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Rosie Whitehouse tells the story of a group of Holocaust survivors who sailed to Palestine in 1946, in defiance of the Royal Navy. (Image by Getty Images)

Searching for freedom after the Holocaust . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Gareth Williams explores previous efforts to combat lethal diseases, from smallpox to polio. (Image by Getty Images)

The race for vaccines: lessons from history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Helen Fry gives a lecture on MI9’s missions during the to help Allied prisoners of war escape during the Second World War.

MI9’s secret escape missions . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hitler and Stalin: Laurence Rees compares the actions of the two dictators over the course of the Second World War. (Image by Getty Images)

Hitler and Stalin: tyrants at war . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Priya Satia explores how historians helped advance the British empire, only to later become critics of imperialism. (Image by Getty Images)

How historians helped build the British empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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David Hepworth tells the story of the British rock bands. (Image by Getty Images)

When British pop invaded America . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Frank McDonough discusses his new book charting the demise of Hitler’s Germany from 1940-45. (Image by Getty Images)

The collapse of the Third Reich . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Stephen Baxter on the Domesday Book (Image by Getty Images)

Domesday Book: medieval big data . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Robert Hutchinson on the death of Henry VIII. (Image by Getty Images)

The decline and death of Henry VIII . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri on the HistoryExtra podcast

Was the 1990s a golden age for British South Asians? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ian Kershaw on the Second World War. (Image by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

Editor’s pick: Ian Kershaw on postwar Europe . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Robert Tombs on Brexit's long historical roots. (Image by Getty Images)

Brexit’s long historical roots . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Catherine Merridale on Lenin. (Image by Getty Images)

Editor’s pick: Lenin’s revolutionary train journey . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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James Holland tells the story of the dramatic Allied assault on the island of Sicily in the Second World War. (Image by Getty Images)

The battle for Sicily, 1943 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tim Grady gives a lecture exploring the varied experiences of German Jews in the First World War. (Image by Getty Images)

German Jews in WW1 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.