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#Americans: Learn from #history
The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her #Jewish lover in a sofa bed – and other #German rebels who defied the #Nazis
There were Germans who defied the Third Reich from the very start and throughout the Nazi #dictatorship. In the immediate aftermath of the #war, one allied investigator estimated that, during the 12 long years of Nazism, 3 million Germans had been in and out of #prisons or concentration camps for crimes of dissent, sometimes punished for nothing more than a #critical remark.
#fascism #Trump #Imperialism #USAggression #USWarCrimes
The astonishing story of the aristocrat who hid her Jewish lover in a sofa bed – and other German rebels who defied the Nazis
From a diplomat who embraced the exiled Albert Einstein to a schoolteacher who helped ‘non-Aryan’ students flee, these remarkable individuals refused to bend the knee to Hitler – only to be dramatically betrayed. What made them risk it all?Jonathan Freedland (The Guardian)
Dear #Americans of #Mastodon, you have a wonderful opportunity that is rarely granted to you. For the first time, you're in an online public space that is not American, that is not centered around the US, and as I'm typing this, a place where the majority of users are not Americans. You can open yourselves to the world as you've rarely been able to before.
So please, stop expressing yourselves like the US is the default country here and that most users are Americans. We're not. Love.
So please, stop expressing yourselves like the US is the default country here and that most users are Americans. We're not. Love.