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Was My Grandfather a Nazi? Germans Are Opening Up Their Family Archives

Millions of NSDAP documents have been posted online this year. Germans are increasingly looking into their ancestors’ wartime experiences. Will digital archives break through the wall of family amnesia? By Paweł Zarychta A few months ago, the acclaimed German writer Judith Hermann published her autobiographical novel entitled Ich möchte zurückgehen

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Archaeology as a Political Tool: Turkey and Israel Are Fighting Over Antiquities

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Benjamin Netanyahu are also competing over the material traces of the past. Excavations are a battlefield for competing visions of the past and claims to the land. By Aleksander R. Michalak The president did not mince his words. Speaking in August 2025 at an archaeological symposium

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Pete Hegseth Promotes a Brutal Warrior Ethos. The Middle Ages Teach Us This Is a Mistake

Does the cult of warrior spirit strengthen an army, or does it lead to strategic chaos? A martial arts historian reads the ideas of the US Secretary of Defense through a medieval lens. By Maciej Talaga The United States entered its confrontation with Iran with an overwhelming technological advantage, the