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Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933 promising a resurgent German empire in the wake of World War I and the Great Depression. Twelve years later Germany lay in rubble following World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust.

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Der Holocaustüberlebende, der seinen deutschen Retter suchte - Brigitte Königsberg

Zum Tod von Josef Königsberg Der Holocaustüberlebende, der seinen deutschen Retter suchte

Mit 98 ist einer der letzten Zeitzeugen des Holocaust gestorben. Lange suchte Josef Königsberg nach einem Offizier, der ihn einst vor Auschwitz bewahrt hatte. Dank einer SPIEGEL-Recherche fanden er und die Familie seines Retters noch zusammen. Ein Nachruf von Christoph Gunkel

Twitter-Nachfolger X Hitler-Verehrer schrecken Elon Musks Werbekunden ab

Gerade erst versprach die vormals als Twitter bekannte Plattform X ihren Anzeigenkunden ein sicheres Umfeld, da taucht Werbung neben Nazi-Inhalten auf. Erste Firmen beenden ihre Buchungen deshalb.

Von Harry Potter zu Hitler Wann sind Kinder alt genug, um vom Holocaust zu erfahren? Eine Elternkolumne von Anna Clauß

Noch läuft mein achtjähriger Sohn in Dachau Schlittschuh, ohne das ehemalige Konzentrationslager ganz in der Nähe zu kennen. Wann ist der richtige Moment, ihm davon zu erzählen?

Diktatur und Alltag »Berlin 1933« – ein Doku-Meisterwerk

Ein Schicksalsjahr der deutschen Geschichte wird auf beunruhigende Art lebendig: Volker Heise zeigt in seiner neuen Dokumentation ein widersprüchliches Bild von 1933 und dem Beginn der Naziherrschaft in Berlin. Von Oliver Kaever

Hitlers drastische Geheimrede im Jahr 1939 »Das Kriegsziel besteht in der physischen Vernichtung des Gegners«

Im August 1939 kündigte Adolf Hitler vor Generälen Völkermord und »Erdherrschaft« an. Ein Protokoll der Rede wurde einem US-Journalisten durchgestochen, galt aber später als Fälschung. Doch das Dokument des Hasses ist echt. Von Norman Domeier

Neuer Antisemitismus in Deutschland Die Gefahr erkennt man immer zu spät Ein Essay von Michael Brenner

Anlässlich des 75. Jahrestags der Befreiung von Auschwitz hat der Historiker Michael Brenner eine Warnung für die Deutschen.

'Counterfeits or Falsifications' German Investigators Say Argentine Nazi Finds Are Fakes

The Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires recently obtained alleged "Nazi treasures" seized by Argentinian police in 2017. The objects are set to go on display in December, despite the fact that German criminal investigators have concluded just about everything in the collection is fake. Von Jens Glüsing und Klaus Wiegrefe

A Hidden Legacy Time for a New Look at Nazi Art

Thousands of artworks from the Nazi period lie hidden away in storage depots, far from the public eye. The U.S. also holds a number of paintings, drawings and sculptures from the Third Reich under lock and key. It is time that they be more closely examined. Von Ulrike Knöfel

Nazis on the Roof of the World A Bizarre SS Expedition to Tibet

In 1938, an SS expedition led by German zoologist Ernst Schäfer trekked to Tibet, returning with priceless animal specimens. Many believe they had actually been sent to search for a lost Aryan race, but a new book argues that the truth is more complicated. Von Matthias Schulz

Book of Hate The Bold Attempt to Demystify Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'

For the first time since 1945, Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' is available for sale in Germany. With a new annotated edition, Historians hope to "defuse" the Nazi-era bestseller. Even after seven decades, it remains a dangerous proposition. Von Martin Doerry und Klaus Wiegrefe

Hitler's Bronze Horses How Fans Smuggled Nazi Art To West Germany

In one of the most curious stories of art smuggling from the Eastern Bloc prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, two classic car dealers smuggled Nazi artworks from a Soviet barracks to West Germany in 1989. The full account is only now coming to light. Von Konstantin von Hammerstein

Art World Hunt The Quest for Hitler's Lost Treasures

A Dutch detective and Berlin police spent months searching for art commissioned by Hitler that went missing after German reunification. Officials finally recovered the dubious works in raids last week -- here's how they did it. Von Konstantin von Hammerstein

Nazi Art Sculptures from Hitler's Chancellery Discovered

The sculptures had been missing for decades. But on Wednesday, investigators found pieces of Nazi art that had once adorned Hitler's Chancellery in Berlin.

Searching for Justice An SS Soldier and the Massacre in Oradour-sur-Glane

Werner Christukat, 89, has been indicted for participating in the 1944 massacre perpetrated by the SS in Oradour-sur-Glane. He says he wasn't directly involved. Seventy years after the fact, there are more questions than answers, and proof is elusive. Von Beate Lakotta

The Thirty Years' War How Peace Kept WWI Alive

On two separate occasions, in 1918 and 1945, the world had to decide what to do with Germany. The second time around, world leaders almost made the same mistakes that failed to keep the Germans down after World War I. Von Jan Fleischhauer

Berlin Blunder Google Maps Brings Back 'Adolf Hitler Square'

Online mapping service Google Maps temporarily mislabeled a square in central Berlin with its former Nazi-era name: Adolf Hitler Square. Google couldn't explain the error when contacted by reporters but said they were looking into the matter.

Neo-Nazi Worries Bavaria Pulls Plug on Annotated 'Mein Kampf'

For years, historians in Munich have been working on an annotated edition of Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" to be released when the copyright expires in 2015. The state of Bavaria gave the green light in 2012 -- but now they are trying to halt the project.

Gurlitt Works A Herculean Task in Identifying Provenance

A scholarly task force has been set up to clarify the origins of some of the artworks found in Cornelius Gurlitt's Munich apartment. The group will be led by prominent German art historian and will include two experts with the Jewish Claims Conference. Von Michael Sontheimer

'A Kind of Fief' Munich Art Hoarder's Father in His Own Words

The name Cornelius Gurlitt has hit the headlines recently after the discovery of a massive art collection in his Munich apartment. His art dealer father Hildebrand offered a fascinating insight into his love of paintings in a never-before published text from 1955.

Constitutional Expressionism Legal Questions Overwhelm Art Find

There is much consternation among investigators, politicians and academics about how to handle the trove of artworks found in Munich this month. Criticism by Jewish groups abroad is growing, but complex provenance questions could take years to resolve. Von SPIEGEL Staff

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