Robyn Thompson
historymom.com
Robyn Thompson
@historymom.com
Mom, wife, history teacher. Probably oversharing history.
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"He had the backing ... how he sold them, I have no idea.  I think maybe the background of it was money or, or power...  But he had the backing of the big industrialists in Germany. Germany, you know, today Germany, tomorrow the world."

-Edward Adler on Hitler
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June 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hitler learned from his failed Beer Hall Putsch, that control of government but be taken from within. His rise to power was entirely legal.
May 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yet also so fast that we have become desensitized. A person can't (or shouldn't) follow every news story coming out of America right now.
March 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
At least they aren't called "The Dark Ages" anymore.
March 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The world is starting to look like a divided Germany after World War II. Neither side (Russians or Allies) were what the German people wanted.
March 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Why? America's government was an experiment- relatively new.
March 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hitler banned the word "assassination"

- Holocaust survivor discussing the assassination attempt on Hitler in 1944.
March 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It seems as though everything is black and white now. Isn't there some room for a little gray? We need some common ground to even begin to heal this.
March 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Maybe soon they will try to break away entirely. Texas was able to be able to stand independently for 9 years (1836-1845).
March 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As a Social Studies teacher, I think these would be wonderful for helping children understand history.
March 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
With those actors and actresses, it should be epic.
March 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM