What Gillian Rose saw in Auschwitz
Thirty years after her death, Rose’s command to look for fascism inside our selves is more powerful than ever
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The Holocaust survivor who defended American Nazis
At 88 years old, Aryeh Neier still believes freedom must mean freedom for the one who thinks differently
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The meanings of Mein Kampf
Hitler’s infamous book – part autobiography, part manifesto – was published 100 years ago. How influential has it been?
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The complicity of Leni Riefenstahl
The late film-maker insisted she was only an observer of the Nazi regime. A new documentary suggests otherwise.
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The warning of VE Day
Eighty years on, a new age of autocracy has made Europe’s defence an urgent question once again.
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Joe Dunthorne’s lessons in chemistry
The novelist thought his great-grandfather’s memoir would be a story to be proud of. He found something else.
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The music of resistance
When my Polish great-grandfather was arrested for defying the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz, he took two things with him:…
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The Nazis and us
The Holocaust continues to haunt our politics. But slurring our opponents as Hitlers is not the way to defeat them.
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The sound of Auschwitz
A new documentary marking the 80th Holocaust Memorial Day tells the extraordinary story of the camp’s 15 orchestras.
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The monumental achievement of The Brutalist
Brady Corbet’s uncompromisingly long, high-concept epic about a Hungarian architect might seem pretentious – but it demands to be seen.
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