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September 16, 2022
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“We Did Know”: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on The U.S. and the Holocaust
The new documentary, which debuts Sunday on PBS, digs deep into what FDR and the American public did—and did not do—to stop the genocide.
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May 27, 2022
Critical Mass
The German Fortunes Built on Nazi Plunder
Germany has never fully reckoned with the Nazi connections of some of its wealthiest families.
November 16, 2020
Critical Mass
Why Attack on Titan Is the Alt-Right’s Favorite Manga
White supremacists have found inspiration in the ultraviolent, ultrapopular saga.
October 28, 2020
The Soapbox
The Myths Fueling Today’s Armed Right
How the NRA seeded the storylines animating the violent groups that will be patrolling this year’s election
May 17, 2018
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Nothing in All Creation Is Hidden
Why America needs truth and reconciliation after Trump
December 24, 2015
How the Nazis Co-opted Christmas
A history professor explores the ways Nazi symbols and rituals influenced Christmas celebrations in the Third Reich.
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From Nazi Resistance to Ferguson's Unrest: The Weird History of the Molotov Cocktail
August 12, 2013
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