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- Napoleon v.s. the Vatican
Yet another guest post by Dr. A. R. Wallace.
Henry VIII’s difficulties with Papal power are notorious. But few know that Napoleon Bonaparte had some problems of his own with the Pope. And he dealt with these problems in a far more aggressive fashion than the famous English king with six wives.
The French Revolution [...]
- Nazi France
In research for my last post, I found this map on Wikipedia, a political demarcation of France from 1940-1944 under Nazi German occupation.
- Cliches versus Reality
This isn’t something you’d expect out of Germany. It’s currently Carnival time in which people run around in costumes and various festivals and parades are held. Today is Rosenmontag. Parades, which are often political, featured a variety of politicians from America, Germany, France and Iran. In Düsseldorf, quite an uproar occurred because of the following [...]
- The Lives of Others
A Stasi officer with a heart of gold? For those interested in the Cold War, intelligence and East Germany, Das Leben der Anderen or The Lives of Others is a film to see. Already released and on dvd in Germany after much fanfare and many awards, it should be released in the United States this [...]
- Lest I be criticized for being soft on Nazis…
...let me start by saying that I think Hitler, the German Nazi regime, and the ideology behind it was very, very evil.
With that disclosure, let’s move on to the subject of this post: Maurice Papon was born in 1910 and served in the French Vichy government, which collaborated with the Nazis after the surrender to [...]
- RAF Terrorist to be Freed
You thought parole was broken in the United States? Terrorist Brigitte Mohnhaupt who has served the minimum of her five life sentences has qualified for and will be parolednext month in Germany. Mohnhaupt, a member of the left-wing terrorist organization known as the RAF or Baader-Meinhof Group has been in the maximum security Stammheim prison [...]
- Leading the Post-Mortem Fight against Communism
Recently, Curzon began a controversial discussion on the evils of fascism, communism and colonialism. Indeed, some have questioned why Europe is chock full of WWII memorials or why a city like Boston has a big holocaust memorial. What about the many other genocides and ethnic cleansings? Taking the 20th century, we can find at least [...]
- He must have a pretty cool “Out of the Office” Autoresponder
I can’t really think of a cooler reason for a leave of absence.
- The Modern French Monarchy
Via Joe comes a heads up to the Head of State Blog, with one post that I found particularly interesting:
Presently, there are four men who all claim to be the king of France.
Henri the Seventh (born 1933) is the heir to the Capet family, them being the ones who got their heads chopped off during [...]
- Merkel Lets the Cat Officially Out of the Bag
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel started off Germany’s term as EU president by officially saying what everyone has been.
GERMAN CHANCELLOR CALLS FOR ‘RELIABLE RELATIONS’ WITH RUSSIA
In a major speech at the start of the German EU Presidency, Chancellor Angela Merkel told the European Parliament in Strasbourg on January 17 that the EU needs “reliable relations” with [...]
