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 3 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.

EN5 min read
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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
Description: Rudolf Höss: Commanding Auschwitz and Accounting for Its Crimes
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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.

World War II

Switzerland and Nazi Germany: Neutrality, Trade and Refugees

Switzerland remained neutral while trading with Nazi Germany and restricting refugee entry. The Bergier inquiry and archival records examine the economic choices and human costs behind that neutrality.

EN11 min read
Description: Switzerland and Nazi Germany: Neutrality, Trade and Refugees
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Switzerland remained neutral while trading with Nazi Germany and restricting refugee entry. The Bergier inquiry and archival records examine the economic choices and human costs behind that neutrality.