Tensions arose almost immediately in Buchenwald between liberators and liberated.

The United States was not the only leading power on the world stage after the end of World War II; it had a new competitor for this power in the Soviet Union. Tensions between the former allies quickly grew, leading to a new kind of conflict—one heightened with the threat of atomic weapons—that came to dominate global politics for the remainder of the twentieth century.

Hear about four unique items from our Collection that saw action.

The Bretton Woods conference in summer 1944 saw the global rise of the American Economic Empire—the empire of the dollar.

The roundtable discussion explores how history offers lessons for understanding the clash between individual liberties and collective effort.