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The 170 pages that link to Nazi Germany, each with the reason it gives.
World War IIRelated: Its rearmament and territorial expansion drove the European crisis toward war.
Albert EinsteinRelated: The regime’s rise made Einstein, a Jewish intellectual, remain in the United States rather than return to Germany.
BerlinRelated: The regime ruled from Berlin and transformed the city through persecution, war, and destruction.
BauhausRelated: Nazi pressure forced the Bauhaus to close in 1933.
Max PlanckRelated: Planck’s institutional choices and family losses unfolded under this regime.
Hannah ArendtRelated: The regime’s persecution and rule prompted Arendt’s study of totalitarianism.
German ExpressionismRelated: Its cultural policy persecuted artists and removed Expressionist works from public collections.
Invasion of PolandRelated: Its leadership used the invasion to expand eastward and dismantle the Polish state.
Emmy NoetherRelated: The regime’s dismissal of Jewish academics forced Noether to leave Göttingen in 1933.
Max ReinhardtRelated: The Nazi rise to power forced Reinhardt, who was Jewish, into exile.
Richard StraussRelated: Strauss’s official position and conduct during this period remain subjects of historical scrutiny.
Holocaust educationRelated: Its institutions organized persecution, deportation, and mass murder.
Paul von HindenburgRelated: Hitler’s appointment by Hindenburg helped bring this dictatorship into being.
Walter GropiusRelated: Nazi authorities forced the Bauhaus to close, accelerating Gropius’s departure from Germany.
Black Mountain CollegeRelated: The college provided refuge and teaching posts for artists who fled Nazi persecution.
The Remains of the DayRelated: Darlington’s associations with German figures expose the stakes of his political misjudgments.
Ludwig Mies van der RoheRelated: Political repression and the closure of the Bauhaus shaped his departure from Germany.
OrdoliberalismRelated: The regime's coercive control sharpened ordoliberal concerns about the relationship between economic and political power.
Richard WillstätterRelated: As a Jew, Willstätter faced the regime's persecution and left Germany after the Nazi rise to power.
Eric HobsbawmRelated: The rise of Nazism helped shape his lifelong political outlook and historical concerns.
Fritz LangRelated: Lang left Germany in 1933 amid the regime’s cultural control and the reception of The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.
Fritz LondonRelated: As a Jewish scientist, London left Germany after the Nazi rise to power.
Great Patriotic WarRelated: Its leadership launched the invasion and sought to conquer Soviet territory.
IG FarbenRelated: The regime’s rearmament and racial policies shaped IG Farben’s wartime operations and forced-labor system.
Max HorkheimerRelated: The Nazi takeover forced Horkheimer and the Institute into exile.
Richard BrauerRelated: The regime’s persecution of Jews forced Brauer, who was Jewish, to leave Germany.
UstašeRelated: It sponsored the Croatian state while retaining dominant influence over its wartime order.
Bernard KatzRelated: Katz, who was Jewish, emigrated from Germany after the Nazi regime came to power.
Charles LindberghRelated: Lindbergh’s visits and favorable assessments of German air power complicated his later reputation.
James FranckRelated: Antisemitic persecution forced Franck, who was Jewish, to resign his Göttingen post and leave Germany.
Kurt WeillRelated: The regime’s persecution of Jews forced Weill, who was Jewish, to leave Germany.
Paul HindemithRelated: The regime attacked Hindemith’s music and made his position in Germany increasingly untenable.
Pope Benedict XVIRelated: Ratzinger’s youth and brief compulsory service in the Hitler Youth unfolded under Nazi rule.
Richard KuhnRelated: Kuhn worked within its scientific institutions and joined the Nazi Party in 1937.
Christopher IsherwoodRelated: The rise of Nazism transformed the Berlin setting Isherwood had portrayed.
Günter GrassRelated: Grass’s writing repeatedly examines German complicity and memory under and after this regime.
Hermann OberthRelated: Oberth’s work in Germany’s wartime rocket program places his legacy within the politics and violence of the regime.
Elisabeth SchwarzkopfRelated: Schwarzkopf’s early career and Nazi Party membership remain subjects of historical scrutiny.
Nelly SachsRelated: Nazi persecution forced Sachs to escape Germany shortly before she was arrested.
Norbert EliasRelated: The Nazi rise to power forced Elias, a German Jew, into exile.
Otto SternRelated: The regime’s antisemitic policies drove Stern, who was Jewish, to leave Germany.
Richard RadoRelated: Rado left Germany for Britain in 1933 as the Nazi regime came to power.
1936 Winter OlympicsRelated: The regime used the Games to present Germany favorably to international audiences.
André PrevinRelated: Previn’s Jewish family left Germany in 1938 as Nazi persecution intensified.
Douglas SirkRelated: The regime’s rise and pressure on Sirk’s family contributed to his departure from Germany.
Hannah HöchRelated: Höch’s career continued under a regime hostile to the avant-garde and its politics.
Max BeckmannRelated: The regime dismissed Beckmann from his teaching post and drove him into exile.
Rudolf SerkinRelated: Serkin and the Busch family left Europe as Nazi rule made continued life there untenable.
Amin al-HusseiniRelated: Al-Husseini sought German support against Britain and Zionism, while Nazi leaders pursued their own aims.
Erich MendelsohnRelated: The Nazi rise to power forced the Jewish architect into exile from Germany.