Historians/History

What’s Happened to Historians?

by Robert Weible

And what can we do about that?

“WOW, Auschwitz Had a Pharmacist?!”

by Patricia Posner

An interview with Patricia Posner, author of “The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story.”

We Thought Diplomacy Couldn’t End the War in the Pacific. But We Dropped the Bomb before We Found Out for Sure.

by Peter Van Buren

The lesson we need to learn for 2017.

The One Place in Japan Where World War 2 Isn’t Forgotten

by Peter Van Buren

And still, even there, Japan cannot fully come to terms with the war.

One of Hollywood’s Leading Directors Made a Documentary about a WW2 Fighter Aircraft. But the Air Force Refused to Release It.

by Robert Huddleston

This is the backstory.

Bellevue: “America’s Most Storied Hospital” – An Interview with David Oshinsky

by Robin Lindley

The complicated history of this venerable public hospital from its humble 18th century beginnings through the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

FDR and His Houseboat: Another President in Florida

by Karen Chase and Kathryn Smith

A roundtable by the authors of 2 new books about FDR.

Exactly One Year Before His Death Martin Luther King Denounced the War in Vietnam

by Arica L. Coleman

Even friends chastised him, but King felt morally bound to do it. A Buddhist monk was one reason why.

America Changed Dramatically 100 Years Ago. It Was because of this War.

by Jeanne Petit

World War 1 made America a fairer place for people descended from immigrants and slaves.

The Nazi Diary that Took 12 Years to Track Down and Be Published

by Robert Wittman

It’s the diary of Alfred Rosenberg, one of Hitler’s closest and most loyal aides.

A New Documentary About Mississippi in the 60s Suddenly Seems Frighteningly of the Moment

by William Minter and Michael Honey

It’s called “Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi” and civil rights activists say it’s required viewing.

100 Years After the US Got Involved in World War 1 It’s Time to Acknowledge Why

by Robert E. Hannigan

It was to ensure that the United States became one of the world’s great powers.

All We Had of this Black Hero Soldier Was a Picture, and then Something Else Turned Up

by Ed Hooper

It was his Medal of Honor.

Why It's Time to Get to Know the Black Civil Rights Activist James Lawson: An Interview with Michael K. Honey

by Robin Lindley

Professor Honey has directed and co-produced a film with award-winning filmmaker Errol Webber,  "Love and Solidarity: Rev. James Lawson and Nonviolence in the Search for Workers Rights."

The Awful Relevance of Photographs from Franco’s Fascist Takeover in the 1930s

by Marc Aronson

Two writers doing a book about the photographs couldn’t help but think about events today.

The Italian Soldier Who Saved Hemingway’s Life

by James McGrath Morris

No one knows his name. Until now no one cared to find it.

On April 6 We’ll Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Declaration of War Against Germany

by Robert Huddleston

Let’s by all means remember that war – and learn one lesson.

Three Times When We Blundered into War

by David R. Contosta

Why it’s necessary to remember where and when we went wrong before.

The Red Scare: A Grandparents’ Story that Seems All-too-Relevant in the Age of Trump

by Jeremy Stern

My grandparents fled Tsarist Russia to escape persecution for their ideas and their Judaism. They found a far freer nation ‒ but also reminders that freedom is not always secure, even in America.

The Case for Slavery Reparations Rests on a False Assumption

by Robert E. Wright

The assumption is that slavery enriched the country. It actually impoverished America.