Word: hitler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Moreover, where should the Germans of 1989 get these racist, anti-Semitic, and nationalistic feelings in the first place? After World War II, those who supported Hitler kept their mouths shut, for obvious reasons, and were hardly able to pass on their horrific heritage. In school, at home, and in the media, we grew up with images of the Holocaust, German war crimes, and the destructive power of ideology and nationalism. We spent years of painful confrontations with the older generation about their involvement in the Third Reich. Does Cooper think that that was all worth nothing...
Fifty-one years ago, a famous British Prime Minister bet his reputation that no such emotions would ever reign in Germany. After returning from the 1938 Munich Conference at which he agreed to let Hitler annex part of Czechoslovakia, Neville Chamberlain told his fellow citizens, "For the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time....Go home and get a nice quiet sleep...
...know when your fellow academics might disappear into a maelstrom of political violence. I also had the sense that the COCA's were having a hell of a time waving around guns and scaring the hell out of people. Many students who joined the Red Guard or Hitler's Brown Shirts had the same pleasures. But it seemed like a good cause...
Ulam also refuted theories that Stalin actually trusted Hitler to hold up Germany's end of the treaty. "Any man who would have two brothers-in-law shot and his friends liquidated would not trust a man like Hitler," Ulam said...
Shklar discussed the reasons the Germans followed Hitler. She paid particular attention to Hitler's ability to communicate and his mastery of the radio. In addition, the prospect of winning a new war seemed both possible and desirable to many Germans, Shklar said...