In early 1945, at least 860,000 women and girls in Germany were sexually abused by Allied soldiers. The victims, and the children they bore after being raped, suffer trauma to this day. Many remained silent throughout their lives and took their stories to their graves.
Posted in Documentary, Hidden History, History
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Che Guevara was executed in 1967 in a remote Bolivian village. One of the last people to speak to him alive was CIA officer Felix Rodriguez. Here’s his story.
Posted in Elections, History, Tucker Carlson
A unique excavation unravels the complex and creative nature of Neanderthals, shattering preconceptions through the lens of a landmark discovery – the best-preserved Neanderthal skeleton found in over 25 years.
Posted in Documentary, History, The Virtual University
It would take decades for paleontologists to realize that maybe there wasn’t just one so-called “cradle of humankind,” and realize that maybe they’d been asking the wrong question all along.
Posted in History
John Doyle joins us today to talk about the Civil Rights Movement and the long term effect it has had on the United States and its political culture.
Posted in Culture, History, Multiculturalism
Sir Antony Beevor is a British military historian. In his early life he served in the army, commanding a troop of tanks in the 11th Hussars in Germany before deciding in 1970 to leave the military and become a writer. He has published several popular historical works including the best-selling, Stalingrad (1998), Berlin: The Downfall 1945 (2002) and, most recently, Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921 (2022). His works have been translated into 35 languages and have sold over 8.5 million copies. Beevor has lectured at numerous military headquarters, staff colleges and establishments in Britain, the US, Europe and Australia.
Posted in Europe, History, Revolutions/Rebellions
In this episode we read from the Spring 1961 issue of True West magazine, in an article written by William C.X. Hancock and illustrated by B.J. McCausey. This story is about Alice Todd, who went to school in San Saba, TX, and lived near Fort Mason where Robert E. Lee was stationed. When the federal troops left, Buffalo Hump’s Comanches began a reign of terror on the settlers who remained on the western edge of Texas civilization.
Posted in Hidden History, History
Professors Gary Saul Morson (Northwestern U), Gabriella Safran (Stanford U) and Kenneth Moss (Johns Hopkins U) discuss aspects of Jewish culture surrounding the 1917 Russian Revolution. A program of YIVO at the Center for Jewish History in NYC.
Posted in History, The Virtual University
Kim Philby spent his entire life looking over his shoulder. After the Soviets recruited him as a young man, he managed to work his way up through the ranks to the highest levels of British Intelligence—all while feeding information to his handlers back in Moscow. Secrets, lies, and paranoia followed him everywhere he went, until his double life finally caught up to him. It sounds like a movie, but it was all real.
Posted in Espionage, Hidden History, History
