An entire generation of Britons came to recognise his voice, to know his rallying cry. They listened but they never believed, they came to despise and hate him, and they rejoiced when he died.
How the photomontage art of John Heartfield, a contemporary and friend of Brecht, warned the world of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. In the fight against sophisticated Nazi propaganda, Heartfield showed the Nazi regime in its true light.
Radio made Marconi a wealthy man, but the commercial development of his invention was bedeviled by disputes with rivals, both technical and commercial. An insider-dealing scandal in Marconi shares nearly brought down the British government in 1912.
A few years ago the global public discovered a dark secret about German author Gunter Grass. Is he a dishonest hypocrite or still a voice for social justice?
Mussolini was a fascist Italian leader who stood alongside Hitler during WWII. Learn about how an unruly child grew to be a powerful yet unsuccesful dictator who brought persecution and division to Europe during this period, but even more so to his own country.
