On February 19, 1942, two months after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which Laurence Rees describes as “one...
2 days ago

Laurence Rees of the BBC launches new book The Nazi Mind at LSE with the Department of International History.
1 week ago

The signs are good. Ukraine's leader is avoiding the mistakes of the second world war – while Putin shows every sign of repeating them,...
23 months ago

What makes this nuanced 'new history' stand out is its use of unpublished interviews with eyewitnesses.
95 months ago

The Holocaust: A New History offers a new major treatment of the Holocaust that traces the atrocities in their entirety from their origins to their horrifying...
90 months ago

This curated three-part virtual lecture series from the acclaimed historian and broadcaster Laurence Rees offers an expert overview of the Holocaust.
18 months ago

Rob Attar speaks to historian Laurence Rees about his book The Holocaust, which features his interviews with Nazis who committed atrocities, as well as Jewish...
27 months ago

Viking has acquired author Laurence Rees' new book The Nazi Mind, a narrative history of what made Nazi leaders and their supporters take the actions they did.
13 months ago

Historian and broadcaster Laurence Rees explains major moments of the global conflict in this five-part series.
20 months ago

Adolf Hitler's charisma is well-known but what can it tell us about the appeal of modern autocrats, asks Laurence Rees.
146 months ago