The ‘Twenty Minuters’, a term made famous in Britain by the comedy series Black Adder, was nothing to laugh about. The phrase was first coined, probably in April 1917,…
On Friday April 7th, 1933, a farm worker named Mathias Hummel stumbled across a shoe attached to an ankle sticking from the ground in a small wood some twenty miles…
On 26 February, 1933, as the Weimar Republic entered its final days and Hitler was on the verge of seizing absolute power in Germany, Hanussen held an opening night gala…
These were compiled by historian Colonel D. G. Swinford, USMC, retired. Many thanks to my US friend Robb Lamb for forwarding them to me. 1. The first German serviceman killed in…
Eric Jan Hanussen was a magician, clairvoyant, astrologer, illusionist, hypnotist, opportunist and charlatan. A multimillionaire businessman, he became Hitler’s personal Svengali, coaching him in showmanship, teaching him to hypnotise the…