The May sun beats down on Jozef Gabcik. For over an hour, the 30-year-old Czechoslovak has been waiting impatiently at a tram stop in the Prague suburb of Libeň. The morning heat is so intense that ...

“We have the best food, the best weapons, and the best fighting spirit. By God, I almost feel sorry for the poor bastards who have to face us!” George S. Patton pauses briefly as the cheers subside.

She has fascinated history enthusiasts for centuries. Known for her beauty, ingenuity, and relationship with King Henry II, the Duchess of Valentinois, Diane de Poitiers, has been the subject of ...

The Roaring Twenties refers to the 1920s, a decade of cultural and social vitality, particularly in France. The term reflects the effervescence and optimism that followed World War I, characterized by ...

Thousands of women - schoolteachers, secretaries, nurses and camp guards - played a more or less active role in the Holocaust in the Eastern territories. A little-known facet of history. In the ...

It is perhaps the largest mass grave of its kind ever found in Europe, south of Germany: the skeletons of over 650 individuals, probably victims of a resurgence of the Black Death in the first half of ...

55 percent of individuals in the US celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday, which is higher than in many European countries. Today, around 63 percent of the entire United States’ population (332 ...

Befana is usually depicted as a witch flying on a broomstick, wearing a black shawl and covered in soot because she enters children's homes through the chimney. In many poorer parts of Italy, ...

The Christmas season in Romania begins on December 6, on Saint Nicholas’s day, and ends on January 7, with the celebration of Saint John. Despite the Orthodox population, they celebrate Christmas on ...

85% of Ukrainians are Christians, and 72% of them are Orthodox. However, Ukrainians now observe Christmas Day as a public holiday on December 25. A 40-day fast, beginning on November 15 and ending on ...