May 1st 1929. In Berlin, the Social Democratic Chief of police Karl Zörgiebel imposes a ban on demonstrations for fear of unrest. The KPD still took to the streets, and bloody clashes with the...

Franz von Papen died on May 2nd 1969. In 1925 von Papen, against the will of his party, the “Center”, supports the election of Paul von Hindenburg as German President. In 1932 Hindenburg at the...

On May 3rd 1968 student riots in Paris escalate and spread into the province. The revolt had begun in March when several hundred students occupied the University of Nanterre. Now demonstrations...

On May 4th 1980 Josip Broz Tito dies. During the 2nd World War, Tito gains a reputation as a legendary partisan leader. From 1942 on his units provided permanent resistance, and kept strong...

On May 5th 1977 Ludwig Erhard dies. After the 2nd World War, the economic specialist first becomes adviser to the American military authorities in Nuremberg. In 1948, he prepares the West German...

May 7th 1945: Meeting of the German Wehrmacht and the Allied High Command at General Eisenhower's headquarters in Reims. A historic day. Colonel General Alfred Jodl in the presence of the...

May 8th 1945 - At Trafalgar Square in London, hundreds of thousands of Britons celebrate the end of World War II. The wide relief is understandable; Great Britain had to bear much of the burden of...

Largely destroyed by a bomb attack in 1943, the church ruin at Breitscheidplatz, was popularly known in the postwar years as "Hollow Tooth", a symbol of the city of Berlin, risen from the ruins. ...

May 10th 1940: The beginning of Hitler's western campaign. After a successful blitzkrieg against Poland, the invasion of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands was the prelude to his last great...

During the 1950’s reign of Juan and Evita Peron, Argentina becomes an important refuge for Nazi criminals in Latin America. This is no accident, as the Perons are closely affiliated with the...