaugh will readily admit, much of the story was inspired by his own childhood and ...

In the 1975 book “The Abuse of Learning ... even rushed to honor Hitler with an honorary doctorate within weeks of his rise to power. He declined the offer, though the gesture signaled the ...

Timothy Ryback, is a prominent historian and director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation at The Hague. He tells a different story in his latest book, Takeover: Hitler's Final ...