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…
THE “SS EXECUTIONS AFTER SURRENDER” — WHY ALLIED SOLDIERS SOMETIMES SHOT HITLER’S ELITE TROOPS EVEN AFTER THEY DROPPED THEIR WEAPONS
The SS were among the most feared soldiers of World War II. Fanatical. Heavily indoctrinated. Absolutely loyal to Adolf Hitler. And by 1945, their black uniforms and…
DIE „VERFLUCHTEN BLUTGRUPPEN-TATTOOS DER WAFFEN-SS“ — WARUM HITLERS ELITETRUPPEN SICH AM ENDE SELBST DIE HAUT AUFSCHNITTEN… UND WARUM ALLIIERTE OFT SOFORT DAS FEUER ERÖFFNETEN
1945 zerfiel das Dritte Reich in Chaos und Feuer. Berlin brannte. Die Rote Armee rückte unerbittlich vor. Millionen deutscher Soldaten versuchten verzweifelt, in den Flüchtlingsströmen unterzutauchen. Uniformen…
DIE „TODESFABRIK VON AUSCHWITZ“ — WIE DAS DRITTE REICH MENSCHEN WIE INDUSTRIEWARE VERARBEITETE… UND AUS MORD EIN STAATLICHES GESCHÄFT MACHTE
1944 wurden bis zu 75 % der Menschen, die in Auschwitz ankamen, innerhalb weniger als einer Stunde ermordet. Ohne Verhör. Ohne Prozess. Ohne Namen. Alles folgte einem…
DER „AYATOLLAH, DER DEN IRAN UMPROGRAMMIERTE“ — WIE KHOMEINI FRAUENHAARE ZUM VERBRECHEN MACHTE… UND EIN SYSTEM DER ANGST ERRICHTETE, DAS BIS HEUTE MILLIONEN KONTROLLIERT
Der Iran explodiert in einer Revolution. Der Schah stürzt. Die Monarchie bricht zusammen. Millionen Menschen feiern auf den Straßen und glauben, endlich Freiheit erreicht zu haben. Doch…
THE “JAPANESE WARLORD WHO BEGGED FOR MERCY” — HOW HIDEKI TOJO HELPED DRAG THE WORLD INTO HELL… THEN FAILED TO KILL HIMSELF BEFORE HIS EXECUTION
December 23rd, 1948.Midnight.Sugamo Prison, Tokyo. A black hood is lowered over the head of Japan’s former prime minister. The rope tightens around his neck. Moments later, a trap…