2024
The Butcher of Lyon–Klaus Barbie–November 2, 2024
The Strangest Battles of World War II–Operation Cowboy and Battle of Castle Itter–October 16, 2024
Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo–Operation Chattanooga Choo Choo—September 21, 2024
Rendezvous With the Gestapo–August 31, 2024
Paris or London?—August 10, 2024
Queen Bess–The story of Bessie Coleman–July 20, 2024
Idle Women–Inland Waterway Women during WWII–June 29, 2024
The Georgian Gestapo–June 8, 2024
The Double Cross System–80th Anniversary of D-Day–June 2, 2024
Charles Marville and le Vieux Paris–May 18, 2024
The Grey Ghost—RMS Queen Mary Troop Transport–April 27, 2024
Jacques the Ripper–Serial Killer Marcel Petiot–April 6, 2024
The Harriman Committee—Creating The Marshall Plan-–March 16, 2024
The de Facto Traitor—Princess Helena of Denmark–February 24, 2024
Plan Dog—Adm. Harold Stark Memorandum to FDR–February 13, 2024
No 30 Commando–Ian Fleming–January 27, 2024
Meyer’s Bugle—Hermann Göring–January 13, 2024
2023
The Red Tails—The Tuskegee Airmen—December 30, 2023
Logistics Genius—General Lucius Clay–December 16, 2023
New Forest Airfields—December 2, 2023
The Tartan Pimpernel–The story of Rev. Dr. Donald Caskie–November 18, 2023
Valkoinen Kuolema – The story of Simo Häyhä–November 4, 2023
Operation Bernhard“-Nazi Counterfeiting of the British Pound Note–October 21, 2023
Find Johnny Nicholas!–October 7, 2023
The British Kardashian Sisters–The Mitford Sisters–September 23, 2023
Avenue Boche—Paris avenue Foch during Nazi Occupation—September 9, 2023
Something Must Be Done–The story of Suzanne Spaak–August 26, 2023
The Sussex Plan and Three Very Brave Women–August 12, 2023
The Rochambelles–WWII Women Ambulance Drivers–July 29, 2023
Rudi and His Deal With the Devil–July 15, 2023
Mulberry Harbor and the Delta Works—D-Day Temporary Harbors–July 1, 2023
Don’t Read This—The story of Franya Winter–June 17, 2023
Desktop Murderer & British Agent–The story of Horst Kopkow–June 3, 2023
The Marvelous Madame Hamelin—The story of Fortunée Hamelin–May 20, 2023
Two Footballers and a War—Asbjørn Halvorsen and Otto Fritz Harder–May 6, 2023
May 5, 1945—Liberation Day–May 5, 2023
The Missing Emperor—Napoléon III and the Modernization of Paris–April 22, 2023
The Ciano Diaries”—The story of Count Galeazzo Ciano–April 8, 2023
The Beautiful Enigma —The story of Vera von Schaumburg–March 25, 2023
Queen Wilhelmina & Audrey Hepburn—March 11, 2023
Powerful Images—February 25, 2023
Cynthia: World War II Mata Hari–February 11, 2023
Ten Gifts of the White Bus Rescue–Guest Blog–Dr. Roger Ritvo–January 28, 2023
The Petticoat Panel–January 14, 2023
2022
The Bravest Traitor–The story of John Amery–December 31, 2022
Five Surprising Things I Learned While Researching My World War II Novel–Guest Blog by John Winn Miller–December 17, 2022
James Bond’s Lover–December 3, 2022
Les Bleus, Le Collabo et L’Exécution–World Cup 1930 and Alexandre Villaplane–November 19, 2022
We’ll Meet Again–The story of Stephen J. Weiss–November 5 , 2022T
The Ghost Army–October 22, 2022
British Mandate–October 8, 2022
Biggin Hill–RAF Biggin Hill–September 24, 2022
The Ritchie Boys–September 10, 2022
Prince, King, and … Traitor?–The Duke and Duchess of Windsor–September 1, 2022
Stew and Sandy’s Summer Vacation in the UK–August 13, 2022
Blonde Poison–The story of Stella Goldschlag-Kübler–July 30, 2022
Stew and Sandy’s Summer Vacation in Paris–July 16, 2022
KZ Illustrators: Haunted Art–July 2, 2022
Lady Death–Women Soviet Snipers in WWII–June 18, 2022
Stanley’s Century–Celebrating Stanley Booker’s 100th Birthday–June 4, 2022
Luck Runs Out–T/Sgt George Smith Shot Down Over France 1943–May 21, 2022
Possum–Possum Escape Line, Dominique Edgard Potier–May 7, 2022
May 5, 1945–Liberation Day–May 5, 2022
