The first fifty years of Europe’s twentieth century were racked by violence, bloodshed and extraordinary political, economic, and socio-cultural changes. Between 1914 and 1918, an […]
Introduction: What Was Europe’s “Interwar Crisis”?
A Speech by Adolf Hitler (1936)
Large crowds gather at a Nazi rally in Nuremberg, Germany in 1936 to watch Adolf Hitler deliver a fiery speech three years prior to the […]
German Troops March Into Austria (1938)
In March 1938, Adolf Hitler began his expansionist program of uniting “Greater Germany” by invading, occupying, and ultimately annexing Austria to the Third Reich. Explicitly […]
“Bella Ciao” (1943-1945)
During the Second World War, as the Allies were making their way northwards up the Italian peninsula, the Italian partisan resistance began carrying out guerilla-style […]
“Don’t Be a Sucker” (1943)
Produced by the U.S. War Department in 1943, and re-released in 1947, Don’t Be a Sucker was intended to admonish Americans that “they will lose […]
“Night and Fog” (1956)
Directed by Alain Resnais, Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) is a 1956 French documentary on Nazi Germany’s concentration, labor, and extermination camps during the […]