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February 21, 2022
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Ted Cruz and the Rest of Them Should Shut Up About Munich Now
They are ignorant of the actual history. Besides which, what’s the opposite of Munich? Vietnam. Iraq. Were those really so preferable?
December 1, 2021
Magazine
Richard J. Evans
How Did Germans Cope With Defeat?
Monica Black’s new book, “A Demon-Haunted Land,” tells of the faith healers who prospered in post-war Germany.
May 28, 2021
Peter Bradshaw
Billy Wilder’s Escape From the Nightmare of Europe
Classic American movies “Some Like It Hot” and “Sunset Boulevard” emerged from the tumult and horror of interwar Germany.
May 19, 2021
Magazine
Lidija Haas
A Holocaust Documentary Interviews the Perpetrators
Luke Holland’s film “Final Account” makes a study of evasion, denial, and self-justification among living participants in Hitler’s Third Reich.
April 21, 2021
Adrian Daub
The Weird, Extremely German Origins of the Wirecard Scandal
How politicians, regulators, and the media fell for an obvious financial fraud
December 14, 2020
Nate Berg
The Man Who Wants to Take Down Bashar Al Assad
Wolfgang Kaleck is using the justice system to do what nation-states will not or cannot.
December 2, 2020
Edna Bonhomme
The Global Temptation to Keep Building Pipelines
“All of the above” is a bad energy strategy, but even some of the most forward-thinking countries can’t help falling for it.
September 11, 2020
Magazine
Adam Kirsch
The Problem With Redemption for Wagner
Willa Cather, Thomas Mann, and WEB Du Bois all drew on his work. Hitler was his most fateful disciple. Has the composer’s legacy been misunderstood?
May 20, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
Is Baseball Safe?
Just because we may get a baseball season doesn’t mean we deserve one.
May 5, 2020
Magazine
Christopher Caldwell
Can the European Union Survive a Pandemic?
The coronavirus crisis has turned its member nations against each other.
March 2, 2020
Adrian Daub
A Whiff of Weimar
Is Germany in danger of repeating its Nazi past?
June 27, 2019
Magazine
Roy Scranton
How John Hersey Bore Witness
The author of
Hiroshima
showed the world the realities of American power.
June 19, 2019
Adrian Daub
Hulu’s
Das Boot
Gets Lost at Sea
The new remake of a World War II epic falls victim to the conventions of prestige TV.
June 11, 2019
Magazine
Daniel Immerwahr
All Over the Map
Jared Diamond struggles to understand a connected world.
May 23, 2019
David Adler
Will the Radical Right Break the EU?
In the race for the European Parliament, politics are becoming transnational—and threatening the union from within.
April 23, 2019
Jacob Silverman
What’s the Best Way to Keep Incendiary, Violent Content Offline?
After the Christchurch shootings, Australia passed a law imposing harsh penalties on tech platforms that don't remove certain types of content. Should the U.S. do the same?
March 28, 2019
Josephine Huetlin
The Generational Backlash to Europe’s Climate Activists
From Germany to the United States, some of the angriest reactions to demonstrators are from older citizens.
March 11, 2019
Magazine
Kristen Ghodsee
How Regime Change Breeds Demagogues
Economic liberalization can be just as traumatic as military intervention.
February 26, 2019
Michael Colborne
The Far Right’s Secret Weapon: Fascist Fashion
Europe's flourishing niche industry is spreading to the U.S., offering shirts and paraphernalia featuring neo-Nazi symbols in less overt forms.
February 7, 2019
Sean Williams
Is Germany’s Far Right Getting Less Racist—or More Strategic?
The Alternative für Deutschland party has stopped calling for "Dexit," but shown interest in a transnational right-wing alliance.
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