In Trump’s assault on the media, disturbing flashbacks to the Third Reich
Hitler also consolidated his power by controlling, intimidating and punishing the press
Hitler also consolidated his power by controlling, intimidating and punishing the press
— The wife of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels had a Jewish father, according to a new document discovered in the Berlin archives. The document was published in the German newspaper Bild, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. It shows that the father of Magda Goebbels was a Jewish businessman named Richard Friedlander, who married Magda’s…
Australia’s prime minister publicly apologized for comparing the country’s opposition leader to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. On Thursday, Tony Abbott said in a parliament meeting that Labor Party leader Bill Shorten was the “Dr. Goebbels of economic policy.” Abbott apologized on a radio interview on Friday. “I accept that in the context of history…
A Jewish lawmaker was thrown out of Australia’s Parliament after protesting Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s description of the opposition leader as the “Dr. Goebbels of economic policy.” Joseph Goebbels was the propaganda minister for Nazi Germany. Opposition Labor Party lawmaker Mark Dreyfus, one of three Jewish lawmakers in Parliament, jumped up to protest Abbott’s choice…
Russian prosecutors are investigating the appearance of a Russian-language edition of a book by Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, to rule whether it is extremist and should be banned. State prosecutors in Russia’s second largest city, St Petersburg, launched the probe into the novel “Michael” this week after it appeared in early 2013 on…
The pre-war archives of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda, who was with Hitler from the earliest days, will be put on auction in the United States this week. Alexander Autographs, one of the largest auction houses for rare historical documents and manuscripts, is offering the rare archive for a starting price of $200,000 on…
John Burton, the chairman of the Democratic Party in California, apologized to those who took offense at his remarks comparing Republican statements to Nazi propaganda. Following an uproar over the remarks, which were condemned by Democrats and Republicans, Burton issued a statement on Monday. “To correct press reports of my recent comments about Republican lies,…
November 21 marks the 200th anniversary of the German dramatist and novelist Heinrich von Kleist’s death but European literati have been celebrating all year long. Reflected glory is cast on Max Ring, a German Jewish poet and playwright who has not yet even been accorded a German-language Wikipedia entry despite lasting literary achievements. Ring, a…
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