How did Hans Worrenberg, Europe’s most famous dwarf performer, go from dazzling English royalty to drowning in a wooden box in Rotterdam? Discover the astonishing life and tragic end of this 17th-century entertainer, whose fame couldn’t save him from a fatal twist of fate.

A rare 1802 case reveals how intersex bodies were classified, controlled, and interpreted. Discover what Jaqueline Foroni’s story says about gender and authority.

A fragile paper from 1938 tells a powerful story. This Passover order form from Hermann Rieder’s kosher grocery in Mannheim offers a rare glimpse into Jewish life just months before Kristallnacht. More than a shopping list, it’s a record of survival—and of a woman who escaped the Holocaust with her daughter, while her store and community were destroyed.