DER „SS-SCHLÄCHTER, DEN SELBST HIMMLER FÜRCHTETE“ — WIE OSKAR DIRLEWANGER AUS VERBRECHERN EINE MORDMASCHINE BAUTE… UND NACH DEM KRIEG TOTGEPRÜGELT WURDE
Juni 1945.Altshausen, französische Besatzungszone. Der Krieg ist offiziell vorbei. Das Dritte Reich existiert nicht mehr. Doch hinter den Mauern einer Arrestzelle läuft noch eine letzte Abrechnung. Der…
DER „SCHLÄCHTER VOM NIL“ — WIE IDI AMIN 300.000 MENSCHEN VERSCHWINDEN LIESS… WÄHREND ER IM LUXUS EXIL MORPHIUM ERHIELT
August 2003.Dschidda, Saudi-Arabien. Die letzte Szene eines der grausamsten Diktatoren Afrikas wirkt fast unwirklich. Klimaanlagen summen leise. Monitore piepen rhythmisch. Weiße Bettlaken. Sterile Ruhe. So starb Idi…
DIE „FRAU, DIE 500.000 TOTE UNTERSCHRIEB“ — WIE MARIA MANDEL AUSCHWITZ IN EINE TODESFABRIK VERWANDELTE… UND SCHREIEND VOR DEM GALGEN ZUSAMMENBRACH
Januar 1948.Krakau, Polen. Der Gerichtssaal ist eiskalt. Maria Mandel sitzt regungslos vor den Richtern. Keine Tränen. Keine Panik. Keine sichtbare Reue. Die Hände liegen ruhig übereinander, während…
THE “CRETAN VILLAGES THE NAZIS WIPED OFF THE MAP” — HOW A SINGLE PARTISAN ATTACK TRIGGERED A MASS SLAUGHTER… AND WHY THE GERMAN COMMANDERS WERE LATER EXECUTED FOR IT
14 September 1943.German-occupied Crete. In the mountain villages between Mount Dikti and the Libyan Sea, entire communities were about to disappear in fire and blood. Just days earlier,…
THE “HELL FOR WOMEN THE NAZIS TRIED TO ERASE” — INSIDE RAVENSBRÜCK, WHERE HUMAN EXPERIMENTS, GAS CHAMBERS, AND STARVATION TURNED THOUSANDS INTO LIVING SKELETONS
Late April 1945.Deep in the forests north of Berlin, Soviet soldiers pushed forward through collapsing Nazi territory. They believed the war was almost over. But behind barbed wire…
THE “LAST COMMANDANT OF DACHAU” — THE 23-YEAR-OLD SS OFFICER WHO TURNED HUMAN LIVES INTO FUEL FOR THE NAZI MACHINE… THEN VANISHED INTO A BLOODBATH OF REVENGE
January 1945.Snow covered the streets of Mannheim-Sandhofen. But outside an old schoolhouse converted into a Nazi prison camp, the snow suddenly turned red with blood. A Polish…
THE “WOMEN SHAVED BALD AFTER LIBERATION” — WHY THOUSANDS OF FRENCH WOMEN WERE DRAGGED INTO THE STREETS, BRANDED AS TRAITORS… AND HUMILIATED BEFORE CHEERING CROWDS
Summer 1944.France is finally being liberated. German forces are retreating. Allied troops storm through towns and villages after the Normandy landings. Crowds wave French flags and celebrate…
THE “BEAUTIFUL SPECTRE OF STUTTHOF” — THE FEMALE NAZI GUARD WHO LAUGHED DURING SELECTIONS… THEN WAS HANGED BEFORE 20,000 SCREAMING SPECTATORS
July 4th, 1946.Gdańsk, Poland. A massive crowd gathers beneath enormous wooden gallows built high above the city. Former concentration camp prisoners stand shoulder to shoulder with grieving…
THE “NAZI SHE-DEVIL HANGED BY BRITAIN” — WHY IRMA GRESE WAS SENT TO THE GALLOWS INSTEAD OF A FIRING SQUAD AFTER THE HORRORS OF AUSCHWITZ
December 13th, 1945.Hameln Prison, Germany. Inside a cold execution chamber, a 22-year-old former concentration camp guard is marched toward the gallows. A white hood is pulled over…
THE “NAZIS CHURCHILL WANTED SHOT IMMEDIATELY” — WHY BRITAIN’S WARTIME LEADER ONCE PUSHED TO EXECUTE HITLER’S INNER CIRCLE WITHOUT ANY TRIAL
At the end of World War II, the Allies faced a terrifying question: What should be done with the surviving leaders of Nazi Germany? Men like: Hermann…