WWII
A Visit to a Quaint Dutch Bakery that Has Bread and WWII Paraphernalia On Display
Come for a baguette, stay for the helmets that Tiësto's grandfather turned into colanders.
Nazi Flags and Brexit Fans: I Went to a Massive Festival for People Obsessed with War
The War and Peace Show felt quite sweet and highly problematic all at the same time.
How Drugs Have Been Used in Basically Every War Ever to Make Soldiers Better at Killing
In his new book Shooting Up, the Polish historian Lukasz Kamienski traces the history of drugs in warfare, from the Viking berserkers to the Mumbai attacks.
How Do You Make Amends When Your Nazi Grandfather Was One of the Worst Mass Murderers in Human History?
Rainer Höß's grandfather was a top exterminator at Auschwitz and his family denies the Holocaust to this day, but he's devoted himself to righting their wrongs any way he can.
How Come German neo-Nazis Love Crystal Meth So Much?
It's cheap, works wonders in a brawl and it used to be distributed to neo-Nazi troops during WWII.
Unexploded British Bombs Are Still Hidden Under Berlin
I hung out with the people whose job it is to find them.
The Most Evil Thing I Own
Nothing ups the value of a piece of clothing like someone dying all over it.
Crossing the Danube
Many fled Soviet-controlled East Germany and headed westward but Victor did the opposite.