#World War II

Arts & Humanities

Bred for the Reich: How the Nazis Enlisted the Animal World

Even as they orchestrated mass violence, Nazi leaders found time to obsess over cows. And dogs. And the perfect horse. Animals didn’t just decorate propaganda posters or pose beside dictators—they were drafted, trained, bred, and classified with chilling precision. What happens when a regime tries to reshape not only humans, but animals too?

Arts & Humanities

Healing Holocaust Survivors: An Interview with Stella Maria Frei

Eighty years after the Nazi surrender, a new open access book urges us to reflect on conflict’s enduring traumas and the complex role humanitarian organizations play in reshaping displaced lives.

Arts & Humanities

From Ohrdruf to Berlin: Eisenhower’s Enduring Legacy of “Never Again”

“Never again is now” – a slogan that rings truer than ever today – impels us to recall one of the first people who called upon the world to bear witness to the atrocities of the Holocaust and who worked actively to ensure that it would never happen again.

Academia & Publishing

Wer wir waren: Ein Gespräch mit Historikerin Angelika Königseder über De Gruyter in der Nachkriegszeit

Bombenschäden, Papiermangel und Mitarbeiter, die plötzlich nicht mehr zur Arbeit kommen – Dr. Angelika Königseder schildert in ihrem neuen Buch die Situation des De-Gruyter-Verlags im Berlin der Nachkriegszeit. Wir sprachen mit ihr über die Hintergründe des Projekts.

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