Süddeutsche Zeitung founding: How US License No.1 and McMahon’s Order Shaped Bavaria’s First Postwar Daily Süddeutsche Zeitung founding in 1945 began under US License No.1 after a directive to eradicate …
Journalist Axel Spilcker Confronts Grandfather Robert Ley in New Book as Archives Drive Family Histories As the U.S. National Archives released millions of Nazi Party membership records online, journalist Axel …
SZ Launches Searchable NSDAP Membership Registry, Prompting Family Reappraisals SZ launches a searchable NSDAP membership registry so users can find ancestors’ records; historians urge careful context, legal caution and archival …
NRW moves to ban trade in Nazi victim items as Bundesrat backs new law NRW moves to outlaw the trade in Nazi victim items after a disputed auction; the Bundesrat …
German Memory Culture Under Scrutiny as Panel Confronts Family Ties to Nazism Panel discussion probes German memory culture and family ties to Nazism, warning against performative remembrance and calling for …
SPIEGEL-Talk Confronts Memory Culture and Family Ties to the Nazis SPIEGEL-Talk: Gotz Aly, Susanne Siegert and Hadija Haruna-Oelker examine memory culture, family Nazi entanglements and rise of performative ‘memory theater’. …
Germany’s richest linked to Nazi-era wealth, historian reveals New research by historian David de Jong traces how Nazi-era wealth transfers and expropriation enriched families that remain among Germany’s richest today. …
SPIEGEL smart search helps descendants find Nazi-era files as rail investments lag and Rheinmetall steps in Der Spiegel’s smart search helps descendants find Nazi-era files; rail investments yield little and …
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