On March 16, 1941 – with European cities ablaze and Jews being herded into ghettos – The New York Times Magazine featured an illustrated story on Adolf Hitler’s retreat in the Berchtesgaden Alps.

The extraordinary color footage shows Hitler at the height of his power, strolling in the grounds of his mountain retreat in Bavaria, the Berghof, playing and holding hands with children.

A divided society, existential fears and the specter of war: Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain" is still frighteningly relevant, a century after its first publication.The rooms are ...