Twenty eight tonnes of Nazi gold worth more than £1billion may have been traced to the grounds of a palace in Poland after the location was mentioned in an SS diary. The stash of gold bars, jewellery and coins is believed to be sitting 200ft down at the bottom of a destroyed well shaft in … Read more
Fake ID papers used by Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler to try and escape Germany at the end of World War Two have been unearthed 75 years after his death. The fake document said Himmler was a sergeant named Heinrich Hizinger and was vital to his capture just a few weeks after the end of … Read more
Auschwitz renovations uncover ‘escape kit’: Spoons and tools are discovered hidden beneath a chimney at Nazi concentration camp Objects also include knives, hooks, scissors, pieces of leather and parts of shoes Found in April in block 17 of main camp, which existed in Nazi-occupied Poland Block was used to house manual workers, including chimney sweeps Find … Read more
The site of a Nazi mass execution known as death valley is to be excavated after researchers discovered bullet shells, clothing buttons and medal fragments. The find was made on the outskirts of Chojnice, a town in northern Poland, after researchers from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences carried … Read more
GERMANY SURRENDERS: One million Nazi troops lay down arms to the British as Field Marshal Montgomery hails our big moment – how the last days of WWII in Europe were reported in May 1945 To mark VE Day this coming Friday, the Daily Mail has compiled a series of reports it published at the time, documenting … Read more
The horrors of Nazi Germany’s only concentration camp for children have been brought to life in harrowing detail as part of a chilling new visualisation. Researchers from Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance painstakingly pieced together the layout of the Preventive Security Police Camp for Polish Youth in Lodz, where hundreds of children were beaten and … Read more
The Catholic Church in Germany has admitted making itself ‘complicit in the war’ by not opposing the Nazi regime, a new report reveals. For decades the Catholic Church has been accused of staying silent over the crimes of the Nazis and even acting to ‘bolster’ the Third Reich. In response, the Church has long defended World … Read more
A Nazi concentration camp on the island of Alderney has been studied for the first time since its destruction at the end of World War Two to reveal details of the site where Hitler’s soldiers conducted heinous acts against prisoners. Alderney was home to the only concentration camps in Britain during the war and the … Read more
Nazi survivors’ refuge in Britain: How women who emigrated to the UK after escaping persecution in Germany and Austria documented their new lives Stunning images, taken by women who had escaped Nazi persecution, celebrate life in Britain They came from Germany and Austria, where photography was seen as a more ‘serious’ art form Photos are … Read more
Heel Hitler: New Puma trainers are mocked for looking like the Nazi leader Puma’s ‘Storm Adrenaline’ women’s trainers have been likened to Adolf Hitler Toe and tongue of shoes said to resemble the Fuhrer’s hairdo and moustache Image shared online with user declaring shoes ‘eight out of 10 on the Hitler scale’ By Faith Ridler … Read more