September 2011

In our September issue Sir Ian Kershaw explains why so many Germans were willing to follow Hitler long after defeat had become inevitable.

Mark Hayhurst, writer of a forthcoming BBC drama and documentary, describes a remarkable episode in 1931 when Hitler found himself fighting for his political future in a Berlin courtroom.

Paul Cartledge examines the reputation held by Classical Athens of being the first society with large numbers of slaves.

Thomas Harrison sets the record straight on some of the many misconceptions surrounding the Persian empire.

Clive Bloom explains what happened after British schoolchildren downed their exercise books, demanding shorter hours, attendance payments and free pencils in September 1911

Gemma Hagen gives us the lowdown on the archaeological mysteries that Alice Roberts will be attempting to solve in the new series of Digging for Britain.

Dominic Sandbrook nominates 15 September 1964 – the date that The Sun first appeared on shelves in newsagents – as a big day in history.

BBC History Magazine's Charlotte Hodgman speaks to James Walvin about nine places related to the campaign to end a cruel but highly profitable trade in humans.