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Adolf Hitler
Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler’s favourite film-maker: ‘After the first page of Mein Kampf she became an enthusiastic Nazi’
Andres Veiel’s authoritative new documentary is a damning portrait of the German propagandist
Riefenstahl review: Unrepentant propagandist will make you want to yell at the screen, but this fine film gets her in the end
Andres Veiel focuses on the film-maker’s tireless efforts to distance herself from Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime
Michael McDowell ‘a man with a fearsome devotion’ to Ireland, says ex-president Mary McAleese
Tribute paid to former minister for justice and attorney general on launch of The Definite Article – a collection of his Irish Times columns
Dietrich Bonhoeffer cast as a culture warrior for the right? That makes no sense
Rite & Reason: Descendants of the Bonhoeffer family published an open letter to say they were ‘horrified’ to see the pastor’s legacy distorted
De Valera’s condolences on the death of Hitler continue to provoke 80 years on
Notorious second World War incident is still cited today by those critical of Ireland
AI is already a focus of endless delusion, magical thinking and plain old foolishness
Tech bros' hype is blinding us to the reality that artificial intelligence might not be so smart after all
Don’t be fooled by the movie poster - Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a committed pacifist
The message of a new film about his life is that heroism but can be achieved by fallible people stumbling along
Keir Starmer suggests UK could send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace warns against US-led ‘appeasement’ of Russia
Kanye West has taken vice-signalling to a new level of brutishness. Can he come back?
The pendulum will probably find a position of equilibrium between the priggish extravagances of the 2010s and the nastiness of the current moment
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February 2nd-7th: including Amandaland, Miss Austen, and Samantha Mumba’s crack at Eurovision
Holocaust survivor: ‘I saw normal people in Auschwitz and I saw sadists there who killed people’
As Europe faces a new wave of extreme nationalism, one of the last survivors of Auschwitz looks back
Holocaust survivor Joe Veselsky, Ireland’s oldest man, prepares for anniversary of liberation
Joe Veselsky (106) made his mark on Ireland after his parents and brother died in Auschwitz
Irish America appalled by De Valera’s visit to German minister after Hitler’s death
Furious messages to diplomats in US took issue with taoiseach’s action amid wartime neutrality
Why ‘they’re eating the dogs’ was a stroke of political genius by Trump
Unthinkable: Politicians who tell lies have an advantage because of what psychologists call the ‘false consensus effect’
Just think what might have happened if Hitler’s money had fallen from the heavens in 1943
In this edited extract from his new book, Irish Times columnist David McWilliams explains that the story of money is the story of humanity itself
Man who tried to kill Hitler remembered by Irish relatives
UCC’s Andy Bielenberg says family are ‘very proud’ of Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg for part in plot
Irish druid who once called Hitler a genius withdraws from Galway event
Plus: Kneecap film flummoxes and impresses US critics; the falling rate for Fair City photos; and Helen McEntee promises to drain the swamp
Historians Margaret MacMillan and Roy Foster: ‘We have far too many echoes of the 1930s, with too many crises overlapping’
Historians Margaret MacMillan and Roy Foster see troubling parallels between the events of today and those of a century ago
Germany’s trash TV queen accused of giving Nazi salute
Melanie Müller accused of gesture during concert in Leipzig
Operation Biting: Richly detailed account of key WWII manoeuvre
Max Hastings offers a thrilling account of a daring raid to steal German radar technology in 1942
Controversial film about Hitler and Goebbels collapses the distance of decades
Leader and Seducer confronts audiences with the crimes of their bystander ancestors as Germany’s current political climate becomes unsettled
Record number of far-right candidates are running in Friday’s elections. Will any get in?
Anti-immigration candidates have been using increasingly extreme rhetoric in the run-up to the vote
How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev: A vital lesson in dangerous propaganda
Author’s latest book is, in essence, a quest to understand the informational bunker Zelenskiy was confronted with following Putin’s invasion
We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience
Lyndsey Stonebridge’s biography of the US political theorist illuminates the titanic forces of love and evil which animate civilisation - be it the second World War or now. It is timely and magisterial
Trump embraced language of Hitler when describing opponents as ‘vermin’, says Biden team
Former US president told rally in New Hampshire he would ‘root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs’
Centenary of Hitler putsch casts uncomfortable shadow on pogrom anniversary
Historians are unsettled about how the focus on the dictator detracts from a wider picture, one that is becoming apparent again now
Everyone at St Conleth’s knew Louis Feutren was a Nazi. Now everyone outside knows too
Speaking about the teacher's sadistic violence has been as hard as climbing a Himalayan peak
House where Hitler was born to be transformed into police station
Austrians have debated for decades how best to deal with building in Braunau linked with Nazi dictator
Faux pas fails to derail Micheál Martin’s Israel visit but Dev’s Hitler condolences not forgotten
Tánaiste meets Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and raises Irish concerns over illegal Israeli settlements
Finnish nationalist minister resigns over Nazi ‘joke’
Vilhelm Junnila’s Finns Party is part of newly formed ruling right-wing coalition
An Irish historian’s new theory of Nazism. ‘The idea makes people nervous’
An Irish historian has found himself at the centre of a debate over his book, 1923
Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
An extraordinary testimony to love and hate, this book is essential reading for our troubled present
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