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Another 1933? Germans Are Comparing Today’s Far Right Surge To The Nazi Takeover

Photo of Adolf Hitler standing on a motorcade, saluting SS members during a Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg in December 1927
Hitler at the third Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg in December 1927. Mary Evans/ZUMA

With the global rise of the far-right, many Germans are afraid that the past is about to repeat itself. German writer Florian Illies explains the trap about such analogies — even as other dangers lurk.

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What Will Justice For Ukraine Look Like? The Nazi Demise Offers A Clue

Image of Kai Wegner, Berlin's Governing Mayor, Olekseii Makelev, Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany, and Tobias Linder, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, laying flowers in commemoration of the end of World War II.
Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner, Olekseii Makelev, Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany, and Tobias Linder, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, lay flowers on Monday in commemoration of the end of World War II. Kay Nietfeld/ZUMA

Russia has just celebrated its Victory Day over Nazism. It’s a good time to reflect on what retribution means, and how it’s not always black and white.

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