Murder by Willful Neglect–Velpke Children’s Home and Rühen Home–April 23, 2022
The Marcel Network–The story Moussa and Odette Abadi saving 527 Jewish children–April 9, 2022
An (extra)Ordinary Holocaust Story of Survival–Guest Blog by Dr. Marianne Golding–March 26, 2022
Miss Mary: The Irish Oskar Schindler–Guest Blog by Bernard S. Wilson–March 12, 2022
The S-Bahn Serial Killer–The story of Paul Ogorzow–February 26, 2022
The Argentina Papers–Adolf Eichmann–February 12, 2022
Available Now! Where Did They Put The Gestapo Headquarters? Volume One–February 5, 2022
Cour des Miracles–January 29, 2022
Fashion or Resistance?–The story of Catherine Dior–January 15, 2022
Mr. Kennedy and FDR–FDR and His Wartime Ambassadors–January 1, 2022
2021
Salon Kitty–The story of Katherine Schmidt aka Salon Kitty in Nazi Berlin–December 18, 2021
Dalai Lama & The Nazis–December 4, 2021
The Stinky Middle Ages—November 20, 2021
Hot Stuff—B-24 Heavy Bombers–November 6, 2021
The Night Witches–Women Soviet Bomber Pilots–October 23, 2021
Paris History Museums—My favorites to visit–October 9, 2021
OB West–Saint-Germain-en-Laye, German Commander-in-Chief in the West–September 25, 2021
An African-American in Paris—The story of Josephine Baker–September 11, 2021
The Wise Men—The story of John J. McCloy–August 28, 2021
He Led From the Front—The story of Major General Maurice Rose–August 14, 2021
Hitler’s Blueprint—Germany’s Genocide in Namibia–July 31, 2021
Ghetto Girls–The Jewish Women Resistance Fighters of the Polish Ghettos–July 17, 2021
Camp King–The story of Reinhard Gehlen–July 3, 2021
SS City of Benares–British evacuee ship sunk by German submarine U-48–June 19, 2021
Professor Dr. Six–Operation Sea Lion–German Invasion Plans for the United Kingdom–June 5, 2021
The Theft of the Mona Lisa—The story of Louis Lépine–May 22, 2021
Diplomatic Lessons and Warning Signs—European Events leading to WWII–May 8, 2021
May 5, 1945–Liberation Day–May 5, 2021
Heavy Water—Stopping Hitler’s Atomic Bomb Plans-– April 24, 2021
The Children Who Survived—April 10, 2021
Escape Lines—March 27, 2021
Hitler’s Directives–March 13, 2021
Paris Art Nouveau–The story of Hector Guimard–February 27, 2021
Kindertransport and Mr. Winton—The story of Sir Nicholas Winton–February 13, 2021
The Singing Résistant—The story of Sonia Malkine–January 30, 2021
Test of Medal: Montford Point Camp–January 16, 2021
The Naked Heroine—The story of Lydia Lova Lipski—January 2, 2021
2020
The Auschwitz Portraitist—The story of Wilhelm Brasse—December 19, 2020
Extermination Camp Doctors–The story of Dr. Gisella Perl–December 5, 2020
Night and Fog—November 21, 2020
The Wren—Women’s Royal Naval Service–November 7, 2020
Coco Chanel: Nazi Collaborator or Spy?–October 24, 2020
Hitler’s Enablers – Part Two – The Camps—October 10, 2020
The Rasputin of the Abwehr–The story of Abbé Robert Alesch–September 26, 2020
Tommy, Fritz, and Ivan–WWII Soldiers–September 12, 2020
The Last Train Out of Paris–The story of Stanley Booker, MBE–August 29, 2020
Agent Jack, “M” and the Fifth Column — August 15, 2020
Captain Jack — The story of a French collaborationist–August 1, 2020
Outpacing Hitler and the Nazis –The story of Lucy Schell and René Dreyfus–July 18, 202
Statuemania–July 4, 2020
Hitler’s Enablers – Part One – Wannsee Conference–June 20, 2020
Thirty-Six Days and Counting–Events leading up to D-Day 6 June 1944–June 6, 2020
Operation Long Jump — Attempted assassination plot of the Allied Leaders–May 23, 2020
Dresden Brick Ladies–May 9, 2020
May 5, 1945–Liberation Day–May 5, 2020
Women of the Italian Resistance–April 25. 2020
Muslims, Jews and the Gestapo–April 11, 2020
A Painted Lady–The story of Suzy Solidor–March 28, 2020
Children of the Damned–The story of the children of high-ranking Nazis–March 14, 2020
