Historium Journal

History, examined beyond the frame.

Long-form reporting, research notes, and deeper context for the people and events explored in our films.

Published archive 4 matching articles

World War II

Hitler’s Private Footage: Eva Braun’s Camera and the Berghof Image

Eva Braun’s home movies show leisure inside Hitler’s circle. Archive records explain their origin, their silences and the dictatorship surrounding the frame.

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Description: Hitler’s Private Footage: Eva Braun’s Camera and the Berghof Image
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Eva Braun’s home movies show leisure inside Hitler’s circle. Archive records explain their origin, their silences and the dictatorship surrounding the frame.

World War II

Rudolf Höss: Commanding Auschwitz and Accounting for Its Crimes

Rudolf Höss helped build Auschwitz into a center of mass murder. His changing posts, postwar testimony and 1947 trial require careful distinctions.

EN5 min read
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Rudolf Höss helped build Auschwitz into a center of mass murder. His changing posts, postwar testimony and 1947 trial require careful distinctions.

European History

Sarajevo Safari: The Allegations and the Siege Behind Them

What do court records establish about the siege of Sarajevo, and what remains alleged about foreign visitors who reportedly paid to shoot civilians?

EN6 min read
Description: Sarajevo Safari: The Allegations and the Siege Behind Them
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What do court records establish about the siege of Sarajevo, and what remains alleged about foreign visitors who reportedly paid to shoot civilians?

Holocaust History

Stella Kübler: Coercion, Betrayal and Responsibility in Nazi Berlin

Stella Kübler helped the Gestapo find Jews in hiding. Her story demands attention to coercion, individual responsibility and the people she betrayed.

EN5 min read
Description: Stella Kübler: Coercion, Betrayal and Responsibility in Nazi Berlin
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Stella Kübler helped the Gestapo find Jews in hiding. Her story demands attention to coercion, individual responsibility and the people she betrayed.