Aaron J Leonard
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Aaron J Leonard
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Author | Historian
April 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I offer it to anyone not understanding that there are moments in history when nothing but the fiercest resistance will do.
April 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Similarly, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) held the view, as defeated SPD candidate Karl Höltermann optimistically told the press in 1932, “After Hitler, our turn.” It was one of the worst—if not the worst—presumptions in history. [banner-"Death to Marxism]
April 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
As The NY Times, profiling German Communist Party (KPD) leader Ernst Thälmann in 1932, reported, “The Communists look on Hitler’s possible accession to power as the beginning of their dawn. They expect complete failure from him and disillusionment in his party, with resultant defections.”...
April 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
- Geoffrey Roberts, Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork and Member of the Royal Irish Academy
February 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
While his life after being president was one thing, his time in office is another—and our apprehending of such history matters.
December 30, 2024 at 1:18 AM