April 2021 - Richard M. Langworth

German Resistance: “Driven by the Restlessness of their Conscience”

30 April 2021 Comments 2 Comments

Questions on the Weiss Rose resistance

A German parliamentary journal quotes Churchill on the German resistance to Hitler: “These men and women fought without help from within or without, driven only by the restlessness of their conscience. As long as they lived they were invisible and unrecognizable to us. In their death, the resistance became visible. Their deeds and sacrifices are the foundation of the reconstruction.” (Hans-Adolf Jacobsen, Germans Against Hitler , 3rd ed., Berto-Verlag, Bonn, 1960; Barry Sullivan, Thresholds of Peace, 1979). I cannot find the original document and somewhat doubt its authenticity. …

“The Packard”: Ne Plus Ultra of Automotive House Organs (2)

25 April 2021 Comments 0 Comments

Today its old yellowed pages are an infinitesimal microcosm of what was a great company at the height of success, more valuable than the sterile if luxurious sales brochures. The last page of the last issue showed a majestic Deluxe Eight, pictured front-on, a testimonial to Packard integrity. Beneath it was a two-line statement that summarized the work of those who had created the finest automotive house organ in history: “This magazine reaches you as another evidence of our interest in your Packard ownership.’’

Albrecht Forster and Churchill’s Danzig Moment, 1939

20 April 2021 Comments 1 Comment

Excerpted from “Forster, Appeasement, Danzig and Fascism: What Churchill Really Believed” for the Hillsdale College Churchill Project. For the original text including endnotes please click here.

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Albrecht Forster and the Danzig Nazis

A reader refers to a Spartacus Educational article, “Was Winston Churchill a Supporter or an Opponent of Fascism?” Citing Churchill’s words to the Albrecht Forster, it argues that WSC supported appeasement and approved of Fascism.…