A powerful insignia alone, Adolf Hitler once noted, “can spark interest in a political movement.” What Hitler did not say, but what is evident to anyone with even a tenuous grasp of 20th-century ...

In the late 1930s, very few photographers were using color film. German photographer Hugo Jaeger was an early adopter, and when Adolf Hitler was introduced to Jaeger’s work, he liked what he saw. “The ...

Born from the defeat of World War One, the new German government, the Weimar Republic, faced a series of challenges economically, politically, socially and internationally. What challenges were faced ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 1, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, an ...

On 1 September 1939, the British ambassador in Berlin issued an ultimatum to the German government urging it to cease all aggressive activities in Poland and withdraw. Two days later, at 10.00am, this ...

I went on holiday to Germany, in July 1939. Staying at Berchtesgarden. My bedroom window in the hotel overlooked Hitler's house, the Berghof. One day at breakfast, I was approached by three SS ...

German-American Bund leader Fritz Kuhn promises to make Germany and America great once more at a rally at Irving Park and Narragansett on June 18, 1939. Credit: Chicago Daily Times It might seem ...