Scrolls of Hate and Hope
by Erica BrownAnti-Semitism is hardly a thing of the past; it’s a constant, vicious drumbeat—and it’s louder today than it has been in decades. Continue Reading »
Hitler the Progressive
by Peter HitchensThe left wrongly associates the Hitler period with the political and moral right. Continue Reading »
Stefan Zweig, European Man
by Joseph EpsteinThe Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell pushkin, 384 pages, $30 The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell pushkin, 720 pages, $14.99 The World of Yesterday by stefan zweig translated by anthea bell . . . . Continue Reading »
The Caudillo
by Peter HitchensFranco: Anatomy of a Dictator by enrique moradiellos i.b.tauris, 264 pages, $30 Not long after the successful Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944, Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain, removed a photograph of Adolf Hitler from his desk in the Pardo Palace in Madrid. He promptly replaced . . . . Continue Reading »
Learning from the White Rose
by George WeigelSeventy-five years ago, Sophie and Hans Scholl and their friend Christian Probst were executed for opposing Hitler’s Third Reich. Continue Reading »
The Deadly Legacy of Eugenics
by Wesley J. SmithNot every modern assault on the sanctity of human life is traceable to Hitler. There are many other paths off the ethical cliff. Continue Reading »
Dachau Golgotha
by Filip MazurczakMisconceptions abound on the relationship of Nazism and Christianity. Continue Reading »
Pius XII’s Duel with Hitler
by William Doino Jr.Pope vs. Hitler opens by asking whether Pius XII really was “Hitler’s Pope,” as John Cornwell notoriously alleged, or rather, as Riebling’s book maintains, Hitler’s implacable enemy. Cassel includes critics, and not just supporters, of Pius XII. But his film makes clear where the hard evidence lies. Continue Reading »
Rome’s Resistance
by Jacques AdlerChurch of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitlerby mark rieblingbasic, 375 pages, $29.99 During the Second World War, the Third Reich was opposed by local partisans and ad hoc military and civilian organizations. The Nazi authorities disseminated so-called anti-terrorism propaganda, referring . . . . Continue Reading »
Bonhoeffer's Last Advent
by Timothy GeorgeOne year before Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed by the Nazis on the morning of April 9, 1945, he wrote from prison to his friend Eberhard Bethge: “What keeps gnawing at me is the question, ‘What is Christianity, or who is Christ actually for us today?’” To that question we must now pose . . . . Continue Reading »
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