History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » World War II Conversations http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Why Eva Braun Deserves No Sympathy: Conversation with Heike Görtemaker http://www.historynet.com/why-eva-braun-deserves-no-sympathy-conversation-with-heike-gortemaker.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-eva-braun-deserves-no-sympathy-conversation-with-heike-gortemaker http://www.historynet.com/why-eva-braun-deserves-no-sympathy-conversation-with-heike-gortemaker.htm#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:30:22 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684860 Sixty-seven years after her death, Eva Braun, the long-time mistress of Adolf Hitler, remains a mysterious figure. Heike G. Görtemaker, a German historian and author, attempts to add clarity to the life of a woman who met Hitler as …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/why-eva-braun-deserves-no-sympathy-conversation-with-heike-gortemaker.htm/feed 0 Conversation: Growing Up in Nazi Germany http://www.historynet.com/conversation-growing-up-in-nazi-germany.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conversation-growing-up-in-nazi-germany http://www.historynet.com/conversation-growing-up-in-nazi-germany.htm#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:50:21 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684647 http://www.historynet.com/conversation-growing-up-in-nazi-germany.htm/feed 1 The War's Lost Souls—and the Birth of a Nation http://www.historynet.com/the-wars-lost-souls%e2%80%94and-the-birth-of-a-nation.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wars-lost-souls%25e2%2580%2594and-the-birth-of-a-nation http://www.historynet.com/the-wars-lost-souls%e2%80%94and-the-birth-of-a-nation.htm#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:01:24 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683787

In 1945, tens of millions of displaced persons, DPs, filled Germany and Western Europe. Many came from France, the Low Countries, and Italy, but most were Eastern Europeans. In The Long Road Home, historian Ben Shephard, who produced the documentary …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-wars-lost-souls%e2%80%94and-the-birth-of-a-nation.htm/feed 0 A Family Memoir Brings Italy's Eastern Front Tragedy to Light http://www.historynet.com/a-family-memoir-brings-italys-eastern-front-tragedy-to-light.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-family-memoir-brings-italys-eastern-front-tragedy-to-light http://www.historynet.com/a-family-memoir-brings-italys-eastern-front-tragedy-to-light.htm#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:56:21 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683574

Ten years ago, retired teacher Hope Hamilton began a memoir about her two Italian uncles that turned into a groundbreaking book. Sacrifice on the Steppe: The Italian Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign 1942–43 is the first comprehensive exploration …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/a-family-memoir-brings-italys-eastern-front-tragedy-to-light.htm/feed 4 Timothy Snyder Provides the First Comprehensive Look at Atrocities in Eastern Europe http://www.historynet.com/timothy-snyder-provides-the-first-comprehensive-look-at-atrocities-in-eastern-europe.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=timothy-snyder-provides-the-first-comprehensive-look-at-atrocities-in-eastern-europe http://www.historynet.com/timothy-snyder-provides-the-first-comprehensive-look-at-atrocities-in-eastern-europe.htm#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:52:57 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683392 "I've been thinking about this for 20 years," says Timothy Snyder, a leading historian of Eastern Europe. "This" is the unspeakable carnage he chronicles in Bloodlands, the first comprehensive overview of the atrocities committed by the Nazis and …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/timothy-snyder-provides-the-first-comprehensive-look-at-atrocities-in-eastern-europe.htm/feed 0 Conversation with Madhusree Mukerjee http://www.historynet.com/conversation-with-madhusree-mukerjee.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conversation-with-madhusree-mukerjee http://www.historynet.com/conversation-with-madhusree-mukerjee.htm#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:03:02 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683125 http://www.historynet.com/conversation-with-madhusree-mukerjee.htm/feed 2 Conversation with Sid Phillips http://www.historynet.com/conversation-with-sid-phillips.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conversation-with-sid-phillips http://www.historynet.com/conversation-with-sid-phillips.htm#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:33:04 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682947

If You've seen the miniseries The War or The Pacific, you've seen Sid Phillips tell war stories and wisecrack. A lifelong pal of Marine author Eugene Sledge (With the Old Breed), the 86-year-old vet has finally written …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/conversation-with-sid-phillips.htm/feed 0 A Human Skin Lampshade Sparks a Journey into the Heart of the Holocaust http://www.historynet.com/a-human-skin-lampshade-sparks-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-the-holocaust.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-human-skin-lampshade-sparks-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-the-holocaust http://www.historynet.com/a-human-skin-lampshade-sparks-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-the-holocaust.htm#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:12:16 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682737 http://www.historynet.com/a-human-skin-lampshade-sparks-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-the-holocaust.htm/feed 6 A Survivor's Horrific Story of Life as a POW in the Pacific http://www.historynet.com/a-survivors-horrific-story-of-life-as-a-pow-in-the-pacific.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-survivors-horrific-story-of-life-as-a-pow-in-the-pacific http://www.historynet.com/a-survivors-horrific-story-of-life-as-a-pow-in-the-pacific.htm#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:33:36 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682492 http://www.historynet.com/a-survivors-horrific-story-of-life-as-a-pow-in-the-pacific.htm/feed 1 Alan Furst Looks at Ordinary People During the War http://www.historynet.com/alan-furst-looks-at-ordinary-people-during-the-war.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alan-furst-looks-at-ordinary-people-during-the-war http://www.historynet.com/alan-furst-looks-at-ordinary-people-during-the-war.htm#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:12:52 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682303 http://www.historynet.com/alan-furst-looks-at-ordinary-people-during-the-war.htm/feed 2