2017 is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing of his sensational Ninety-Five Theses to the doors of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. At the time, he was just an unimportant monk, but he had a tool that gave him untold popularity: the printing press. Join us on a journey back to the mysterious events that took place 500 years ago!
October 1998. In the last Cold War spy trial, three US citizens were convicted of working as agents for East Germany: Kurt Stand (“Junior”), his wife Theresa Squillacote (“Swan”), and James Clark (“the Professor”). The verdict ended their long careers as “Kundschafter”. Very few Americans sympathised with Communist East Germany. Spying for the country was unthinkable. Why did these three individuals believe they were fighting for a just cause?
Stalin’s death marked a unique historical turning point in the mid-20 th century. For the first time ever, Stalin’s last body double tells his incredible story.
FIFA World Cup 2014: All eyes are on Brazil – and on the legendary Maracanã, one of the largest stadiums in the world.
Racist campaigns around the world are increasingly associated with the term Aryans. But who were the Aryans really? A personal journey into the madness of racism.
This docudrama tells of the ‘unsung Schindler’ Otto Weidt. In the 1940s, the Berlin brush and broom manufacturer manages to keep his employees – most of them Jewish and most of them blind – from the clutches of the Nazis. When his secretary Alice Licht is deported to Auschwitz, Weidt, almost blind himself, embarks on a journey to free her.
In the final days of World War II, Altaussee in Austria was the scene of some dramatic events. The salt mines served as a huge repository for over 22,000 works of art stolen by the Nazis. As the Allied troops approached, the Nazis gave orders to blow the mines up. The destruction was prevented, but who rescued the thousands of paintings?
The docudrama discovers the truth behind the lies of Baron Munchausen – a colorful story of intrigues and adventures.
We show that a scientific investigation into “Shakespeare” continues to pose exciting questions and present the age of the Renaissance in a new light.
This is where Hitler planned his war and where it ended with his death in the bunker: The New Reich Chancellery in Berlin.
What resources were available to the Babylonian stargazers 2000 years ago? Astronomical calculations and scientific analyses bring us a little closer to the true core of the Christmas story.
