Hitler

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• 9/15/19
  

  Autocrats do not need a majority to destroy democracy. A divided opposition helps them.

  by Claudia Koonz

  Trump is not a despot. But neither were Mussolini and Hitler early on.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  September 10, 2019
  

  When This German Artist Tried to Use His Work to Warn About Hitler, the World Ignored Him. It's Time to Listen

  by Mary M. Lane

  German painter George Grosz predicted the rise of the Nazi Regime through his art. Why did no one pay attention? 

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• 9/8/19
  

  1933 May Be Closer than We Think

  by Frank Domurad

  Increasing cultural, social and political continuities between Weimar and America should give us serious concern in assessing the fate of these two democracies as part of an analogous historical phenomenon.

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• 8/25/19
  

  Devil's Bargain: The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 80 Years Later

  by David Carlin

  Eighty years ago, two dictators agreed to divide up Eastern Europe. Their agreement would change the lives of millions.

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• SOURCE: Time
  7/19/19
  

  A Group of German Leaders Tried to Kill Hitler in 1944. Here’s Why They Failed

  by Albinko Hasic

  For a brief moment in history, Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators thought they had succeeded in turning the tide of World War II and potentially saving thousands of additional lives. 

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• 6/23/19
  

  On the 100th Anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles, It's Time to Reexamine Its Legacy.

  by David Carlin

  Versailles did not destroy the German economy, make Germany into a permanent pariah, or inspire the German lust for revenge. Instead, the Nazis capitalized on a unique economic calamity (the Great Depression), German political instability, and deep seated radical nationalist currents.

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  6/6/19
  

  Hitler told the world the Third Reich was invincible. My German grandfather knew better

  by Robert Scott Kellner

  As a political organizer for the Social Democrats, Kellner had opposed the Nazis from the beginning, campaigning against them throughout the duration of the ill-fated Weimar Republic. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/13/19
  

  They Resisted Hitler. They Were Executed. At Last, They Lie at Rest.

  “With this, we can give back some of their dignity to those who were murdered.”

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• 5/12/19
  

  George Orwell and Why the Time to Stop Trump is Now

  by David Goldfischer

  From 1776 to the fall of the Berlin Wall, believers in human freedom and democratic self-governance have known when to shrug off setbacks and summon their will. That time is now.

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• 4/28/19
  

  Why FDR Wouldn't Condemn Hitler

  by Rafael Medoff

  A few words from the White House directly taking issue with Hitler’s aggressive actions and persecution of the Jews could have helped alert the public to the Nazi danger. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/10/19
  

  Hitler’s girlfriend filmed Nazis relaxing and the fuhrer dancing. Now the footage is going digital.

  The National Archives is restoring the color home movies made by Hitler’s girlfriend Eva Braun.

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• 3/17/19
  

  The Death of Appeasement: the 80th Anniversary of the Invasion of Prague

  by Yoav J. Tenembaum

  March 1939 was the real turning point in international relations. September 1939 was to be the climax.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/6/19
  

  Are These Paintings Really by Hitler? German Authorities Are Investigating

  In the last 10 years, the niche market for art by Hitler has grown. But many, if not most, of these works are likely not by Hitler. 

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• 3/10/19
  

  Hitler's Own Maginot Line

  by Robert Scott Kellner

  What the diary of a German against the Third Reich can teach us about the Atlantic Wall. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/19/19
  

  Emergency powers helped Hitler’s rise. Germany has avoided them ever since.

  by Jeffrey Herf

  The lessons of the Weimar Republic.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  1/26/19
  

  Hitler-owned book hints at plans for North American Holocaust

  "It reminds us of the need to remain resolute in standing up to anti-Semitism, defending historical truth and educating the next generation."

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• SOURCE: The Telegraph
  12-30-2018
  

  French newspaper Le Monde apologises for magazine cover amid claims it 'likened Macron to Hitler'

  Le Monde insisted that it had not intended to portray Mr Macron as being akin to Hitler.

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• SOURCE: Haaretz
  11-9-18
  

  The Israeli Historian Who Blames Rabin for His Own Murder and Praises Hitler Is Making a Comeback

  Uri Milstein was a leading military historian until he lauded Rabin’s assassin and was shunned. Now he's making his way back into the mainstream.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10-9-18
  

  How Americans Described Evil Before Hitler

  by Gavriel Rosenfeld

  Commentators compared the Nazi leader to Napoleon, Philip of Macedon, and Nebuchadnezzar.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  10-4-18
  

  Historian says we’ve overlooked the fact that millions of Americans supported Hitler in the 1930s

  Bradley Hart’s new book "Hitler’s American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States" argues that the threat of Nazism in the United States before World War II was greater than we generally remember.