Sex Toy and Other Père Lachaise Neighbors–The story of interesting Père Lachaise residents–February 29, 2020
National History Day: Breaking Barriers in History — February 15, 2020
Guest Blog by Ken Kirk — Author of Messages in Handlebars — February 1, 2020
British Fascists and a Mitford — January 18, 2020
Racer, Spy and the Erotic Model — The story of Yvonne Grover-Williams — January 4, 2020
2019
Razor Blades and the Billy Boys — December 21, 2019
Cleopatra in Paris and Full-Frontal Baboons — The Luxor Obelisk in Paris–December 7, 2019
Nazi Werwolves — The Nazi underground organization–November 23, 2019
Jacques and The Normandy Beaches – -Our Visit to the Normandy Beaches –November 9, 2019
A Noble Hero — The story of Witold Pilecki–October 26, 2019
My Father’s Paris — Guest blog by Jane S. Gabin–October 12, 2019
Nazi Love Children”— The story of the Reimann Empire of companies–September 28, 2019
The Nazi Frankenstein — The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Jürgen Stroop and Josef Blösche–September 14, 2019
What I Did Wasn’t Civil — The story of Pearl Witherington–August 31, 2019
Explosive Rats — SOE Camouflage Section during WWII–August 17, 2019
The Ten Percenters–Women in the WAC During WWII–August 3, 2019
Unit 387 and Hillsdale College–The story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman–July 20, 2019
If I Sleep, Thirty People Die–The story of Adolfo Kaminsky–July 6, 2019
After VE Day–June 22, 2019
Dah-Dah-Dah-Duh–“V” for Victory–June 8, 2019
Bip the Clown–The story of Marcel Marceau–May 25, 2019
The Red Virgin–The story of Louise Michel–May 11, 2019
May 5, 1945–LiberationDay– May 5, 2019
Something Must Be Done–The story of Suzanne Spaak–April 27, 2019
First Celebrity Photographer–The story of Félix Nadar–April 13, 2019
Totalitarianism, Fascism, or Authoritarianism?–March 30, 2019
The French Anne Frank–The story of Hélène Berr–March 16, 2019
The Archangel of Prisons–The story of Franz Stock–March 2, 2019
Nazi Plundering–February 16, 2019
Memorial of Fighting France–Guest Blog by Paul McCue–February 2, 2019
The White Buses–January 19, 2019
The Bookstalls of Paris–January 5, 2019
2018
The Rabbits of KZ Ravensbrück–December 22, 2018
The Parisian Bluebeard is Guillotined–The story of Henri Désiré Landru–December 8, 2018
The Nazi Marshall Plan–November 24, 2018
The Double Cross System–November 10, 2018
Hang ‘Em of Hire ‘Em–Operation Paperclip–October 27, 2018
Cycling To Save Jews–The story of Gino Bartali–October 13, 2018
Paris Therapy Pets–September 29, 2018
Church Sanctuary–September 15, 2018
The Nazi Guillotine–September 1, 2018
La Chatte–The story of Mathilde Carré–August 18, 2018
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde–The story of Dr. Marcel Petiot–August 4, 2018
Die Rote Kapelle–The story of the Red Orchestra–July 21, 2018
Les Bleus, Le Collabo et l’Exécution–The story of Alexandre Villaplane–July 7, 2018
Hitler’s Blood Judge–The story of Roland Freisler–June 23, 2018
Non, je ne regrette rien–Cemetery Marker Symbolism–June 9, 2018
Madame X and Her Strapless Gown–The story of Virgnie Amélie Avegno Gautreau–May 26, 2018
Cyndi Lauper and The Naked Princess–The story of Pauline Bonaparte–May 12, 2018
Twenty Years After the End of World War II: Dutch Memories–-May 5, 2018
The French P. T. Barnum–The story of Ferdinand de Lesseps –April 28, 2018
American Grande Horizontale and Nazi Collaborator–The story of Florence Gould–April 14, 2018
Rendezvous With the Gestapo–The story of Hilton Hilliard shot-down 29 May 1943–March 31, 2018
The American Mayor of Paris–The story of William C. Bullitt–March 17, 2018
Odessa: Myth or Truth?–March 3, 2018
Dunkirk. No Ships Left. What Would You Do?–Guest Blog by Denis Caron–February 24, 2018
