Germany's Convict Exports
Richard Evans tells the little-known story of how 19th-century Germany attempted to solve its prison problems by secretly sending felons to the United States as immigrants.
Richard Evans
Hitler's Dictatorship
Richard Evans concludes his two-part account of the Coming of the Third Reich by examining how Hitler’s position, and the state of Germany, was transformed in 1933.
The Coming of the Third Reich
Richard Evans has written two articles for History Review explaining how a modern, progressive country surrendered to a brutal and murderous dictatorship. In the first, he traces Hitler's rise to the Chancellorship.
Justice Seen, Justice Done? Abolishing Public Executions in 19th-Century Germany
Richard Evans looks at the social and intellectual pressures that forced Germany to rethink how and why it punished wrongdoers.