It speaks of problematic developments under #ElonMusk and says, that for example #Nazi content is now barely moderated over there. And also that the significance of Twitter shrinks.
My Hitler Book: What am I supposed to do with it? - Tablet Magazine
Interesting to me
As author says, these #Nazi books are neither rare nor valuable. Mine came from my father, who found them in his office during the US occupation
Article draws a contrast between those who thoughtlessly (or worse) collect Nazi memorabilia vs. dealers like Mark Funke, who thinks carefully about historical value & interpretation
@CitizenWald #history I saw german movie " the unwanted - odyssee of the St. Louis" . ( german language) https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDovL2hyLW9ubGluZS8yMDUwMzk
On youtube the earlier hollywood adaption " Voyage of the damned" with many stars can be found in full length including documentary footage. All about Captain Gustav Schröder who got his cruise ship with 1000 jews back to Antwerpen, Belgium only few days before the war. @bookhistodons@bookstodon
Back to cigarette albums: they always intrigued me as a branch of marketing & collecting aimed at adults rather than children. They were particularly popular in Germany, so the Nazi regime took advantage of the genre and corporations happily obliged.
A Smith College colleague developed a collection and taught a seminar in which students created an exhibit
MEMORIAL FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE EUTHANASIA KILLINGS.
"The Brandenburg Memorials Foundation opened the Memorial to the Victims of the Euthanasia Killings in a former service building of the Old Prison in Brandenburg an der Havel in August 2012. The permanent exhibition, located in a 120-square-meter space on the historical site of the euthanasia murders and in the immediate vicinity of the former gas chamber, informs visitors about the preparations and implementation of the plan, including the people involved in the murders of more than 9,000 sick and disabled persons between January and October 1940."
➡️ THIS OLD HOUSE: AUSTRIA TORN OVER WHAT TO DO WITH HITLER’S BIRTHPLACE (Politico, September 2020)
"Earlier this summer, the Austrian interior ministry released the winning architectural design for the site […]. The ultimate goal of these changes is to “neutralize” the history and symbolism of the house, officials said, preventing it from serving as a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis in the future."