The Alt-Right’s Roots Go Deep in Co-Opting Pop Music
As with the Nazis and Goebbels and the Ku Klux Klan, the alt-right’s desire to co-opt pop music for their purposes requires ideological and ethical gymnastics.
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Nora Krug’s ‘Belonging’ Could Serve as a Model for Understanding Collective Responsibility
In graphic novel Belonging, Nora Krug takes a single idea – her family's involvement in the Second World War and Nazi Germany – and pursues it with relentless, forensic determination.
‘The Seventh Cross’ Is a Vital Tale for Anyone Concerned About the Resurgence of Totalitarianism
The beautiful storytelling of Anna Seghers' World War II classic belies its important insights into life under fascism.
‘Judgment at Nuremberg’ Shows the Cost of Not Caring
Judgement at Nuremberg is a reminder that the courtroom drama is Hollywood’s most underrated and underused genre.
Historical Drama ‘Flame & Citron’ Questions Innocence
Historical drama Flame & Citron presents dilemmas about innocence similar to Steven Spielberg’s Munich and Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book.