From Wikipedia: "Following Anschluss in 1938, the organization fell under the control of Nazi Germany, and the Commission's headquarters were eventually moved to Berlin in 1942. From 1938 to 1945, the presidents of Interpol included Otto Steinhäusl, Reinhard Heydrich, Arthur Nebe, and Ernst Kaltenbrunner. All were generals in the SS, and Kaltenbrunner was the highest ranking SS officer executed after the Nuremberg Trials."

Assuming this is true (and I'm pretty sure I've read about this before elsewhere) - why did they bother? Maintaining an international organisation seems pretty pointless when you're at war.

For example I've heard an anecdote that Jews in Poland weren't afraid of Germans when they conquered Poland, because even though they knew Hitler hated Jews as well, the Jews thought that the Germans could at least maintain order and prevent spontaneous Pogroms from happening. Does this have any truth in it?

It seems like the idea that one would get married solely for love is actually a fairly new concept. Am I in the wrong for theinking that, or is that not the case?

I specifically ask about the USA because of the sheer distance involved, a quick glance at wikipedia tells me they built over 20 thousand shermans were built during World War II and it just seems unfathomable to me that it would even be possible to move that much steel across the ocean.

At some point, spicy chili peppers spread throughout the world. I'm curious to know why much of European cuisine does not incorporate them while many Asian ones do.

Do we know?

Edit: Thanks for the replies! I think the reason why I thought she was quite powerful was because I had just seen a documentary on her, and was quite intrigued by her fame, despite the lack of concrete knowledge surrounding her. I think that's why I thought she was famous: I thought I was just missing something.

Thanks!

Is it true that recently released wartime documents from the British war cabinet revealed that if the Germans had won the Battle of Britain (forcing Fighter Command to retire to bases in Yorkshire and Scotland outside the range of the Luftwaffe) that Halifax was to become PM and negotiate an armistice with the Reich?

Fighter Command was on its knees when Goering switched to bombing British cities in retaliation for Bomber Command's raid on Berlin. Was this the critical mistake its made out to be or would the RAF have won anyways?

While Sealion was a logistical fantasy, how long could the British hold out against Nazi Germany's U-boats and the Afrika Korps without American Lend Lease?

And while the Russians managed to stop the Germans all by themselves at Moscow in 1941 and Stalingrad in 1942, could they have subsequently driven the Germans out of Russia and back to Berlin without American trucks, canned food, boots, etc.?

After a day of work as a school nurse, class and an exam I am now working at my PRN job on mother baby! Needless to say, im exhausted and slap happy. While getting a H&P on a patient I had asked if a c-section was natural. "yes I would like to go natural for this no matter what. And I would like a mirror. And I would like "Let it be" by the Beatles playing in the background. And for my SO to cut and be the first to touch the baby." Best birth plan ever!!!

Hello /r/askhistorians

As the title says ive got an idea for a game im about to start making and im in the research phase so to speak at the moment.

Im trying to find examples of houses/buildings from the 1700s the 1800s and 1900s to inspire me to start modeling game assets but im coming up short.

Does anyone know of any good websites of examples of architecture from these eras?

If so, where did they live, and what has become of their houses?

Basically the title. Who was the first person or people that thought about the opportunity of getting out from earth to visit other planets, stars, the galaxy and the entire universe.

In the TV series "Mad Men", the character Peggy Olson comes from a family that is apparently of Swedish ancestry but also staunchly Catholic. Would this have been an exceptional case? Sweden is a deeply Protestant / Lutheran country and I imagine most Swedish American people who were / are members of a church would belong to some Protestant denomination.

The larger question that follows from this is how "freely" ethnic groups in the US chose their churches in general. How stable have commonplace connections such as "WASP" or, on the other hand, Irish, Italian, and Polish Americans as typically Catholic been in reality, especially in the postwar era? Have there been cases of major "secessions" of members of one ethnic group from their traditional denomination?

Reposting my original question but this time, with a timefame!