Third Reich

The Nazi Suicides: Beyond Hitler and Braun, a Regime in Defeat

By Eliza Berman

World War II in Color: The Italian Campaign and the Road to Rome

By Ben Cosgrove

Remembering 'The Few': Photos of the RAF Pilots Who Saved England

By Ben Cosgrove

Before and After D-Day: Color Photos From England and France

By Ben Cosgrove
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'Day of German Art': Nazi Propaganda and the Hyping of 'Aryan' Culture

Color photos from "A Day of German Art," a kind of Aryan-inflected kickoff for the Third Reich's annual Great German Art Exhibition

By Ben Cosgrove

Behind the Picture: Joe Demler, WWII's 'Human Skeleton'

Joe Demler was 19 years old and weighed just 70 pounds when LIFE's John Florea took his picture in a notorious German POW camp in 1945

By Ben Cosgrove

George Washington Was 'the First Fascist,' and Other American Nazi Drivel

A 1937 photograph of American Nazis proudly marching beneath swastika flags is a reminder that well into the late 1930s, many Americans were fervent supporters of the Third Reich.

By Ben Cosgrove

World War II: London in Color

LIFE.com presents color photos taken in London during World War II, in tribute to the spirit of Britons who would not be cowed.

By Ben Cosgrove

The Third Reich's Myth-Making Machinery, in Color

A look back at the aesthetics of the Third Reich's propaganda machinery, with color photos made by Hitler's personal photographer

By Ben Cosgrove

Recovering Cultural Treasures Stolen by the Nazis: A Portrait of the Real 'Monuments Men'

A photo from April 1945 depicts American soldiers loading recovered paintings and sculptures -- reportedly stolen by Hermann Goering himself -- into a truck, in hopes they might be returned to their rightful owners.

By Ben Cosgrove

50 Children: An American Couple's Mission to Save Kids From the Third Reich

Steven Pressman's new book, '50 Children,' broadens and deepens the extraordinary tale that the author brought to light in his acclaimed 2013 documentary of the same name. Here's an excerpt.

By Ben Cosgrove

Hitler at 50: Color Photos From a Despot's Garish Birthday Bash

Rare color pictures from the over-the-top celebrations that marked Hitler's 50th birthday (April 20, 1939), as well as some of the obscenely gaudy gifts bestowed on the German leader by his peers and sycophants.

By Liz Ronk

Anne Frank's Friends: Photos of the Girls Who Lived

Seven decades after Anne Frank's family went into hiding, LIFE commemorates a young girl's unconquerable spirit -- and the lives of the friends (above, with Anne in 1937) who survived.

By Ben Cosgrove

Photos From a Nazi Christmas Party

Pictures, by Adolf Hitler's personal photographer, from a Christmas party thrown by Hitler for high-ranking members of the Nazi Party.

By TIME Staff

Adoring Hitler: Color Photos of a Tyrant Among the Crowds

Color photos made by Hugo Jaeger, Adolf Hitler's personal photographer, testify to the often-frenzied response that the Nazi Führer elicited from citizens of Germany's 'Thousand Year Reich'

By Ben Cosgrove

The Brink of Oblivion: Color Photos From Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939-1940

Haunting color photographs made by Adolf Hitler's personal photographer, Hugo Jaeger, in the ghettos of Warsaw and the smaller Polish city of Kutno in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1939 and 1940.

By Ben Cosgrove

Germany Surrenders at Reims, May 7, 1945: A Photographer's Story

LIFE's Ralph Morse was one of the few photographers present at Allied headquarters in France when Germany surrendered in May 1945. Here, he recalls what it was like to witness, and document, history.

By Ben Cosgrove

Down, Not Out, in London: LIFE in the Underground, 1940

On the 150th anniversary of the opening of the London Underground, LIFE celebrates the Tube's (and London's) finest hour, when a nation refused to surrender to the terror unleashed by the Reich.

By Ben Cosgrove
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