The great resettlement of the ethnic Germans from the East began its second phase. Following the Baltic Germans, well over 100,000 Volhynian Germans came back into the Reich. The men started the trek to the new settlements, while the women and children found a caring reception in the large transit camps.
Politics & History

The Largest Forced Migration In European History

Trump's comments on deporting 11 million undocumented migrants have precedent: the forced migration of millions of ethnic-Germans in the aftermath of WWII.
Frank Sinatra was arrested when he was 19 years old for the crime of "seduction" in New Jersey.
Arts & Culture

Frank Sinatra’s Radical Past

On the occaision of Frank Sinatra's centennial, we look into his radical past.
Stamp commemorating the Soviet Union
Politics & Government

Brainwashing, Mind Control, and American Paranoia

During the Cold War, Americans believed the Soviets and Communist China had developed brainwashing techniques. Then it came to America.
Black and white photograph of the Postdam Conference group from 1945
Politics & History

Potsdam and the Origins of the Cold War

An exploration of Potsdam and its effects on the Cold War.
Families walking beside the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Politics & History

Escapist Humor in East and West Berlin

Humor in East and West Berlin before the wall came down.
Illustrated imagining of American and Soviet spacecrafts docking from 1973.
Politics & Government

Space Is The Place: The US, USSR, and Space Exploration

Even during the Cold War, US and Russian cooperation succeeded in space exploration.