Germany’s 1918 transition from constitutional, parliamentary monarchy to democratic republic was not the result of a self-determined evolution, but rather an Allied settlement foisted upon Germany as a consequence of its defeat in WWI. Hence, a sizable portion of the German populace was disgruntled with the new régime right from the start. Weimar's problems were compounded by the fact that the Allied powers, fearing a strong and healthy rival, did their utmost to destabilize Germany.
By Nigel Winters ∙ June 24, 2024
The pernicious myth that the Brown-shirted Stormtroopers (Sturmabteilung or SA) of the National-Socialist Movement were “violent thugs” is a popular political slander, concocted by disingenuous “historians” from half-truths, while neglecting inconvenient facts. It is true that the National Socialists participated in their fair share of brawls, however, they were comparatively much less violent than the…
By Anthony Lawson ∙ February 21, 2020
Holocaust, Hate Speech: Were the Germans So Stupid?
By Kerry R. Bolton ∙ October 1, 2013
The presence of many Germans of Jewish descent in the German armed forces of the Third Reich comes as a revelation to many. The recent book Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military,[1] by Bryan Mark Rigg, shows that up to 150,000 part-Jews…
By Veronica Clark ∙ October 1, 2011
What exactly did the NSDAP (National Socialist German Worker’s Party) represent and who were its founding members? Why and how did Adolf Hitler transform the party from an unimpressive proletariat workers’ party to a full-fledged political machine that obtained absolute power in Germany? Perhaps more important, how was it funded? We answer these questions in…
By John M. Ries ∙ October 1, 1988
German Big Business and the Rise of Hitler, by Henry Ashby Turner, Jr. New York: Oxford University Press 1985. Hardbound, 487 pages, $25.00, ISBN 0-10-503492-9. A good portion of the the accepted legacy of German big business and its alleged role in the establishment of the Third Reich rests on the authenticity of the memoirs…
By Georg Franz-Willing ∙ April 1, 1988
Rebel Patriot: A Biography of Franz von Papen, by Henry M. and Robin K. Adams. Santa Barbara, CA: McNally and Loftin, 1987, 513 pages, $29.95, ISBN 0-87461-065-6. Professor Henry M. Adams (University of California, Santa Barbara), born in 1907, first met Franz von Papen while a student in Berlin in 1931. Adams had befriended Franz…
By Keith Stimely ∙ December 1, 1984
A lengthy page-one, six column article in the Sunday, 23 December 1984 New York Times (Colin Campbell, “History and Ethics: A Dispute,” pp. 1, 35) brought to the attention of the general public for the first time the facts about a controversy within the halls of mainstream historical scholarship that has proceeded with mounting bitterness…
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