One sleepy German town has a dark secret that links medieval Jews, the Nazis, and Pope Benedict: a deeply anti-Semitic Catholic ritual only abandoned in 1993. Part XXXI of Race, Racism and the Middle Ages, by Richard Utz.
In Atlanta, you can get married in a beautiful, fairytale castle: Rhodes Hall. But the backdrop of all those wedding photos holds a complex, racist history. Part XV of our series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages, by Richard Utz.