World War II Begins
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell The world view of Hitler and the events of …
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell The world view of Hitler and the events of …
According to most historians, the Gleiwitz Incident is the “false flag” that touched off World War II in Europe. Put simply, it was the Nazis’ casus …
GERMAN historians have identified the family whose request to Adolf Hitler that their disabled son be “put to sleep” was the catalyst for the Nazi …
3 September 1938, the founding conference of the Fourth International was held near Paris. The main inspiration and organizer behind the declaration of the new …
Introduction of identity cards for Jews over age 15 were to go into effect on 1 January 1939. After Hitler came to power in 1933, …
On May 6, 1937 the German zeppelin Hindenburg burst into flames while docking at Lakehurst, New Jersey. The spectacular disaster brought an end to the …
Smedley Butler became widely known for his outspoken lectures against war profiteering, U.S. military adventurism, and what he viewed as nascent fascism in the United …
On 31st January, 1933, Joseph Goebbels wrote in his diary about the plans to deal with the German Communist Party (KPD): “During discussions with the …
Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany. Germany at this time is in horrible economic circumstances from the Treaty of Versailles following WWI and massive inflation …
For Germans 1932 was a year of mass unemployment, economic paralysis, and a broken, unresponsive political system. The world economic downturn, known in the US …