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Hitler's last gamble
Published Nov 12, 2015
Military historian Antony Beevor details one of WWII's bloodiest battles, the Battle of the Bulge
A different world
Unified Germany, 25 years later
Published Oct 1, 2015
AICGS publishes commentary from scholars, experts on 25th anniversary of Germany's reunification
Germany's post-WWII reconciliation
Published July 1, 2015
A closer look at Germany's compensation programs, which started in the 1950s and will continue for the foreseeable future
From ashes to amity
Published Summer 2015
After World War II, Germany faced the need to reconcile with its enemies. Other nations could learn from how it did so. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Book prize finalist
Published Feb 20, 2015
JHU's Francois Furstenberg among four finalist for award given annually to best new book on early U.S. history
Nightmare fuel
Krampus is coming to town
Published Dec 11, 2014
Hairy, scary mythological beast of European folklore becomes symbol of winter revelry / The Baltimore Sun
Alternate history lesson
Published Oct 10, 2014
Director Oliver Stone, historian Peter Kuznick visit Homewood campus to discuss 'Untold History'
Play it again
'Ode' rediscovered
Published Sept 12, 2014
82 years later, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to perform long-lost patriotic song
Books
French in Philadelphia
Published July-Aug 2014
JHU history professor's book shows how five French expats shaped 18th-century America / Gazette
Q+A
A tale of two journeys
Published May 14, 2014
In 'Alex's Wake,' author Martin Goldsmith retraces his family's final footsteps