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Steve Minard is on page 28 of 1249

"The Danube monarchy was dying of indigestion. For centuries a minority of German-Austrians had ruled over the polyglot empire of a dozen nationalities and stamped their language and their culture on it. But since 1848 their hold had been weakening. The minorities could not be digested. Austria was not a melting pot... Austrian politics had become dominated by the bitter quarrel of the nationalities."

— Nov 18, 2016 10:57AM

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

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Steve Minard is on page 48 of 1249

"He himself has nothing in common with the mass; like every great man he is all personality... In order to reach his goal, he is prepared to trample on his closest friends... As the need arises, he can trample them [the people] with the boots of a grenadier."

From the prize-winning essay “How Must The Man Be Constituted Who Will Lead Germany Back to Her Old Heights?" by Rudolf Heß, Hitler's future Deputy Führer

— Nov 30, 2016 10:54AM

Steve Minard is on page 45 of 1249

"He twists every fact. Make up your minds about such characters! Make no mistake. Hitler is a demagogue. He believes himself capable of filling you up with all kinds of tales that are anything but the truth."

-- Anti-Hitler pamphlet from founders of his DAP party, 1921

"Hitler promptly brought a libel suit against the authors, abolish[ed] the[ir] committee and [gave] him[self] dictatorial powers as president."

— Nov 30, 2016 10:40AM

Steve Minard is on page 37 of 1249

The gullibility of the Germans is a subject which Hitler often harps on in 'Mein Kampf.' He was shortly to take full advantage of it.

— Nov 21, 2016 10:22AM

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"He [Hitler] appears to have had little of the carefree spirit of youth despite all the loafing."

— Nov 17, 2016 01:46PM

Steve Minard is starting

Just a little light reading for the next four years.

— Nov 14, 2016 10:28AM