The three pillars of humanity

Three activities are unique to the human race: war, slavery, and genocide.  Certainly, there are other attributes that one might claim are solely human, but these are the ones that are the bedrock of two seemingly very different readings: Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields by Dr….

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The Sin of Complicity — FDR, Auschwitz, and the Lilliput Troupe

The world is so much clearer in hindsight.  That’s why historians practice what’s called the “fifty-year rule”.  The rule is a tacit acknowledgment that it is virtually impossible to judge history objectively until the consequences of historical events have played out and been realized.  The downside to this however, is…

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