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Tag Archives: Adolf Hitler
The Evian Conference and Kristallnacht, 1938
The world was faced by the involuntary migration of hundreds of thousands of destitute German Jews from the Reich in 1938. Roosevelt called an international conference to try to resolve the situation. Roosevelt hoped international outrage at Nazi anti-Semitism would … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged 1938, Adolf Hitler, Evian Conference, Involuntary migration, Kristallnacht, Neville Chamberlain, Roosevelt
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Neville Chamberlain: the unsung hero of the battle of Britain
Chamberlain was the towering political figure in Britain in the 1930s. From late 1931 to May 1940 Chamberlain shaped Britain’s domestic and foreign policy. He was tough-minded, adroit and successful. Without Chamberlain’s political courage the battle of Britain would have … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, War
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Luftwaffe, Neville Chamberlain, Preparedness in 1940, RAF, Rearmament
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Book review: Timur Vermes ~ Look Who’s Back (Translated by Jamie Bulloch)
A satire about Adolf Hitler, by a German, breaks new ground. Vermes brings Hitler back to 21st century Germany, as though the previous 70 years had never happened. Hitler retains his oratorical abilities. His rhetoric makes him an attractive showbiz … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Literature, Politics, Review
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Gullibility, Political osmosis, TV, YouTube
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Rudolf Hess, Rolf Harris and humanitarian sentencing
“There is to my mind no justification for keeping Hess in prison any longer. He is 88. He has been in prison for 40 years. He has been without the company of other prisoners for over 16 years. Humanitarian reasons … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Prison, Prison reform
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Geriatric prisoners, Humanitarian considerations, Rolf Harris, Rudolf Hess, Sentencing, The Queen
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Adolf Hitler’s pitiless indifference to the suffering of the Wehrmacht 7th November 1942
The table was elegantly set with silver cutlery, cut glass, good china and flower arrangements. As we began our ample meal, none of us at first saw that a freight train was stopped on the adjacent track. From the cattle … Continue reading
Posted in History, War
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Inside the Third Reich, Nazi soldier, Second world war, Wehrmacht
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Adolf Hitler: Man of the Year, 1938: Time Magazine
Time (1939): Adolf Hitler: Man of the Year, 1938: “What Adolf Hitler & Co. did to Germany in less than six years was applauded wildly and ecstatically by most Germans… …He lifted the nation from post-War defeatism. Under the swastika … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged 1938, Adolf Hitler, Man of the year, Nazi Germany, Time Magazine
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