On August 3, 2014, fighters of the jihadist terrorist militia Islamic State attacked the main settlement area of the Yazidis around the Sinjar Mountains in northern Iraqi-Kurdistan. This day represents the prelude to the most atrocious war crimes and an incipient...
For a long time, the "Humboldt House" in Aachen was named after the revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara; until the 1990s it was called Che House.
The assassination attempt of July 20, 1944 was the most significant attempted overthrow of the military resistance during the Nazi era.
Heute vor 37 Jahren fand das bis dahin größte Rock Konzert der Geschichte statt. Insgesamt wurden dabei etwa 150 Millionen Pfund an Spenden für die Hungersnot in Äthiopien gesammelt. Die Verteilung der Spenden und die Organisation des Auftrittes wurden häufig kritisiert.
On this day 90 years ago, the end of German reparations payments after the First World War was decided. Many of you may remember the Treaty of Versailles from history classes, where it is often portrayed as decidedly harsh and one of the reasons for the fall of the...