More than a decade before the Nazis seized power in Germany, Albert Einstein was on the run and already fearful for his country’s future, according to a newly revealed handwritten letter.His longtim...

Fifty-two years ago, as protests against the Vietnam war were snowballing, the counter-culture gaining traction, young people rebelling against the roles assigned to them in matters to do with gender,...

It has been more than seven decades since the end of World War II, but even now very few people know about Operation Paperclip. The latter exposed the hypocrisy of the United States of America when, i...

When Hilde Schramm inherited several paintings collected by her father, Hitler's chief architect and armaments minister Albert Speer, she was only sure of one thing: she didn't want them.Despite deter...

Even if you become interested in history at a young age, you tend to view it in simple terms: so and so won, so and so lost, this war ended precisely on this date, that rule began at precisely that mo...

Germany’s ambassador to India Walter J. Lindner has triggered a controversy — and an online petition for his recall if he does not resign — with a visit to the RSS headquarters in Nagpur.During ...

Sir — Virat Kohli and his Men in Blue should be congratulated for triumphing over South Africa in India’s first match of the ongoing World Cup. South Africa was already demoralized after their fir...

David Woodrow, 95, raises the American flag beside a memorial on his farm in eastern England every morning, weather permitting.He makes sure that memorial is tip-top, too. Dedicated to the U.S. Army A...