AI-generated summary
Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg lag Warschau in Trümmern, insbesondere das Gebiet des ehemaligen Ghettos, das von den Nationalsozialisten zerstört worden war.
Andrea Löw leitet das Zentrum für Holocaust-Studien am Institut für Zeitgeschichte in München. Markus Roth ist Historiker am Fritz Bauer Institut zur Geschichte und Wirkung des Holocaust in Frankfurt am Main.
Warschau im September 1946: Polens Hauptstadt liegt in Schutt und Asche. Mehr als 80 Prozent der Gebäude sind zerstört, im Norden, wo sich das von den Nationalsozialisten errichtete Ghetto befand, ist es besonders schlimm. Während in anderen Vierteln der Wiederaufbau im Gange ist, gibt es dort kaum noch Gebäudereste, die als Fundament dienen könnten. Doch in dieser Trümmerwüste liegt ein historischer Schatz.
In his new book, private researcher Harald Sandner casts doubt on the official suicide theory in the death of Geli Raubal and names Adolf Hitler as the main suspect, based on alleged manipulations in the 1931 police report and new forensic evidence.
In the Chicago Republican primary on April 10, 1928, the Chicago Outfit under Al Capone used bombings to support Mayor William Thompson's candidates. Despite the violence, the reformers led by Charles S. Deneen won the election, but Thompson did not resign and remained in office until 1931.
Historian Hubert Wolf explains that the Inquisition was originally introduced as an investigative process to verify accusations, not as an instrument of blind violence. He emphasizes their historical progress compared to arbitrary courts, but at the same time criticizes their later degeneration through torture and political instrumentalization. The documentary “The Inquisition” starts on September 22nd on Arte.

An experiment conducted in 1950 by the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research asked 1,600 Germans about their attitudes towards National Socialism. Because of the anti-Semitic and racist continuities revealed, Theodor Adorno kept the results under wraps.
The article describes the history of Greater Zimbabwe, from the erroneous interpretations by European explorers such as Karl Mauch in the 19th century, to the plundering excavations of colonial companies, to the scientific recognition of the African origins and the symbolic meaning of the ruins for independent Zimbabwe, with the eight soapstone birds becoming the national emblem.
Historian Holle Meding sheds light on the German prehistory of Colonia Dignidad. In 1956, Paul Schäfer founded a youth home in Lohmar-Heide near Siegburg, which was seen as a role model, while abuse and isolation continued in the background before Schäfer fled to Chile.