Bringing History to Life Magazine

26 April 2025

“There was a flash of light... bright as hundreds of bolts of lightning... then we noticed a powerful wind” This was the account of one eye witnesses who claimed the Nazis were experimenting with nuclear bombs towards the end of the war. Alongside testimony from other observers and new findings in the archives, it changes what we thought we knew about the Third Reich’s weapon program. Could other so‑called ‘facts’ about the Nazis also be wrong? Rumours persist about everything from missing trains filled with gold to Hitler’s escape to Argentina in 1945. Using historical evidence we seek the truth among the myths. Read about the hunt for missing Nazi criminals and Himmler’s occult rituals, and find out just how far the Germans got in their top‑secret weapons research.