Video: 'The Rough Arrest Of The Commandant Of Auschwitz'

(Monday, March 11, 1946, approximately 11:00 p.m. Central European Time) — A ten-month manhunt for one of the world’s most wanted war criminals ended tonight when a British Field Security team burst into a farmhouse in the small village of Gottrupel, near the German town of Flensburg, close to the Danish border and dragged Rudolf Höss from his bed. Continue reading Auschwitz concentration camp commandant Rudolf Höss arrested in northern Germany 80 years ago this hour (Mar 11 1946) →

Video: 'The People Vs. Leo Frank'

(Tuesday, March 11, 1986) — The State of Georgia awarded a posthumous pardon today to Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman who was lynched in 1915 for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan. Continue reading Georgia pardons Jewish businessman Leo Frank 40 years ago today (Mar 11 1986) →

(Friday, March 11, 1966, at about 7:00 p.m. West Indonesia Time) — The “Transition to the New Order” took place tonight in Indonesia when President Sukarno signed a document that effectively surrendered nearly all of his powers to his Defense Minister, General Suharto, leaving Sukarno as the nominal head of state but only a figurehead.