William Shirer chronicled Hitler's clampdown on rights and liberties in 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.' ...

To understand something as enormous as World War II, go small. Focus on one person, one sliver of time, or — as in the case of the terrific "A Village in the Third Reich" — one town. British writer ...

Chronicler of the neglected truth -- The Führer's inspiration -- Superhero -- Strange bedfellows -- Hate by proxy -- History's stage -- The lonely eagle -- An arsenal of Nazism -- America first -- ...

Oberstdorf, Germany’s southernmost village, sits in Alpine meadows beneath the Himmelschrofen mountain. On the night of March 4, 1933, the local Nazi Party emblazoned the Himmelschrofen with a giant ...