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Occupational Hazards June 29, 2023
The Collaborators, the dark, engrossing, and occasionally brilliant new book by the Dutch writer Ian Buruma is not about collaboration—at least not in the way it’s implied in the book’s subtitle. Not really. To be sure, a good portion of its narrativ...
'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' Is a Fitting End June 20, 2023
It's been 15 years since we last saw Indiana Jones on screen, and just over 40 years since the Nazi-punching archeologist discovered that the Ark of the Covenant was real. That's a lot of time—enough to possibly forget that Indy has, over the course ...
J.K. Rowling's Moment of Truth June 20, 2023
The following is a condensed version of "J.K. Rowling's Moment of Truth" by Rachel Lu, published at Law & Liberty. J. K. Rowling is not a witch. She acquitted herself well in her recent “trial,” a podcast series hosted by The Free Press, detailing th...
J’Accuse: The Case That Never Closes June 07, 2023
We can spend all of our lives paying for some decisions. In the case of a nation, the process of coming to terms with such decisions and taking responsibility for their consequences is the work of generations, and it requires eternal vigilance. This ...
A Farewell to Armbands June 06, 2023
Sometime in 2004, the British pop music tabloid New Musical Express set aside a whole page in its table of contents to display a black-and-white photo of me looking straight at the camera in my usual performance outfit. “Why is Carlos from Interpol D...
Vichy’s Long Shadow June 02, 2023
On 23 July 1945 the 89-year-old Marshal Philippe Pétain, until recently head of the French state, went on trial for his life before a specially convened High Court in Paris, accused of attacking national security and collusion with Nazi Germany amoun...
The Many Lives of Billy Wilder May 02, 2022
Among the many stories that Billy Wilder liked to tell late in his life was the one he recounted with great gusto the night he received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the 1988 Academy Awards ceremony. Shortly after he arrived in Hollywood i...
German Billionaires Are Still Benefiting from the Nazis May 02, 2022
It was a clear cold morning in January 1936 when Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler arrived at the luxurious Regina Palast Hotel in central Munich. He had come to pick up a group of businessmen for a day trip. Their destination: Dachau concentration ca...
Recovering — and Selling — Art from the Nazis January 26, 2022
When she was growing up in Paris, Pauline Baer de Perignon was always told the same story about her great-grandfather, Jewish art collector Jules Strauss.Strauss — a German Jew living in Paris — owned a trove of Impressionist pictures by Renoir, Dega...
The Dying Days of Nazi Germany January 12, 2022
What is it about the end of World War II that is so morbidly fascinating? We’ve moved on from the high adventure of Where Eagles Dare, Biggles and the tales of Monty v Rommel to a more sombre obsession with the dying days of Nazi Germany. This unfold...
Who Killed Bambi? January 04, 2022
It never occurred to me that one day, I would review Bambi (the novel). If it had, I would not have expected that its story and backstory would, among other surprises, include the Nazis, a communist, pornography and talking leaves. In fact, I didn’t ...
