Tag: nazis

Nazi Propaganda Art

By Erik Loomis

In General

On February 10, 2021

This is just downright fascinating. In the final days of the Second World War, a train loaded with relics of the collapsing Third Reich was speeding toward the Czech border when American pilots, flying P-47 fighters, spotted it and opened fire. The train ground to a halt in a forest, where German soldiers spirited the […]

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Our Previous Flirtation with Fascism

By Erik Loomis

On May 17, 2018

Footage of the 1939 Nazi rally in New York has been discovered and compiled by the documentarian Marshall Curry. It is now available for your viewing.

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How Is the New Crop of Republican Candidates Looking?

By Erik Loomis

On February 5, 2018

Pretty moderate! A former leader in the American Nazi Party is about to be the only Republican on the ticket for a congressional race in Illinois. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Arthur Jones, a H

The Latest in Holocaust Denial

By Melissa Byrnes

In General

On January 29, 2018

Last Friday, Poland’s lower house passed a bill (months in the making) that would make it a criminal offense—punishable by a prison sentence—to implicate Poles in the crimes of the Holocaust. The law takes specific aim at the use of phrases like “Polish death camps” in reference to concentration camps built on occupied Polish soil. […]

Culture

When Is Dressing Up Like Hitler Okay?

By Christa Blackmon

On October 23, 2017

The difference between “good” Nazi humor and bad is about who gets to be the butt of the joke. “There can be no poetry after Auschwitz,” said Theodor Adorno. One can only imagi

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Is It Too Early to Drink?

By Erik Loomis

On January 31, 2017

No, thank god. Because here’s a nice set of quotes comparing the attacks on a free media by Spicer and Bannon to those of Goebbels. Also, for your sanity, don’t watch the damn Supreme Cour

Nazi Cattle

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 8, 2015

I suppose if one is going to raise a breed of cattle created by the Nazis, one should expect it to be a killer breed.

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Nazi Camps and HUAC

By Erik Loomis

On August 11, 2014

Michael Hiltzik has useful commentary to add to the story of Nazi youth camps in mid-30s New York. The scare over them led to the creation of the Dies Committee, later HUAC. In Washington, panic about

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New York Nazi Camps

By Erik Loomis

On August 10, 2014

The Nazis had summer camps for their youth–in New York. And of course they filmed it and it survived and now I am saying you should watch the footage. Via