On September 1, 1939 in Stockholm, tickets for premiere screenings of films were sold on the trunk in Rigoletto - the American film Fury directed by Fritz Lang with Sylvia Sydney and Spencer Tracy in the main roles was screened, in Dramaten the autumn repertoire was launched with the premiere screen
Fabergé eggs are the most expensive Easter eggs in the world. Only a few dozen of them were created. Each of them is worth from several hundred thousand to even one hundred million dollars. The famous Easter eggs were produced in the studio of the legendary Carl Fabergé, the tsarist jeweler, desig
In 1918-1919, the Bolsheviks brutally murdered not only Nicholas II, his wife Aleksandra and their five children, but also 11 other family members. To this day, the burial place of 10 of them remains unknown. The Romanovs began to lose their sense of security immediately after the abdication of Ni
When the communists took power in China, their alliance with the USSR seemed to be the most natural thing in the world. However, relations between the red powers did not go as expected. Mainly because Stalin was not at all happy with the victory of his brother party. Mao strove for a long time t
At the end of the 19th century, Joseph Stalin spent five years studying at the seminary in Tiflis. Did the bloody dictator really want to become a clergyman? Did the man who had thousands of popes and the destruction of the Russian Church on his conscience dreamed of becoming an Orthodox bishop? Or
Soviet labor camps. A real hell on earth through which tens of millions of unfortunates have passed. It would seem that in the inhumane conditions that prevailed there, some rebellions should break out every now and then. None of these things! During Stalins lifetime, the prisoners rioted Inde
Without this brilliant speaker and master of political propaganda, Hitler would have had a much harder time starting the Second World War. What was Goebbels like in private, who persistently poisoned the hearts and minds of the Germans with the virus of Nazism? Christopher Macht tries to answer this
Adolf Hitler had many secrets. Could one of them be ... the illegitimate son? And if so, what would he tell today about his fathers private life, his tastes, fears and dark past? In the book The Confession of Hitlers Son, Christopher Macht reveals the secret ... So let me ask you this for the f
In the case of mere mortals, smoking or alcoholism only causes problems for themselves or their families. But when addiction reaches a ruler, it affects the present and the future of the entire country! Although there is no conditional clause in history, it can be said that if it were not for alcoho
One slightly damaged Japanese carrier was left at the shipyard and missed during the great naval engagement known today as the Battle of Midway. The Japanese lost this battle, which allowed the Americans to go on the offensive and defeat Japan in 1945. One accurately dropped torpedo immobilized the
A few months after leaving Auschwitz, Josef Mengele, fleeing west, joined a motorized field hospital. The unit hid in the no-mans zone, between the allied armies. Eventually the Americans intercepted her ... but soon the Angel of Death was at liberty again. How is that possible? Somehow Mengele
She escaped from Vienna under a changed name, starting a new life in the heart of the Third Reich. A relationship with a member of the NSDAP gave her peace of mind. But is it safe when every lapse can make the difference between life and death? Edith Hahn was a young, independent law student whe
What is it like to be a child of a criminal who killed millions of people? How to live with a surname that is synonymous with the worst evil? Can you love an executioner? Gerald Posner in his book Children of Hitler tries to find answers to these questions by giving the floor to the sons and daughte
He considered himself a German almost from birth. However, the law did not support him for a long time - he was born a subject of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. And although he lived in his adopted country before World War I, he had to wait many years for citizenship. How did he get them in the end?
If you believe the version presented in Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler decided to become an artist at the age of 12. Pampered by his adoring widowed mother, he was sure he would become a famous painter in the future. In 1905, he left school to pursue his dreams. Two years later he went to Vienna to en
Hitler was well aware that the environment and everyday things have the power to shape thoughts. Toys, radio and even a gesture of greeting - anything could become a channel for smuggling ideology. This is what the Third Reich looked like in 100 items. Figures resembling Hitler were the dream of
A dark, neatly trimmed mustache next to the fringe and a swastika band on the arm were the hallmarks of the Fuhrer. Their care, however, required a lot of time and appropriate tools. How did Hitler deal with it? In 1923, Ernst Putzi Hanfstaengl, Hitlers friend and confidant, tried to convince hi
Massive campaign from two decades ago. Resentful students. Death threats. Arrest for an attempted assassination. You probably havent heard of these scandals with the images of Muhammad. Even though they got a lot of publicity. Almost all media in Poland informed about the biggest scandals relate
Indescribable joy or ... depression. Indifference, a sense of emptiness, and even deep despair. The suicide of Adolf Hitler triggered extreme emotions in the inhabitants of our continent. What about the rule of Europe in a war-ruined Europe? There were also those that expressed their condolences to
We know for sure that he did not suck anti-Semitism through his mothers milk. Did he hate the Jews because he was not admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts? Did he succumb to his schoolmates who were pissing for Jews? Or maybe he was blinded by the peror of political mentors? When did the leader of t
With the participation of 16 distinguished scholars, historians and researchers, this year, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the destruction of Asia Minor, the 6th Scientific Symposium of the Center for Research and Study of Asia Minor Eritrea (K.E.M. .M.E.) of the Municipality of Kifissi
Every time that from Spain, for some reason or another, the question of sovereignty over Gibraltar is raised, from the other side of the Strait, as if produced by an echo, the claims of Morocco over Ceuta and Melilla arrive. Regardless of who they should or should belong to today, Im not going to go
A problem that has always been with us is the amount of garbage we generate, its removal, storage and destruction or recycling. Well, this problem already had it in the cities of Antiquity. Even with the revolutionary sewage network that turned the Tiber into a river sewer and laws that prohibited d
As you already know that I like time travel, I suggest you travel to the deserts, rivers, jungles, steppes and plains of Asia, which housed some of the most representative civilizations in all of history, to visit 6 castles in ruins. Okay, okay, I know that to see these castles you dont need to trav