Adolf Hitler

The story behind Chanel No. 5 is complex, in which an icon of fashion fraternized with fascists to try to eliminate her Jewish partners.

An appearance by a beloved Japanese pop group on the country’s big New Year’s Eve song competition was supposed to a high point of the night. It was — but mostly because the group’s lead singer, Keisuke Kuwata, sported a Hitler mustache that some people think was a swipe at the prime minister.

Seventy-five years ago this week, the world was turned upside down when Hitler and Stalin signed a pact of alliance. Within days Hitler invaded Poland, starting World War II. Roger Moorhouse, a historian, has a new book out on the momentous but often-forgotten “Devils’ Alliance.”

Adolf Hitler believed his life was spared in World War One by a British soldier who had him in his sights. He believed that man was Henry Tandey.

The extreme right has found a great deal of support as Europe’s economies lurch toward economic recovery. They’re typically anti-immigrant and often anti-European government. In Greece they’ve risen to national positions, but in Spain, unique circumstances are holding them back.