"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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Hitler learned from his failed Beer Hall Putsch, that control of government but be taken from within. His rise to power was entirely legal.

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.

At least they aren't called "The Dark Ages" anymore.

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.

Why? America's government was an experiment- relatively new.

Hitler banned the word "assassination"

- Holocaust survivor discussing the assassination attempt on Hitler in 1944.

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.

Maybe soon they will try to break away entirely. Texas was able to be able to stand independently for 9 years (1836-1845).

As a Social Studies teacher, I think these would be wonderful for helping children understand history.

With those actors and actresses, it should be epic.