Thursday, May 14, 2020

In the winter of 1933, the world ‘turned inward’

two people, one with swastika armband, hang poster of hitler

A new book chronicles the winter of 1933, when nations began to turn inward toward nationalism and isolationism and the world edged closer to war again.

Paul Jankowski, professor of history at Brandies University, looks at this critical time in world history in All Against All: The Long Winter of 1933 and the Origins of the Second World War (HarperCollins 2020).

Adolf Hitler, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Franz von Papen on cover of News-Week magazine
The cover of the February 17, 1933 (vol. 1 issue 1), first issue of News-Week magazine (now Newsweek). The issue features seven photographs from the week’s news on the cover. Featured are: Adolf Hitler, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Franz von Papen.

Here, he discusses his focus on the events of that season and what he calls the nationalization of resentment:

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