atrocities

Everyone who was anyone in Russia was spied on – including Stalin

7 June 2025 9:00 am

In 1972,Vasili Mitrokhin oversaw the transfer of thousands of documents in the KGB archives and secretly noted the atrocities they revealed - though Stalin’s file was mysteriously empty

Orphans of war: Once the Deed is Done, by Rachel Seiffert, reviewed

3 May 2025 9:00 am

Interlinked stories of displaced children in Germany in 1945 capture this devastating moment in history. But amid the pain and trauma there is hope and resilience, too

Would Turkey exist as a nation if it hadn’t annihilated its Christians?

4 May 2019 9:00 am

Turkey greets you with a chilly blue eye, a flared eyebrow, a cliff-like cheekbone. The face of the republic’s founder…