In completing a circular, 17-day tour of Germany recently, it was impossible not to observe the meticulous beauty of the ...

Biden removed the names of Confederate generals from nine Army installations. Trump has restored those Confederate names, but ...

Living in the midst of the Trump presidency gives reason to think this is an unprecedented time in the U.S. but history says ...

Adolf Hitler was a master of manufacturing public-security crises to advance his authoritarian agenda. He used inflammatory ...

At Hitler’s urging, President Paul von Hindenburg issued an Article 48 emergency decree, “Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State.” The first paragraph suspended civil ...

At Hitler’s urging, President Paul von Hindenburg issued an Article 48 emergency decree, “Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State.” ...

Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) had been famous since 1914 as the victorious commander at the Battle of Tannenberg against Russian invaders, soon burnishing this fame on the Western Front and ...

Paul von Hindenburg Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of a retired German officer recalled to duty who became an idealised, heroic figure and, as president, appointed Hitler as chancellor.

German Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg in 1916. Decorated for bravery, he was at the Palace of Versailles when the German Empire was proclaimed in 1871.

Trump's first 100 days in office parallel Hitler's in some important ways — but there are still major differences.

On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler became head of a “National Coalition government” containing only two other Nazis ...