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The Lebensborn programme promised care and security but hid a brutal reality. This deep dive explores how the SS attempted to reshape motherhood through selective breeding, child kidnapping, and forced Germanisation, and how its victims live with the consequences today.

In July 1989, Pink Floyd performed a free concert on a floating stage in Venice. Watched by 200,000 people and broadcast worldwide, the event sparked outrage over damage, waste, and planning failures, leading to the resignation of the mayor and city council.

Thelma Todd was one of early Hollywood’s brightest comic stars. In 1935, she was found dead in her car at just 29. Officially ruled accidental, her death remains surrounded by contradictions, powerful figures, and unanswered questions.