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This article recalls interviews with 10 German men in a German town shortly after the war.
https://medium.com/@cfhorgan/this-is-how-it-happens-c289765df373#c17c
h/t to @DangerousGlobe
This article recalls interviews with 10 German men in a German town shortly after the war.
https://medium.com/@cfhorgan/this-is-how-it-happens-c289765df373#c17c
h/t to @DangerousGlobe
Just to add to this, this is the full version of "Don't be a Sucker" - an anti-Nazi US public information film.
In the middle is this bit:
"But the man who was really being fooled was Hans. ... To him they promised everything, and he fell for it" https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=543&v=vGAqYNFQdZ4&feature=emb_logo
In the middle is this bit:
"But the man who was really being fooled was Hans. ... To him they promised everything, and he fell for it" https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=543&v=vGAqYNFQdZ4&feature=emb_logo
I'd also recommend watching "Rise of the Nazis"
There are plenty of documentaries about WW2 but not many about how Hitler came to power. There are a lot of parallels. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00084td/rise-of-the-nazis
There are plenty of documentaries about WW2 but not many about how Hitler came to power. There are a lot of parallels. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00084td/rise-of-the-nazis
Also worth a read is this often quoted list of the 14 characteristics of fascism.
This is the original article from 2003.
See how many you can spot.
https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
This is the original article from 2003.
See how many you can spot.
https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
From a Professor of History https://twitter.com/cliodiaspora/status/1305787397544779776
From a Professor of History at Yale https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1181893731114524672
In case you missed it https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1273133106636218368
"It couldn't happen here"
Here's a thread on Yugoslavia
"2 days before the war, ppl in Sarajevo told me there couldn’t be a war - unthinkable. 9mo later they were burning books for warmth." https://twitter.com/leebryant/status/1063482269392867328
Here's a thread on Yugoslavia
"2 days before the war, ppl in Sarajevo told me there couldn’t be a war - unthinkable. 9mo later they were burning books for warmth." https://twitter.com/leebryant/status/1063482269392867328
The Enabling Act https://twitter.com/BarristerSecret/status/1311019064698056707
Creeping authoritarianism https://twitter.com/SonyaSceats/status/1313368136440307713
From the chap who created "Godwin's Law" https://twitter.com/sfmnemonic/status/896884949634232320
