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'Russia has greatly underestimated the Ukrainian people'
Oxana Shevel is an associate professor of political science at Tufts University who specialises in the study of former Soviet states. She says the Russian army has proven not to be the mighty force… Audio
A belated investigation into a skifield founder's Nazi past
Most of the media stories on Willi Huber focused on his work founding the Mt Hutt skifield. This month, North & South finally unravelled the other central event of Huber's life: his role in one of the… Audio
A belated investigation into a skifield founder's Nazi past
Most of the media stories on Willi Huber focused on his work founding the Mt Hutt skifield. This month, North & South finally unravelled the other central event of Huber's life: his role in one of the…
AudioTaranto to Trieste - following the 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy
Italy-based Jennifer Mallinson began to wonder what happened to the 14,000 New Zealand soldiers who arrived in Italy in 1944 and spent 20 months fighting in Italy's mountainous areas. Her book From… Audio
Story of the day for 11 February 2019
The auction of Hitler (or what's thought to be Hitler artworks), well, the five paintings have failed to sell at auction in Nuremburg on Saturday. Audio
How much should morality be spliced with art?
Can a beautiful water colour, stand on its own terms if it was painted by a person responsible for acts of utter evil ? Audio
Paul Ham: 'Hitler would have millions of adherents today'
Until Germany's humiliating World War I defeat ignited his political ambitions and nationalistic hatred, Adolf Hitler was more a 'reject' than a monster, says Australian historian Paul Ham. Audio
Robert Harris: Chamberlain wasn't 'completely naïve'
Robert Harris set his first alternative history novel in a world in which Hitler had won WWII. In his latest novel Munich, he re-examines the 1938 Munich Agreement between Hitler and British Prime… Audio
The incredible sabotage that stopped Hitler from building a nuke
Hunting Hitler's Nukes describes the 10-man Mission-Impossible-style night attack on the Nazi’s nuclear program involving skiing commandos and a 600 foot climb to sabotage an isolated Norwegian… Audio
David Goldblatt: the Olympics - then and now
Kim Hill talks to David Goldblatt, one of the world's most celebrated sportswriters, about his new book The Games: A Global History of the Olympics. Audio
Bruce Gladwin: audiences and disability
Artistic director of Back to Back Theatre, an Australian company driven by an ensemble of actors perceived to have intellectual disabilities. Its award-winning shows have toured to over 70 cities in… Audio
70th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's death
We've heard from one of our listeners today who says his cousin was one of the first officers to enter the bunker where Hitler had killed himself. Sebastian Wilberforce is on the line. Audio