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Hitler rose to power.

Along with him, fortuitous and insightful folks took advantage of his rise, tied, but not too closely, their futures to his immediate German successes, and made real differences in their own fortunes by doing so.
#bidenboostfromnazipublisher
A case in point would be #GeorgvonHolzbrinck, who, prior to seeing the advantages of servicing the publication needs of the #ThirdReich, scrabbled for a living selling books door to door.
But not one to miss the opportunity that supporting Nazism at home presented him, he built a publishing empire that has stood the test of time better than the Third Reich that funded the rise of his publication house.
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Nazi German publishing house endorses @JoeBiden.

That headline isn't the one screaming out across #Twitter.

Instead, we have the #lilywhite "@sciam endorses #Biden, a first in its 150 year history."
But the correct news of the day on #ScientificAmerican endorsing #Biden is this:

A company that was founded in the USA and was suffering financially was purchased by a German publishing house, and placed with that publishing house's @SpringerNature division.
But the true truth is that #HoltzbrinckPublishing grew up with and in and supporting the #ThirdReich.
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1/4 #MonicaByrne embraced the "#believewomen" piece of #MeToo as invitation to report any time she felt rejected or uncomfortable; one of her victims was #BoraZivkovic a #ScientificAmerican editor. Ya girl wanted a job & Bora, who is on the autism spectrum, met w/ her but she
2/4decided he harrassed her when he mentioned something personal about his marriage. Mo contacted #ScientificAmerican as u do when u have a hammer & everything is a nail. Basically, Mo screwed up this man's career & family financial stability; even his children's college plans
3/4 impacted. The aftermath of Mo interpreting #MeToo in this manner? @amyalkon wrote about Bora in July 2015: advicegoddess.com/archives/2015/… Meanwhile, Mo carries on fleecing her @Patreon "patrons" as tho she is #Michelangelo, travelling & breathlessly revealing @HarperVoyagerUS is
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