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kspenmoll
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“But I really don‘t trust them [Germans]….

Singout What do you think of this quote? I‘m curious about more of the context. 34m
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Deblovestoread
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#Magic!onday

I won‘t win the farthest travel distance so am jumping on the time travel train.

Here is the book proof for our travel back to Hitler and fascism. I‘m only part way into it but the parallels are there for all to see and understand if you‘d only care enough to open your eyes a bit to the relentless propaganda.

TheBookHippie This book was so good. 5h
AmyG 🙌🏻 5h
lil1inblue ✊🏻 5h
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kspenmoll I am only on p. 134- reading it in bites but it is so worth it! 3h
TieDyeDude 💪 3h
MemoirsForMe ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 3h
dabbe ✊🏻💙✊🏻 2h
DrSabrinaMoldenReads Fiji. It took forever to get there but it was so worth it. Paradise on Earth (edited) 1h
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mobill76
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"In his [Cardinal Bertram] own hand he gave all the parish priests of the archdiocese instructions 'to hold a solemn requiem in memory of the Fuhrer and all those members of the Wehrmacht who have fallen...' Despite all the insults to the church, the threats and the persecutions, he continued to see and respect Hitler as the Catholic state head of the Reich. He did not have to live to realize how wrong he was in this. He died on 6 July 1945.

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Schwifty
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Pickpick

This book is a sort of romp through German history, geography, art and conspicuous personalities. The author is neither German nor a historian, but he is well traveled across Central Europe and demonstrates what seems to be a good grasp of the terrain and culture. This book is good and humorous, playful even, but it is very dense, each chapter or essay taking some time to digest before moving onto the next. Incidentally, Winder does not cover WW2.

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Lcsmcat
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Mehso-so

I can‘t say I wasn‘t warned. The above sentence appears in the introduction. While the methodology of the surveys is important for academics and the differences in interpretation of the data by the 2 authors points to some issues, this book is not readable. And it doesn‘t offer me any ideas on how to safely resist. How anyone can make such horror so dry is beyond me. The information is good, but if you put people to sleep they won‘t absorb it.

Lcsmcat Books I found more to the point tagged in the comments. 1mo
willaful A shame, because that's really interesting and important information. 1mo
TheBookHippie I read it for the data. 😅 1mo
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Dilara
Michael Kohlhaas | Heinrich von Kleist
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I finished this public-domain translation of Michael Kohlhaas and other short stories or novellas by Heinrich von Kleist (or Henry de Kleist, as the 19th-c. Swiss translators wrote). I liked the novella Michael Kohlhaas best, although it did play with my nerves a little bit, as the MC went up the nobility chain of command to appeal and plead his case, all in vain, to nobody's surprise 😒 I could see the parallels with Kafka.
#Germany

Dilara It was very clear that these stories were written before the 19th-century conservative counter-Revolution (I am not a specialist, but I am assuming the pushback against Enlightenment values (egalitarianism (sort of), rationalism, sexual tolerance...) happened in German states as in France.
Very disappointed by the story set during the Haitian revolution: von Kleist judges Black Haitians greedy & ungrateful for wanting to reclaim freedom & land.
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LitsyEvents
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repost for @ChrisBohjalian

I am deeply alarmed by the state of the U.S. Many of you are, too. So, let‘s learn about fascism — a book club, perhaps. But, if nothing else, book suggestions. Let‘s start with WHAT WE KNEW: TERROR, MASS MURDER, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY.

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ChrisBohjalian
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I am deeply alarmed by the state of the U.S. Many of you are, too. So, let‘s learn about fascism — a book club, perhaps. But, if nothing else, book suggestions. Let‘s start with WHAT WE KNEW: TERROR, MASS MURDER, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY.

Amiable Thank you for speaking out! And for the book suggestion—requesting it from the library right now. (edited) 2mo
charl08 You might also be interested in a fictional exploration of the same topic 2mo
TheKidUpstairs A short, but impactful novella: 2mo
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marleed Stacked!📖 2mo
Deblovestoread Thank you! I will check out the book. 2mo
Chrissyreadit #antifabookclub #overcomingevilempires Just adding some hashtags so this post can pop up in more places. @LitsyEvents 2mo
Chrissyreadit I will try to get this book as well. 2mo
TheBookHippie It‘s so so good. I just read it. 2mo
kspenmoll I will try & get the book as well. 2mo
Dilara The hashtag #readingispolitical might also be of interest.
I've been reading a lot of non-fiction about fascism, nazism and authoritarianism in the last couple of years, but not in English and not necessarily of direct interest to US readers, so I'll probably lurk rather than participate...
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Bookwormjillk Just requested it from the library. Thank you for the suggestion. 2mo
Lcsmcat Just added it to my Kobo. 2mo
BookwormAHN I'm in, I just downloaded it 2mo
Graciouswarriorlibrarian Just requested it. 2mo
Liz_M book suggestions: Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Fascism: A Warning 2mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa This is the book club I need right now. Add me to tags too 1mo
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