Important

Helen's article, 'Sport, Leibeserziehung und vormilitärische Ausbildung in den Nationalpolitischen Erziehungsanstalten' (Sport, Physical Education and Premilitary Training at the Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten), has just been published in the 2016 issue of the German journal Beiträge zur Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus, entitled Sport und Nationalsozialismus (Sport and National Socialism), edited by Frank Becker and Ralf Schäfer.Read more...

Helen's article 'Surviving Stunde Null: Narrating the fate of Nazi elite-school pupils during the collapse of the Third Reich', forthcoming in German History journal, has just been awarded the periodical's "Best Article of 2015 Prize".

The prize, which is awarded by the journal's editorial board, is intended to showcase outstanding work from scholars of German history, whatever their career stage.Read more...

Helen has recently been featured in an article in The Independent entitled 'Archive video shows Nazi flag flying in Glasgow; Hitler salute in London – but what should we read into it?'

The article, by Kiran Moodley, attempts to understand how, in 1930s Britain, symbols of Hitler's Germany had not yet gained the notoriety and connotations that they possess today.Read more...

On 7 July 2015, Helen gave a lecture to the Rotary Club of Cambridge entitled 'Nazis at The Leys: Public school exchange programmes with the Third Reich'.Read more...