Sir Richard J Evans

Sir Richard J Evans is Regius Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cambridge and the author of The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination (Allen Lane, 2020)

Recent articles by Sir Richard J Evans

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Adolf Hitler and his lover, Eva Braun, relaxing in Berchtesgaden in 1942. The Nazi leader’s private life was more ‘normal’ than some accounts have suggested (Photo by akg-images)

“We need to understand the Nazis as human beings”: Richard J Evans on the motivations of Hitler’s followers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A protester wearing a star badge at an anti-vaccination rally in Cardiff, 2021. The badge’s design deliberately evokes the star Jewish people were forced to wear in Nazi-occupied territories during the Second World War.

“Many, if not most, Nazi analogies are historically inaccurate”: Richard J Evans on the trouble with comparisons . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Conspiracy: Hitler’s escape to South America . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hitler and Eva Braun pose with their dogs in 1942

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

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)

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

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Richard Evans. (Photo by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

Books interview with Richard J Evans: “For Hobsbawm, communism was a matter of life and death” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.