General Anton Dostler of the Wehrmacht was taken into custody before the execution of a sentence in 1945
In 1945, at the end of World War II, numerous trials of high-ranking Axis military personnel took place. One of these cases was that of General Anton Dostler, a German Wehrmacht officer. The Dostler case is historically significant as it…
Kettenkrad WW2- SdKfz 2 Small chain motorcycle HK 101.
The Kettenkrad (full name: Sd.Kfz. 2 – Sonderkraftfahrzeug 2) was a half-tracked vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Originally developed for the Luftwaffe, the Kettenkrad was primarily used for towing light artillery, transporting soldiers and supplies, and operating…
The Spartacist Uprising in Berlin
On January 5, 1919, a power struggle broke out in post-war Germany. January 1919: Barricade in Berlin during the uprising Germany had been defeated in the First World War, humiliated, suffered severe food shortages, and was ravaged by the flu…
Germans test a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E3, 1940
German scientists test a Messerschmitt Bf 109, 1940. The facility was the Hermann Göring Aviation Research Institute. It was located in Volkenrode, a suburb of Braunschweig, and was the most modern wind tunnel testing facility in the world at…
Kinderschauspielerin Millena Brandão stirbt mit nur 11 Jahren
Symbolfoto: Shutterstock Eine Kinderschauspielerin aus Brasilien ist im zarten Alter von nur 11 Jahren gestorben, nachdem sie mehrere Herzinfarkte aufgrund einer mysteriösen Krankheit erlitten hatte. Millena Brandão wurde nur 11 Jahre alt Die Familie von Millena Brandão, die sich in…
Operation Weserübung and occupation of Norway
The German invasion of Norway took place on the night of April 8–9, 1940, as part of Operation Weserübung, under the pretext of protecting Norway from military aggression by Great Britain and France. Most of Norway’s best weapons were lost…
Bei einem Motorradunfall in Santiago de Cuba sterben drei junge Menschen.
In den frühen Morgenstunden des 31. März ereignete sich an der Ecke 11th Street in Veguita de Galo und Carretera del Morro, Santiago de Cuba, ein tragischer Unfall zwischen einem Elektromotorrad und einer Jawa, bei dem drei Menschen ums Leben…
Yevgeny Stepanovich Kobytev: The Face of a Soldier after Four Years of War, 1941-1945
Yevgeny Stepanovich Kobytev: The human face after four years of war. These two paintings are exhibited side by side in the Andrei Pozdeev Museum. The museum’s caption reads: “(Left) The artist Eugene Stepanovich Kobytev on the day he left for the…
Hidden for 80 years: Metal detectors bring to light ghostly discovery of German soldiers from World War II
A moving rediscovery: After 80 years underwater, a soldier gets his name back. During a salvage operation in a lake or river, the final resting place of a World War II soldier was discovered. For decades, he lay hidden beneath…
Herbert List’s pictures from German-occupied Ukraine, 1940-1943
Severe destruction of the city in the battle with Czech hedgehogs in 1941. Ukraine, 1943. Herbert List was a German photographer who worked for magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Life, and was associated with Magnum Photos. He traveled…