A 'Hitler myth' was cultivated which built on people's desire for strong leadership, and presented Hitler as an almost God-like figure. Hitler's… — Alison Kitson Copy Share Image
The Nazi Party was, in the early 1920s, but one among many nationalist and volkisch radical political groups. It was catapulted to… — Mary Fulbrook Copy Share Image
“What people still do not like to admit is that there were two crimes in the form of one. Just as the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“A Nazi initiation into the upper reaches of the SS was to gouge out the eye of a pet cat after feeding… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“The Nazis' entrance upon the European stage did not, at first, alarm the British. After all, under the Versailles treaty, the size… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
“Now we will live!” This is what the hungry little boy liked to say, as he toddled along the quiet roadside, or… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“[Hitler] has grasped the falsity of the hedonistic attitude to life. Nearly all western thought since the last war, certainly all “progressive”… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“It is their usual reaction; they employ not words and reasoned conversation or discourse to resolve problems, but the truncheon, the jackbooted… — Daniel S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
“Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, historians have become both more accurate and more honest—fractionally more brave, one might… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“This was a particularly spectacular example of the German campaign to gather forced labor in the East, which had begun with the… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“They want to be the agents, not the victims, of history. They identify with God's power and believe they are godlike. That… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“On Good Friday last year the SS found some pretext to punish 60 priests with an hour on "the tree." That is… — Jean Bernard Copy Share Image
“The Reformation is one root of the idea of human freedom and autonomy as it is represented in modern democracy. However, while… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image