Fascism & the Holocaust
The Silence of the Quandts: The history of a wealthy German family
A documentary film by Eric Friedler and Barbara Siebert
By Emma Bode and Brigitte Fehlau, November 29, 2008
The award-winning The Silence of the Quandts deals with the unscrupulous rise of one of Germany’s richest and most influential families. The family, which owns 47 percent of auto manufacturer BMW, i...
Sixty-five years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
By Harvey Thompson, April 16, 2008
This week marks 65 years since the uprising by the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto against the attempt by the Nazis to transport the remaining Jewish population of the Polish capital to the Treblinka death ...
German war crimes in Italy: part three
A scorched-earth policy
By Elisabeth Zimmermann, October 9, 2004
This is the third article in a three-part series based on two books that appeared in the 1990s: Friedrich Andrae’s Auch Gegen Frauen und Kinder—Der Krieg der Deutschen Wehrmacht Gegen die ...
German war crimes in Italy: part two
Nazi terror and the resistance in Italy
By Elisabeth Zimmermann, October 8, 2004
This is the second article in a three-part series based on two books that appeared in the 1990s: Friedrich Andrae’s Auch Gegen Frauen und Kinder—Der Krieg der Deutschen Wehrmacht Gegen die...
Forty years since the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial
Part 3—Juridical cover-up of Nazi crimes
By Sybille Fuchs, April 29, 2004
The following is the last in a three-part series of articles.
Forty years since the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial
Part 2—The accused: Henchmen acting under orders
By Sybille Fuchs, April 28, 2004
The following is the second in a three-part series of articles.
Forty years since the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial
Part one—a belated inquiry
By Sybille Fuchs, April 27, 2004
The following is the first in a three-part series of articles.
The anti-Semitism and anti-Bolshevism of the German Nazis: a letter and reply
December 23, 2003
The following letter was written in response to the article “Germany: MP’s anti-Semitic speech exposes ugly face of the CDU,” posted by the World Socialist Web Sitelast November 14. ...
Sixty years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
By Harvey Thompson, May 27, 2003
“... The decline of capitalism has suspended the Jews between heaven and earth.” (1)
The debate in Germany over the crimes of Hitler’s Wehrmacht
Part 2
By Wolfgang Weber, September 20, 2001
This is the second and concluding part of a two-part article on the debate in Germany surrounding an exhibit on the crimes of Hitler’s army (the Wehrmacht). Part one was posted Wednesday, Septem...
The debate in Germany over the crimes of Hitler’s Wehrmacht
Part 1
By Wolfgang Weber, September 19, 2001
This is the first part of a two-part article on the debate in Germany surrounding an exhibit on the crimes of the German army (Wehrmacht ) under the Nazis. The second part will be posted Thursday, Sep...
Verdict in David Irving case due in two weeks
Libel suit brought by apologist for Nazi role in Holocaust concludes in London
By Richard Tyler & Peter Reydt, March 24, 2000
The 10-week trial of a libel suit brought by British author David Irving against American historian Deborah Lipstadt concluded Wednesday March 15, as closing arguments were delivered before a packed L...
