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OBERSALZBERG, Germany — The champagne had been chilling for days, the alpine air was crisp and clean, and the most powerful man in Europe was moments away from offering his personal blessing. But beneath the veneer of Nazi luxury and the high-pitched laughter echoing across the Bavarian peaks, a sinister undercurrent of lust for power, … Read more

They were the women who had had it all: the wives and mistresses of Nazi Germany’s leaders. They had lived gilded, luxurious lives at the expense of the state, being used as symbols for perfect German womanhood, and often wielded considerable influence and power behind the scenes. So what happened to them and their children … Read more

The final guns of World War II fell silent in Europe in May 1945, but for the women who had married into the highest echelons of the Nazi regime, the conflict was far from over. As the Allied forces closed in and the Third Reich crumbled into ashes, the wives of history’s most monstrous war … Read more

The echo of Reinhard Heydrich’s crimes did not fade with his assassination in 1942, nor did the silence of his family shield them from the relentless verdict of history. As the Third Reich crumbled in 1945, his widow Lina and their children were stripped of their estate, their prestige, and their place in a world … Read more

For the past quarter-century, one of the greatest joys of serving as the executive editor of True West magazine has been discovering local historians who dedicate themselves to research and unearth small gems we never knew existed. And I must tell you that today, we have one of those truly remarkable stories to share, because … Read more

The Outlaw Burt Alvord: From Arizona to the Amazon On September 10th, 1899, Constable Burt Alvord led a posse out of Willcox, Arizona, in pursuit of train robbers. Not really all that unheard of back in the Old West, right? Especially in a place like Arizona Territory, where the problem with train hold-ups had become … Read more