José Clemente Orozco experienced the carnage and duplicity of the Mexican Revolution, the hardship following the New York stock market crash in 1929, and rising fascism in Europe. He emerged with an aesthetic and moral vision unparalleled in 20th-century painting. Discover the story of Mexico’s legendary muralist.

A grisly discovery of more than 400 mutilated bodies in Mexico is turning history on its head. “Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre” paints a new picture of the violent …

The one-man play “Primo” recounts the Holocaust experiences of Primo Levi, an Italian chemist who was arrested and transported to Auschwitz in the final year of World War II. He was one of only 22 Italian Jews who left the camp alive. Written by/starring South African-born actor Sir Antony Sher, the play is an adaptation of Levi’s memoir Survival in Auschwitz. See an excerpt.

Renowned children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak collaborated with playwright Tony Kushner to adapt Brundibar, a children’s opera written in 1938 by Czech composer Hans Krása, into a book and …

Captured by German forces during the Battle of the Bulge, a forgotten group of American G.I.s was sent to Berga am Elster, a satellite concentration camp of the notorious Nazi death camp Buchenwald. Discover their stories.