WWII

Historian Jonathan Petropoulos investigates the life of Bruno Lohse and his role in the Nazi looting operation, interviewing Lohse himself, as well as curators, art investigators, Lohse’s associates, and descendants of the victims of Nazi art theft. With a look at stunning masterpieces and a ...

A roundup of Secrets in the News for April 2021. USS Johnston: Sub dives to deepest-known shipwreck If you like this, you might like: Abandoning the Titanic BBC: A submersible has dived to the world’s deepest-known shipwreck. The vessel reached the USS Johnston, which lies 6.5km ...

A roundup of Secrets in the News for October 2020. Ancient mummies unearthed in Egypt after more than 2,600 years If you like this, you might like: Egypt's Darkest Hour. NBC News: SAQQARA, Egypt — More than 2,600 years since they were buried, archaeologists in Egypt said ...

Secrets of the Dead: Bombing Auschwitz is now streaming on, pbs.org/secrets and the PBS Video app to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. When author, educator and Holocaust survivor Max Eisen talks about his experience in Nazi-occupied Europe, he starts by remembering life ...

On December 3, 1944, The Washington Post published an editorial on the atrocities in Auschwitz with the headline “Genocide,” marking the first time the word appeared in a national newspaper.

Secrets of the Dead: Bombing Auschwitz premieres Tuesday, January 21 at 9|8c on PBS, pbs.org/secrets and the PBS Video app to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. As the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration ...

Secrets of the Dead: Bombing Auschwitz premiered Tuesday, January 21 at 9 p.m. on PBS, pbs.org/secrets and the PBS Video app to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Synopsis In April 1944, Jewish prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfred ...

Secrets of the Dead is returning this summer with a much-anticipated encore and two brand new episode premieres. Check out the lineup for the Summer of Secrets on PBS: Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb Encores Tuesday, June 18 at 8 p.m. on PBS ...

See stills and images of individuals featured in Secrets of the Dead: Bugging Hitler's Soldiers

Spied upon by MI19 in a bugging operation of unprecedented scale and cunning, 4,000 German POW’s revealed their inner thoughts about the Third Reich and let slip military secrets that helped the Allies win WWII.