https://tblibrary.com/tags/history/ Recent content in History on TB Library Hugo -- 0.148.1 en-us Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tblibrary.com/books/in-the-garden-of-beasts---erik-larson/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tblibrary.com/books/in-the-garden-of-beasts---erik-larson/ <h2 id="review">Review</h2> <p>Larson’s report on the experiences and actions of the Dodd family in the years during which Hitler rose to power is a depressing thing to read today. It is frankly impossible not to draw straight lines from rhetorical style, evasions, and populist manipulations from Hitler to Trump.</p> <p>See page 159:</p> <blockquote> “The Chancellor’s assurances were so satisfying and so unexpected that I think they are on the whole too good to be true,” Messersmith wrote. “We must keep in mind, I believe, that <b>when Hitler says anything he for the moment convinces himself that it is true. He is basically sincere; but he is at the same time a fanatic.</b>” </blockquote> <p>Emphasis added. Is this not the behavior that we tend to witness from current American leadership?</p>