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Construction of the Berlin Wall begins at Ebertstrasse. The barrier would divide the city for 28 years (Photo by von der Becke/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
20th Century

Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain

Christopher Clark at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (Photo by Damien McFadden)
Victorian

Christopher Clark “The 1848 revolutions were a dissonant orchestra of ambitions and intentions”

Landmarks of Berlin
General History

Berlin history Dark days and bright nights

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Hitler and Eva Braun pose with their dogs in 1942
Second World War

Fake news and Nazis: Richard J Evans on the spectre of conspiracies

A still from American-made war epic All Quiet on the Western Front
20th Century

All Quiet On The Western Front Why its lessons still matter today

A German soldier captured during the battle of Kursk, July–August 1943. Germany’s last major offensive on the eastern front ended in crushing defeat (Photo by STF/AFP/ GettyImages)
Second World War

Bitter end: Hitler’s downfall and the end of the war and the Third Reich

A propaganda photograph showing a typical German family eating the Eintopf, a cost-saving stew promoted by the Third Reich
Second World War

The stomach for the fight: the food policies used by the Nazis to maintain control in the Third Reich

Aerial view of the outside of Treblinka extermination camp, Germany, 1943. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
Second World War

Laurence Rees on the perpetrators of the Holocaust: “What they told us was, at the time, they felt it was the right thing to do”

President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev together
General Modern

What brought a thaw in the Cold War?

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Second World War

Why we should remember… The plot to assassinate Hitler and install a new German government

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Second World War

D-Day quiz Test your knowledge of the Normandy Landings

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20th Century

Stasi poets: creative writing & the Cold War

Businessman Oskar Schindler speaks about saving lives during the Holocaust of Germany's Third Reich at an interview. (Photo by Getty Images)
Second World War

Biography Oskar Schindler: your guide to his life and legacy

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General History

Berlin’s tumultuous history

Deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, German officer Paul Schmidt and Adolf Hitler survey damage at Hitler's eastern front military headquarters, ‘the Wolf’s Lair’, hours after a failed bombing attempt by Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Second World War

Should we be glad the 1944 July Plot to kill Hitler failed?

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