After the invasion of Poland in 1940, Hitler sent a group of archaeologists to try to prove that the Germans had lived there first and had legitimate claim to the land. But the quest to prove Germany's superiority didn't start with World War II; it started quite a few years earlier. ...
the over-whelming majority of Germans had internalized this view of the world. With therise of Hitler, this eliminationism almost seamlessly melded into its racist,exterminatory form, and the overwhelming majority of Germans thus either“understood”or willingly engaged in the killing of Jews, usual...
A new survey signals that Germany, where the term 'Fuhrer,' or leader, is explicitly linked to Adolf Hitler, is not immune from the far-right sentiments that are spreading across Europe.Marquand, Robert
Why was the Invasion of Normandy important? Why did the Soviet Union start the Berlin Blockade? Why was Reinhard Heydrich important? Why did the Russians blockade Berlin? Why was conquering Norway important for the Germans during World War II?
There is only one reason why Rolf could travel as widely as he did. The Germans allowed him to do it. They used him. They needed him. So they looked after him, hoping that he would appreciate his good fortune. I think they feared that he might come under the control of others, that...
You'llrecognizeone of thosearchistsabove asAdolph Hitler. Hitler did not kill six million Jews. Name one Jew whom you can prove Hitler killed. Six million Jews were killed by six million Germans who chose to wear a silly uniform, walk a silly goose-step, andfollow the ordersof a beyond...
Did the Egyptians tend to believe one or the other of these explanations? No, for both are represented in the same tomb. The subterranean halls of the tomb itself represent the journey through the Underworld, which is described by texts on the walls. So the Egyptians had no difficulty, in...
Why letting the Germans conquer Europe would make people happy eludes me. But what eludes Russell are the questions that many people have about the meaning of life or that have existed since Plato about why people should be good or just. The only answers that Russell ever offers as a ...
The exploits of Dr. Josef Mengele, medical researcher in Germany who tortured war prisoners in the camp at Auschwitz in the name of science, are well known. The usual assumption is to suggest that Mengele was a freakish anomaly, and that the Germans (and their allies the Japanese) were the...
“Germans! The Jews are your misfortune! Young German women! The Jews are your misfortune!” For all the excessive anti-anti-Semitism of the American Jewish community, there is absolutely no equivalent between it and the anti-Semitic dehumanization of the Jews which treats Jews, all Jews collec...