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fromKqed
4 days ago

'Stay Alive,' About Life in Nazi Berlin, Shows How Easy it Is to Just Go Along

Ordinary Germans during the Nazi regime often remained silent, adapting to the system while some resisted and documented the truth.
Berlin music
fromKqed
4 days ago

'Stay Alive,' About Life in Nazi Berlin, Shows How Easy it Is to Just Go Along

Ordinary Germans during the Nazi regime often remained silent, adapting to the system while some resisted and documented the truth.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Daunting, inspiring, comforting, terrifying: the writers who can make silence as eloquent as words

Wordsworth's snowy encounter on Fleet Street inspired reflections on silence and imagination's role in moral elevation.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Writer and the Traitor by Robert Verkaik review divided loyalties

Graham Greene announced that he was resigning from MI6. Kim Philby, his chief in Section V, MI6's counterespionage arm, blinked. Greene had played his part in tending the illusion.
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Berlin music
fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

Life in Hitler's Capital

A new book presents firsthand accounts from diverse Berlin residents during World War II, including students, musicians, Nazi members, and resistance fighters, revealing their personal experiences during wartime.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
1 month ago

How Germany Lost World War I

Germany started the First World War (1914-18) with the belief its armed forces could win a quick and decisive victory over France and then Russia. The reality turned out to be much more complicated as more countries became involved in a global war that lasted five years. An alternative title to this article, of course, could be How the Allies Won the War.
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Berlin
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 by Ian Buruma how Berliners defied their Nazi masters

Even as Nazi repression and wartime hardship increased, Berlin retained pockets of defiant, everyday resistance and nonconformity among ordinary citizens.
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fromWorld History Encyclopedia
2 months ago

The Story of WWI in 50 Images

The First World War transformed warfare through global mechanised conflict, widespread civilian impact, and immense human suffering from Sarajevo's assassination to the Paris Peace Conference.
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