I Was Looking Forward To A Quiet Old Age–The Story of Etta Shiber–February 17, 2018
The Auschwitz Tatooist–The Story of Lale Sokolov–February 3, 2018
Noah’s Ark–The story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade–January 20, 2018
What’s in a Last Name?–The story of Albert Göring–January 6, 2018
2017
The Good Nazi–The story of Albert Speer–December 23, 2017
Courtroom 600–Nuremberg Trials–December 9, 2017
Zeppelin Field–Hitler’s Parade Grounds–November 25, 2017
Picasso’s Wartime Man Cave–November 11, 2017
Hitler’s Commando Order–October 28, 2017
Thomas Crapper: Remembered from the Bowels of History–October 14, 2017
Double Agent or Bad Neighbor?–September 30, 2017
Paris Trip–Research Trip for Where Did They Put the Gestapo Headquarters? –September 23, 2017
TIME Magazine’s ‘Man of the Year’ is Executed-Pierre Laval–September 16, 2017
Statuemania-September 2, 2017
Puttin’ On The Ritz-The Paris Hotel Ritz–August 19, 2017
The Épuration: World War II French Revenge–August 5, 2017
Adrienne de Noailles: Wife of Lafayette Guest Blog by Geri Walton–July 22, 2017
An African-American in Pre-WWII Paris-The Story of Josephine Baker–July 15, 2017
La Révolution Français – The Economics of Eating Cake Guest Blog by Mark Vaughan–July 8, 2017
A Pre-War Lesbian Paris Nightclub–The story of Violette Morris–June 24, 2017
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny – A Forgotten Hero of France–Guest Blog by Jeff Koch–June 10, 2017
Les Bleus, Le Collabo et l’Exécution–The Story of Alexandra Villaplane–May 27, 2017
Twenty Years After the End of World War II: Dutch Memories–May 13, 2017
The White Mouse–The Story of Nancy Wake–April 29, 2017
Dogfight Under the Eiffel Tower–April 15, 2017
An Infamous Mistress–Guest Blog by Sara Murden and Joanne Major–April 1, 2017
The French Gestapo–March 18, 2017
Another Grand Master Gets Burned–March 4, 2017
The Sussex Plan and a Very Brave Woman–February 18, 2017
The Monuments Woman–February 4, 2017
Curious George Flees the Nazis–January 21, 2017
Grace Under Fire–January 7, 2017
2016
Boxing Day Traditions–December 24, 2016
Killed in the Service of Her Country–December 10, 2016
Medieval Sleep Number® Bed–November 25, 2016
One of France’s Little Secrets–November 13, 2016
Hanging Around Medieval Paris–November 2, 2016
Paris Digs–October 16, 2016
European Heritage Days–October 1, 2016
The Roundup and the Cycling Arena–September 17, 2016
Quiet Heroes from the Greatest Generation–September 3, 2016
The Law of Suspects–August 20, 2016
Gargoyles and Grotesques–August 7, 2016
One-Eyed Kate–July 23, 2016
Flowers, Birds, a Jewish Community, and a Murder–July 9, 2016
Please, No Pissoirs in Public!–June 25, 2016
A City of Light–June 12, 2016
Marie Antoinette’s Lover?–May 28, 2016
The Street of Horrors–May 8, 2016
Twenty Years After the End of World Wars II: Dutch Memories–May 5, 2016
They Listened to What I Said–April 23, 2016
Killed in the Service of Her Country–April 8, 2016
Hallucination Caused by Fear?–March 26, 2016
Wallace Fountains–March 12, 2016
The French Lucrezia Borgia–February 27, 2016
The Lioness of Brittany–February 14, 2016
Adelicia’s Tour of Paris–January 24, 2016
Comfort Women–January 16, 2016
Honky Château–January 2, 2016
2015
Women Agents of the SOE–December 20, 2015
London Immigration–December 5, 2015
The Court Painter Was A Woman–November 21, 2015
Paris Attacks–November 14, 2015
The Pee Ladies of Paris–November 7, 2015
Pasties and Medieval Suppers–October 24, 2015
Breakfast at Tiffany’s–October 10, 2015
Night and Fog–September 27, 2015
London’s Black Death–1665–September 12, 2015
The Historical Weather Forecast–August 29, 2015
Sorrow and Pity–August 15, 2015
The Man Who Would Be King–August 1, 2015
Kindertransport and Mr. Winton–July 18, 2015
