Explained to her insisted that all he wanted was peace or. Id experienced war himself and europe had already seen too much death. But my income was a well known book and doubly not pointed out that this was not the opinion hitler had expressed in his book. There he spoke of war not peace with the replied that he had changed on this be just as any politician would do when confronted by a texan depended on his youth he said if not change hes written a book from jail and anger and now he was chancellor 2 more small our evolutions of. The interview appeared on the front page of the matter one of the largest circulation french newspapers of the day it included a reassuring quote from headline or. War it would settle nothing it would only make matters worse for the world. But in germany the ideas contained in the book continue to gain traction in public sentiment and on the streets. Propaganda minister yourself goebbels read excerpts of mine come on the radio. And hired the regime even devel
The by. April 1945 the 2nd world war in europe was drawing to an end in berlin. Germanys defeat was inevitable the fighting exceptionally fierce. The world was beginning to grasp the unprecedented scale of the conflict. More than 50000000 people lost their lives no war had ever claimed so many casualties military and civilian. Soldiers of the victorious allied forces discovered the concentration camps. In germany american troops were so appalled by what they found they brought civilians from the surrounding area to see the horrors of the camps with their own eyes. Many germans claimed to have know nothing of what went on in the camps or the holocaust. At the post war nor back war crimes trials even some leading nazis proclaimed their ignorance when confronted with evidence of the atrocities. Committed to get rid of. British prosecutor frederick l. When jones was among those who insisted this could not be the case he believed that there had been a virtual blueprint for the holocaust a g
So he works to give public presentations on wide ranging topics like the Cultural Impact of road trips throughout American History. They rise of the american suburbs the gilded age the role prohibition played in shaping the 1920s the history of food and dining in the us or like this one had the 1939 worlds fair in vision the future. Now alan will also be back with us on january 11th to discuss Kennedy Nixon in the debate of the century. We hope you will consider joining us. Now were so excited to have alan with us this. Things without any further ado. Please join me in welcoming alan pietro bun. Thank you for that generous introduction heather. I am dr. Alan pietro bond a professor of Global Affairs and modern American History at Trinity Washington University here in dc and i want to start tonight. By giving you a number 1939 its one of those years that stands out in history. For those who know their history, its a year that evokes a reaction much like 1776 with the American Revolution
So he works to give public presentations on wide ranging topics like the Cultural Impact of road trips throughout American History. They rise of the american suburbs the gilded age the role prohibition played in shaping the 1920s the history of food and dining in the us or like this one had the 1939 worlds fair in vision the future. Now alan will also be back with us on january 11th to discuss Kennedy Nixon in the debate of the century. We hope you will consider joining us. Now were so excited to have alan with us this. Things without any further ado. Please join me in welcoming alan pietro bun. Thank you for that generous introduction heather. I am dr. Alan pietro bond a professor of Global Affairs and modern American History at Trinity Washington University here in dc and i want to start tonight. By giving you a number 1939 its one of those years that stands out in history. For those who know their history, its a year that evokes a reaction much like 1776 with the American Revolution
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