USH: World War Two Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:18:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Watch World War II Rage Across Europe in a 7 Minute Time-Lapse Film: Every Day From 1939 to 1945 https://daniellazar.com/2020/05/12/watch-world-war-ii-rage-across-europe-in-a-7-minute-time-lapse-film-every-day-from-1939-to-1945/ Tue, 12 May 2020 20:50:20 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5955 The post Watch World War II Rage Across Europe in a 7 Minute Time-Lapse Film: Every Day From 1939 to 1945 appeared first on Daniel Aaron Lazar.

]]> What Americans thought of Jewish refugees on the eve of World War II https://daniellazar.com/2016/01/31/what-americans-thought-of-jewish-refugees-on-the-eve-of-world-war-ii/ Sun, 31 Jan 2016 12:59:47 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5490 published in the Washington Post, 2015  

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]]> Nuremberg Trial Bore Witness to the Nazis’ Worst Crimes https://daniellazar.com/2015/11/23/nuremberg-trial-bore-witness-to-the-nazis-worst-crimes/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 05:23:40 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5457 Rebecca West, the acclaimed British writer, covered Nuremberg for the New Yorker. In August 1946, as the case entered its 10th month, she wrote, “[T]he courtroom is a citadel of boredom. Every person attending it is in the grip of extreme tedium.” How could a trial for some of the most ghastly and massive crimes … Continue reading Nuremberg Trial Bore Witness to the Nazis’ Worst Crimes →

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]]> How Thousands Of Nazis Were 'Rewarded' With Life In The U.S. https://daniellazar.com/2015/05/12/how-thousands-of-nazis-were-rewarded-with-life-in-the-u-s/ Tue, 12 May 2015 06:55:50 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5254 In his new book, The Nazis Next Door, Lichtblau reports that thousands of Nazis managed to settle in the United States after World War II, often with the direct assistance of American intelligence officials who saw them as potential spies and informants in the Cold War against the Soviet Union. Lichtblau says there were whole … Continue reading How Thousands Of Nazis Were 'Rewarded' With Life In The U.S. →

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]]> Photosessay — World War II After the War https://daniellazar.com/2014/02/06/photosessay-world-war-ii-after-the-war/ Thu, 06 Feb 2014 06:29:20 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4861 This is Part 20 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II) [45 photos]

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]]> The Debate Behind U.S. Intervention in World War II https://daniellazar.com/2013/09/20/the-debate-behind-u-s-intervention-in-world-war-ii/ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 05:47:22 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4690 73 years ago, President Roosevelt was mulling a third term, and Charles Lindbergh was praising German air strength. A new book looks at the dramatic months leading up to the election of 1940.

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]]> How Hollywood Helped Hitler https://daniellazar.com/2013/09/20/how-hollywood-helped-hitler/ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 05:46:09 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4687 In devastating detail, an excerpt from a controversial new book reveals how the big studios, desperate to protect German business, let Nazis censor scripts, remove credits from Jews, get movies stopped and even force one MGM executive to divorce his Jewish wife. Drawing on a wealth of archival documents in the U.S. and Germany, he reveals … Continue reading How Hollywood Helped Hitler →

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]]> The Chilling History of How Hollywood Helped Hitler https://daniellazar.com/2013/08/13/the-chilling-history-of-how-hollywood-helped-hitler/ Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:05:01 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4572 In devastating detail, an excerpt from a controversial new book reveals how the big studios, desperate to protect German business, let Nazis censor scripts, remove credits from Jews, get movies stopped and even force one MGM executive to divorce his Jewish wife.

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]]> After WWII, Europe Was A 'Savage Continent' Of Devastation https://daniellazar.com/2013/08/13/after-wwii-europe-was-a-savage-continent-of-devastation/ Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:32:21 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4558 In the introduction to his book, Savage Continent, Keith Lowe writes: Imagine a world without institutions. No governments. No school or universities. No access to any information. No banks. Money no longer has any worth. There are no shops, because no one has anything to sell. Law and order are virtually non-existent because there is no … Continue reading After WWII, Europe Was A 'Savage Continent' Of Devastation →

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]]> Three Reichs, You’re Out https://daniellazar.com/2013/04/07/three-reichs-youre-out/ Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:05:12 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4383 The amazing story of the U.S. military’s integrated “World Series” in Hitler Youth Stadium in 1945.

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