The Last Train Out of Paris–July 4, 2015
The Children Who Survived–June 20, 2015
Stop the Presses: Skeletons and Not Buildings–June 6, 2015
Day Trips Outside Paris–May 23, 2015
Should I Hire A Private Tour Guide?–May 10, 2015
Liberation Day–May 1, 2015
Producer Stew?–April 25, 2015
Are You Alone On An Island?–April 11, 2015
Gibet de Montfaucon–February 8, 2015
Coco Chanel: Nazi Collaborator or Spy?–February 1, 2015
Charles Marville and Le Vieux Paris–January 24, 2015
Jacques the Ripper–January 14, 2015
Sightseeing on Different Scales–January 10, 2015
Reflections, Accomplishments, and Regrets–January 3, 2015
2014
Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pull Me Back In–December 29, 2014
Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend–December 28, 2014
A Holland Christmas For Expats–December 21, 2014
The Tragic Death of Madame Curie–December 14, 2014
Build It and They May Not Come–December 7, 2014
A River Runs Through It (and Under It)–November 30, 2014
Going Dutch on Thanksgiving–November 22, 2014
Where Did They Put The Guillotine?–November 16, 2014
Cyndi Lauper and the Naked Princess–The story of Pauline Bonaparte–October 31, 2014
Why Do They Call Jim Morrison The Lizard King?–October 25, 2014
The Bayeux Tapestry: Norman or Anglo-Saxon–October 11, 2014
Why Is 1066 Important to Paris?–Part Two–October 5, 2014
Why Is 1066 Important to Paris?–Part One–September 25, 2014
Medieval Paris–September 19, 2014
The First Celebrity Chef–Guest Blog!–September 11, 2014
Virginia Postrel’s 7 Most Glamorous Women in History–August 22, 2014
Beyond the Guillotine: Positive Outcomes from the French Revolution–August 13, 2014
The Eyebrow Effect–August 4, 2014
Wallace Fountains–July 28, 2014
Paris Bridges–July 24, 2014
Marianne, Les Misérables, and Other French Symbols–July 6, 2014
Pont au Change–June 30, 2014
Traponomics–June 22, 2014
Blood in a Gourd–June 14, 2014
“New York City, London, or Paris?”–May 26, 2014
Childhood Memories–May 17, 2014
Coffee, Tea, or Me–May 12, 2014
What I Learned about Taxes from Revolutionary Paris–April 28, 2014
Non-Negotiable Issues–April 21, 2014
Image Licensing–April 9, 2014
Travel, Food & Taxes–March 31, 2014
Guest Post Blog on MisadventureswithAndi.com–March 13, 2014
Petting a Lethal Snake–February 20, 2014
Become Your Own Sherpa–February 11, 2014
Camry vs. Maserati–January 29, 2014
The Destruction of Paris–January 20, 2014
Copyrighted Material?–January 10, 2014
2013
Boxing Day: Pugilistic or Humanistic?–December 30, 2013
Knights Templar–December 20, 2013
To The Guillotine and Back–December 3, 2013
The Uniqueness of Paris–December 2, 2013
The Women of the French Revolution–November 21, 2013
Why Would You Buy My Book Just To Go To Paris?–September 30, 2013
What is the Biggest Mistake I Made Traveling in Europe?–September 20, 2013
The Rumble of the Tumbrel–September 10, 2013
Café Le Procope–July 10, 2013
Behind the Green Door–June 30, 2013
Paris: Creepy Stuff–June 24, 2013
Paris Catacombs–May 18, 2013
Knights Templar–May 18, 2013
Days of the Dead–May 18, 2013
“Raphaelle”: Should You Hire a Professional Tour Guide?–May 13, 2013
90% Completed For The Past Year–April 4, 2013
2012
Who Is Stew Ross?–October 27, 2012
Why Didn’t They Include The Paris Catacombs?–October 11, 2012
My First Blog Ever–October 9, 2012
Why Would You Buy This Book Just To Go To Paris?–September 28, 2012
Okay, Okay, When Are You Going To Tell Us Where They Put The Guillotine?–September 21, 2012
So Why Would You Follow My Blog?–September 21, 2012
What Could I Do With This Monster?--September 21, 2012
What Have I Learned Up To This Point?–September 21, 2012
How Did I Start This Little Project?–September 21, 2012
Where Did They Put The Guillotine?–September 21, 2012
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