On September 1, 1939, the ship opened fire on Westerplatte, marking the start of World War II—but contrary to German expectations, the Polish defenders were far more prepared than anticipated, turning ...

Prancing up to the Free City of Danzig* last week, the whole gaudy galaxy of Adolf Hitler's be-uniformed henchmen— Goring, Hess, Goebbels, Streicher, Biirckel ct al.—had the time of ...

When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, every patriotic young German eagerly looked to the day when Germany would eliminate the Polish Corridor which joins Poland to the Baltic and separates the ...

In Nazi Germany, the Nazi Party, the ... Danzig commented on a moment in his “1990 long-form” video about his book collection in which he stated that “every school child” should have a ...

As alleged former Nazis — now in their late 90s or even centenarians — are facing prosecution, German prosecutors and a Nazi hunter are determined that they face justice for the murder of six ...

Helga R. Scheufele, age 97, passed away on Monday, December 4, 2023, at her residence. She was born in Gdansk, Poland; at that time, Danzig, Germany, from where she and her family were forced to ...