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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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Video podcast Why did people kill for Hitler? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty

What was the Erfurt Latrine Disaster?

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A German soldier seeks cover from the Soviet artillery fire in a field. In the background, smoke rises from the hitting grenades. (Photo by Alamy)

Operation Bagration 1944: the perfect victory on the Eastern Front . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Memorial to the U.S. Navy at Utah Beach, where it fought on D-Day in Normandy, France

From the USA’s ‘good war’ to Britain’s ‘great hurrah’: how is D-Day remembered around the world? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) approaches Omaha Beach, Normandy on D-Day (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

“Hitler slept through D-Day”, plus four other facts about the Normandy Landings you might not know… . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The outlaw Johannes Bückler, also known as Schinderhannes

Q&A Who was Schinderhannes and why is he known as the ‘German Robin Hood’?

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: SS soldiers with Jewish people before their execution at Babyn Yar. “Each of these murders took place face to face. It was an intimate and barbaric process,” writes James Bulgin. (Photo by YAD VASHEM ARCHIVES)

How the holocaust began . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black and white photo of Adolf Hitler standing by a car and wearing a coat, looking towards the camera.

How the Munich Beer Hall Putsch set Hitler on his road to power

Could the Nazis have built the world's first atomic bomb?

Second World War

The German Nuclear Weapons Program Could the Nazis have built the first atomic bomb?

Illustration of the Children's Crusade of 1212, from the Story of the British Nation, Volume 1, by Walter Hutchinson, c1920 (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

What was the Children’s Crusade, and did it actually happen?

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British Army tanks are unloaded on to Gold Beach on D-Day

D-Day quiz Test your knowledge of the Normandy Landings . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Construction of the Berlin Wall begins at Ebertstrasse. The barrier would divide the city for 28 years (Photo by von der Becke/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Christopher Clark at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (Photo by Damien McFadden)

Christopher Clark “The 1848 revolutions were a dissonant orchestra of ambitions and intentions” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Landmarks of Berlin

Berlin history Dark days and bright nights . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.