Jeff
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Remembrance of the past helps us to understand the present.
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Books, history, writing, RPGs, racing, software—and hope.
… tempted to say as much, but on such occasions one was met with such a state of incredulity, such a shock of silence, as if one had blasphemed the Almighty, that one realized how useless it was to even try to make contact with a mind which had become warped and for whom … (cont’d)
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
… tempted to say as much, but on such occasions one was met with such a state of incredulity, such a shock of silence, as if one had blasphemed the Almighty, that one realized how useless it was to even try to make contact with a mind which had become warped and for whom … (cont’d)
… with a stranger in a restaurant, a beer hall, a cafe, I would meet with the most outlandish assertions from seemingly educated and intelligent persons. It was obvious that they were parroting some piece of nonsense they had heard on the radio or read in the newspapers. Sometimes one was … (cont’d)
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
… with a stranger in a restaurant, a beer hall, a cafe, I would meet with the most outlandish assertions from seemingly educated and intelligent persons. It was obvious that they were parroting some piece of nonsense they had heard on the radio or read in the newspapers. Sometimes one was … (cont’d)
…on one’s mind and often misled it. No one who has not lived for years in a totalitarian land can possible conceive how difficult it is to escape the dread consequences of a regime’s calculated and incessant propaganda. Often in a German home or office or sometimes in casual conversation … (cont’d)
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
…on one’s mind and often misled it. No one who has not lived for years in a totalitarian land can possible conceive how difficult it is to escape the dread consequences of a regime’s calculated and incessant propaganda. Often in a German home or office or sometimes in casual conversation … (cont’d)
“It was surprising and sometimes consternating to find that notwithstanding the opportunities I had to learn the facts and despite one’s inherent distrust of what one learned from Nazi sources, a steady diet over the years of falsifications and distortions made a certain impression … (cont’d)
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“It was surprising and sometimes consternating to find that notwithstanding the opportunities I had to learn the facts and despite one’s inherent distrust of what one learned from Nazi sources, a steady diet over the years of falsifications and distortions made a certain impression … (cont’d)
… they had two advantages over their opponents: They were led by a man who knew exactly what he wanted and they were ruthless enough, and opportunist enough, to go to any lengths to help him get it.” (p. 185)
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
… they had two advantages over their opponents: They were led by a man who knew exactly what he wanted and they were ruthless enough, and opportunist enough, to go to any lengths to help him get it.” (p. 185)
“Such was the conglomeration of men around the leader of the National Socialists. In a normal society they surely would have stood out as a grotesque assortment of misfits. But in the last chaotic days of the Republic they began to appear to millions of befuddle Germans as saviors. And … (cont’d)
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“Such was the conglomeration of men around the leader of the National Socialists. In a normal society they surely would have stood out as a grotesque assortment of misfits. But in the last chaotic days of the Republic they began to appear to millions of befuddle Germans as saviors. And … (cont’d)
… acts of violence and terror, which if successful, would attract adherents and give them a sense of power over the weak.” (p. 42)
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
… acts of violence and terror, which if successful, would attract adherents and give them a sense of power over the weak.” (p. 42)
“What the masses needed, he thought, were not only ideas—a few simple ideas, that is, that he could ceaselessly hammer through their skulls—but symbols that would win their faith, pageantry and color that would arouse them, and … (cont’d)
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“What the masses needed, he thought, were not only ideas—a few simple ideas, that is, that he could ceaselessly hammer through their skulls—but symbols that would win their faith, pageantry and color that would arouse them, and … (cont’d)