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Issue 7

Articles from Issue 7 (December/January 2018) of BBC World Histories Magazine

Soldiers of the Third Reich surround a huge bonfire during a winter solstice festival in December 1936. The Nazis attempted to use elements of pagan beliefs to promote a Germanic ‘national religiosity’. (Photo by Getty Images)

20th Century

Witches, werewolves and vampires: the Nazi's quest for the supernatural

Medieval

The real Aztecs: brutal, bloodthirsty... and caring?

Slaves of Confederate Brigadier-General Thomas F Drayton at his cotton plantation in South Carolina during the American Civil War

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Why is America haunted by its past?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson in Trafalgar Square London

General Modern

Should we judge historical figures by the morals of today?

Wrecked buildings in Los Angeles' South Central district following 1992 riots

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The 1992 LA riots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How is the image of revolutionary Che Guevara commodified? Alex von Tunzelmann explores. (Photo by Francois ANCELLET/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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Che Guevara: face of the revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bowie’s Berlin: the city that shaped a 1970s masterpiece. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th Century

1922 in pictures: nationalists, navies, mountains and modernism