In times of uncertainty, we tend to move away from deterministic world views. And when we try to find moral footing for our actions, we compare ourselves to the foil of all foils, the Nazi period. It's a quest for… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
Originally the premise of killing Hitler was fueled by deep traumatic feelings of wishing and fantasizing that if only things had been different, we… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
The first step to get people interested in history is to wonder how things could have been different. — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
Americans and British respondents don't want to let the German people off the hook. They make the case that if you get rid of… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure you are… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
In times of uncertainty, we tend to move away from deterministic world views. And when we try to find moral footing for our actions,… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
If you're a website and you want to get attention, you can Hiterlize anything. — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
What's interesting is that when you get into the post-war period, many of the narratives in books and movies conclude that if you killed… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
Most people experience history as one damn fact after another in high school. But if you can wonder, "Wow, what if the US hadn't… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
The Germans tend to like to blame the Nazi experience on one man who can be scapegoated. If you pile all the blame onto… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
