On January 3 1903, in the Austrian town of Leonding, 65-year-old Alois Hitler was drinking red wine in a tavern when he suffered a lung haemorrhage, collapsed and died. He was buried in a local cemetery. Soon after, his widow Klara sold the large family house and bought an apartment in the city of Linz, around 30 miles away, to which she moved with their teenage son, Adolf.
Newly revealed documents show how in 1937, Palestine’s first high commissioner – a Jew and a Zionist – defended tapping Amin al-Husseini: 'Jews can be extremely irritating people'
In 'Palestine 1936,' Kessler delves into dusty archives to bring to life the overlooked saga of the 3-year Arab Revolt that arguably forms the roots of today's Middle East conflict
The film from Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein looks back at a time eerily resonant with today’s anti-immigration climate, “and how a wildly civilized democracy can crumble very quickly,” says Botstein.
The spectacle at First National Bank Stadium was a carefully choreographed and quite theatrical production. It was reminiscent of the fascist spectacle and aesthetics of Mussolini and Hitler.