Aviel Roshwald

@avielroshwald.bsky.social

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History Professor.

Comparative study of nationalism.

Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023)
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Aviel Roshwald is an American historian and professor of history at Georgetown University.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · Oct 10

I’m a history professor focusing on 20th-century Europe, with a particular interest in the comparative history of nationalism and of responses to Nazi aggression. My most recent book is Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Camb. Univ. Press, 2023).

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 2h

ICE dancing is not just for the Olympics.

Nash Is Here For It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 12h

Wow.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 4h

The interview with Talarico has been posted to YouTube: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 4h

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

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Nash Is Here For It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 12h

Wow.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 19h

It is manifestly wrong to label Trump-regime officials as neo-fascists, given the utterly derivative nature of their fascism.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 21h

Rubio warns European leaders of danger of losing shared heritage of soporific clichés.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 21h

I’m starting to worry about the guardrails of idiocracy.

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 21h

Robert Duvall, Chameleonlike Actor of Film, Stage and TV, Dies at 95 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...

Robert Duvall, Chameleonlike Actor of Film, Stage and TV, Dies at 95

www.nytimes.com

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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 22h

To mark Lithuania’s Independence Day, we’re revisiting C. Westerhoff’s study on the Ober Ost "laboratory."

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 22h

What do the words “moral” and “principle” mean?

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Janet Mills @janetmillsforme.bsky.social · 23h

Once again, Susan Collins has caved to Trump and is supporting efforts to rig the rules and silence voters.

Maine has one of the highest voter participation rates nationwide –– and as Senator, I'll fight like hell to protect your right to vote from attacks on our democracy.

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Victor Klemperer Journal @klempererjournal.bsky.social · 23h

16. Februar 1934

#VictorKlemperer #Tagebücher #NS #Nationalsozialismus
#Faschismus #Antisemitismus #Shoah #Holocaust #Antiintellektualismus #Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit #Medizin #Propaganda

16. Februar 1934

In der Fakultät sitzen jetzt Privatdozenten und Studentenschaft; Annemarie zeigte in ihrem medizinischen Fachblatt heftige Angriffe gegen die medizinischen Ordinarien zugunsten der Nichtordinarien (und Heilkundigen); Alledem liegt das gleiche System zugrunde: Man stützt
sich auf diejenigen, die bisher sich zurückgesetzt fühlten, auf die (wirklich oder scheinbar) »Entrechteten«, auf die Hungrigen, auf die Masse der kleinen Leute. Früher hieß es in solchem Fall: Gegen die Großkopfeten oder gegen die Kapitalisten! Jetzt, viel zugkräftiger, gegen die Juden!

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February 16, 1934

Outside lecturers and the students now sit on the faculty; in her medical journal, Annemarie showed me fierce attacks on the professors of medicine and in favor of the non-professors and lay healers. It is all based on the same system: They look for support from those who until now felt themselves neglected, on those (really or seemingly) " without rights," on the hungry, on the mass of little people. In the past the word was: against the eggheads or against the capitalists! Now, much more appealingly, against the Jews!

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 23h

Mordor cosplaying as The Shire.

Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: Palantir employees are known internally as 'Hobbits'. Western civilization is 'The Shire' and 'protect The Shire' is the unofficial company motto.

"soft wood" bitch mahogany™ @dommedeluise.bsky.social · 1d

EVERY PALANTIR BIGWIG: i am evil. this is an evil company with expressly evil goals.

EVERY PALANTIR EMPLOYEE: [eating the 24 dollar erowhon strawberry] anyone else get a weird feeling in the pit of their stomach when they go in to the office

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Selim Koru @selimkoru.bsky.social · 23h

Turkish state TV just aired a scene where an Ottoman prince slaughters Jewish merchants on screen while the Khaybar chant plays in the background. This is new territory — even for TRT. I wrote about what it means, and why almost nobody in Turkey noticed or cared.

The State as Edgelord

TRT's revenge fantasy and the audience that didn't show up

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 23h

I think we should take this as an opportunity to post more positive things about ICE, such as how positively disgusted we are by ICE’s wanton criminality.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀

@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

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Jean (J.A.) @gibbensauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Why don't they simply clarify their intent: Have the person — any person — vote FIRST and then check their ballot. If they have voted REP, the vote is good and counts. If they have voted DEM, the vote is clearly compromised and the person should be investigated. Of course, THAT vote is invalid.

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Jen Evans @jennifervevans.bsky.social · 1d

The Center for Research on Antisemitism (ZfA) at TU Berlin is calling for applications for the Eva Reichmann Book Prize, to be awarded for the first time in 2026 to an outstanding book in the fields of Antisemitism Studies or Holocaust Studies:

www.tu.berlin/en/asf/resea...

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: Palantir employees are known internally as 'Hobbits'. Western civilization is 'The Shire' and 'protect The Shire' is the unofficial company motto.

"soft wood" bitch mahogany™ @dommedeluise.bsky.social · 1d

Capybaron Goldstein @goldstein.bsky.social · Jan 6

Palantir co-founder says it exists to kill communists.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀

@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Very!

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Not-This-President’s Day, everybody!

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Producer of hit Israeli TV show 'Tehran' found dead in Athens hotel

Greek Media Reported That Suspicious Bruising Was Found on Dana Eden's Body, Prompting Authorities to Examine a Possible Murder. Eden's Production Company Published a Statement Saying That 'Rumors Sug...

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

If AI is now in charge of writing, it’s time to fire the now-redundant editor.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.

Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”

You can’t make this shit up.

www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...