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Marie-Louise Colombain, shown here in her prisoner photo from Auschwitz, was a partisan sergeant who carried out militant actions against the Nazis before her arrest in 1941. During her imprisonment at Auschwitz, she made clothes for the Nazi elite alongside the camp's other dressmakers. (Used with permission from Lucy Adlington/History Wardrobe)

Sewing for the Nazis: who were the dressmakers of Auschwitz?

Children at the Berlin Wall on Sebastianstrasse, Berlin - Kreuzberg - in around 1964. (Photo by Lehnartz/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The secret history of the Berlin Wall

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Test pilot Melitta Schiller (right), Berlin, June 1943. (Photo by DRK/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The women who flew for Hitler: an interview with Clare Mulley . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Buckley and James Holland next to a fighter plane at the Imperial Museum, London

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The War in the West: James Holland in conversation

Albert Einstein, standing in front of the Einstein Tower in 1926. (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Q&A Why the Einstein Tower was renamed – twice

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Portrait of Richard Wagner, 1883. (Photo By DEA/A Dagli Orti/De Agostini/Getty Images)

My History Hero: Richard Wagner (1813–83) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps find another use for discarded helmets in France during the First World War. (Alamy)

Female Tommies: women in the First World War

Passengers on board the Wilhelm Gustloff c1939 giving the Nazi salute shortly before leaving Tilbury Docks. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

The Library Holidays with Hitler

Adolf Hitler is welcomed by supporters at Nuremberg, 1933. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Enigma before Bletchley: the German spies who betrayed Hitler to steal codes

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. (Photo by Oliver Duerre/EyeEm/Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Berlin

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Q&A Why did the Germans never convince the Japanese to start a serious invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War?

Statue of Napoleon I toppled

La débâcle! The aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War

A view over Munich, Germany

My Favourite Place: Munich, Germany

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Life of the Week: Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Soldiers following the battle of the Somme

Books interview with Andrew Roberts: “I’d like to put an end to the ‘Blackadder’ view of the First World War” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.