In November 1847, the Pozsony Diet was opened by the emperor of the Austrian empire: Ferdinand. At that time, no one could have imagined this would be the last feudal Diet in Hungarian history. That ...

1: D. When “Jingle Bells” was first published in September 1857, it was originally considered a drinking song. Yuletide revelers would clink their drinking glasses to mimic sleighbells. Its lyrics ...

During the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of German (and Italian) PoWs were shipped to the United Kingdom and even ...

A journey into Hitler’s hidden forest headquarters in Poland, where key World War II campaigns were directed and the legacy of Nazi power and violence lingers.

A German mother sheltered three lost American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge—and did the same for German soldiers hours later.

We hear them from one Yuletide after another, the sounds of the season we’ve known and loved for decades. Just how much do ...