Germany

The Problem that makes all Europe Wonder – Picture Post, 1945

When Nordhausen concentration camp in Thuringia was liberated by the 104th US Infantry Division on April 12, 1945, the soldiers…

5 months ago

Dresden, 1945

Over 2 days in February 1945, 3,900 tons of explosives were dropped over Dresden. Thirteen square miles and 100,000+ civilians were…

2 years ago

What They Are Reading in Greece

Editorial: Iconic Photos has been first and foremost a history blog and here it looks back at millennia of messy…

13 years ago

Hyperinflation (1921 – 1923)

By its financial obduracy, Germany proves that it has exceedingly falling memory. While it is often said that the German…

13 years ago

The End of the Thousand-Year Reich

As the Second World War came to a close, a wave of suicides swept Berlin and other parts of Germany. Hitler…

13 years ago

Dora Concentration Camp by Walter Frentz, 1944

Walter Frentz, known as Hitler’s favorite photographer, was commissioned by Albert Speer, German Armaments Minister, to photograph and film rocket…

14 years ago

Signing the Armistice

On November 8th 1918, the German delegation crossed the frontlines to negotiate an armistice to end the First World War.…

14 years ago