Larry

“Reinhold Schneider in 1946. “In a certain sense, we will be bound to him for all eternity.”111 Schneider’s words remain pertinent today. Hitler will remain a cautionary example for all time. If his life and career teaches us anything, it is how quickly democracy can be prised from its hinges when political institutions fail and civilising forces in society are too weak to combat the lure of authoritarianism; how thin the mantle separating civilisation and barbarism actually is; and what human beings are capable of when the rule of law and ethical norms are suspended and some people are granted unlimited power over the lives of others.”
― Volker Ullrich, Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945