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Darwin, Marx, and Freud: Undermining Victorian Ideas |
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A Freudian Trip
Sigmund Freud’s revolutionary model of the human mind as a battlefield between the Id, the Ego, and the Superego radically changed the way people view themselves. It also changed the lives of many of Freud’s patients. Drop by the Library of Congress to meet Anna O., the Rat Man, and H.D., a few of Freud’s most famous patients.
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The Great War: “A War to End All Wars” |
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The Pity of War
To understand how World War I contributed to a deepening cynicism in Great Britain, you have to understand the horror of a war that began as an idealistic enterprise and ended as a bloodbath. Take a trip back in time and step into the trenches of World War I for a closer look at a war that changed the “romantic nonsense” of the Victorian past into a sharp, new realism.
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A Deadly Legacy
World War I’s dark shadow hangs over the battlefields surrounding Verdun, France, where buried bombs continue to poison, maim, and kill careless tourists. Watch your step through the toxic wasteland of Verdun as you accompany a bomb squad on the seemingly endless task of cleaning up after the Great War.
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The Rise of Dictatorships: Origins of World War II |
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The Road to War
The German economy was already in shambles when the Great Depression spread across the world and hit Germany hard. Adolf Hitler took advantage of the situation by exploiting the German people’s anger and wounded pride. Visit BBC Online to learn how Hitler rose to power by casting himself as Germany’s “last hope.”
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