Surviving forced labour in wartime Berlin
Ian Buruma’s account of his father’s years in a German factory accounts department is moving but limited in scope
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Richard J Evans is regius professor emeritus of history at the University of Cambridge. His books include Hitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich (Allen Lane).
Ian Buruma’s account of his father’s years in a German factory accounts department is moving but limited in scope
By Richard J Evans
Rishi Sunak has rejected the idea that Britain will be censured by posterity. Yet history is not a moral…
By Richard J Evans
Elizabeth II’s legacy and example will endure. But the certainty she provided has gone.
By Richard J Evans
Johnson leaves behind a constitution in tatters, a culture at war with itself, and a country that has become…
By Richard J Evans
In her new book Rule, Nostalgia, Hannah Rose Woods explores how illusory and contested golden ages have haunted Britain…
By Richard J Evans
New works by the journalists Tina Brown and Robert Hardman question whether the monarchy can survive without radical reform.
By Richard J Evans
The Russian president is a prisoner of his own delusions – and the similarities with Hitler are hard to…
By Richard J Evans
The Russian president is a prisoner of his own deadly misconceptions – and the echoes of Hitler are hard…
By Richard J Evans
A new Netflix film, based on Robert Harris’s novel, attempts to rehabilitate the former prime minister – but his…
By Richard J Evans