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History Warns That Altering a Constitution’s Basic Structure Leads Down a Dark Path
The Germans learnt from the bitter experience of the Nazi era that it was important to limit parliament's amending power.
‘Hitler’s Girl’ Explores British Ties With the Nazis
A new book discusses how close Britain's aristocracy was to the Nazi regime and what the situation in those times tells us about the dangers to democracy today.
Unknown Holocaust Photos – Found in Attics and Archives – Are Helping Researchers Recover Lost Stories
Holocaust scholars long relied on documents and survivor testimonies to help reconstruct the history of that tragic event. Now, they’re turning to wordless witnesses to learn more: pictures.
Doubt the Truth: Pitfalls of Treating Human Attention as a Commodity
In the age of an 'attention economy', it's important for people to be more and more conscious of what is it that they are giving attention to.
Rejecting Russian Culture Only Plays Into Putin’s Hands
Opera houses and literature departments have dropped works by Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky. Yuri Gagarin’s name has been erased by a space exploration nonprofit.
Putin’s Brazen Manipulation of Language Is a Perfect Example of Orwellian Doublespeak
Putin often uses words to mean exactly the opposite of what they normally do – a practice diagnosed by political author George Orwell as ‘doublespeak,’ or the language of …
World War II Diary of a Dutch Teenager Gives Insight Into Nazi Forced Labor
Jan Bazuin wrote a diary about his experiences during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Now published as a book, his testimony will also inspire a new app.
Spy Thriller ‘Munich: The Edge of War’ Asks: What If?
Could Hitler have been stopped in 1938? A Netflix production starring Jeremy Irons as former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain explores the question.
‘Jojo Rabbit’: Hitler Humour & a Child’s Eye View of War Make for Dark Satire
The film is a story of a young boy whose imaginary friend (and buffoonish life coach) is Adolf Hitler.