Hitler's Evil Science

The first woman rabbi in the world, Regina Jonas, comes to light, courtesy of Rachel Weisz – who pla...

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the ea...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal...

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...

Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his m...

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitle...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during...

Sons, daughters and grandchildren of the greatest generation travel to England to uncover the histor...

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedit...

Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shap...

Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".